HITF SUB GROUP A Final Meeting Held On 19 November
2002
Housing Improvement Task Force
Second Stage
Sub group A
Improvement and maintenance of
owner-occupied houses and flats
Twelfth meeting
Time and place of meeting
1400 on 19 November 2002, Conference Room 7/8,
Victoria Quay
Agenda
- Apologies
- Note of eleventh meeting held on 24 October 2002 and matters arising
- Draft sub group report to Task Force
SGA2/19-11-02 references a draft of the sub group report to
the Task Force proper, drawing together the
considerations and recommendations from the
previous discussions. The paper then goes on to
detail the draft report sections:
Section 1 Report
introduction
Section 2 Setting
standards
Section 3 Local authority
powers
Section 4 Local authority
assistance to private owners
Section 5 Common repairs and
maintenance
Section 6 The building
industry
Section 7 Tax and benefit incentives
(Not incorporated into the body of report as at
meeting)
Appendix One - Options and issues in specifying thermal and
energy efficiency as part of the tolerable
standard
Appendix Two - Impact of proposed changes
- Consultation comments
SGA3/19-11-02 contains a table summary of the main
comments/suggestions from the Stage 1 report
consultation process and asks the group, in the
light of these comments, to identify any particular
aspects that it wishes to comment on further in its
report.
- Options relating to reserved tax, benefits and
financial regulation matters
SGA4/19-11-02 contains a draft executive summary of the
reserved matters research report and asks the group
to give its initial responses to the options
contained within it.
- Any other business
HITF Secretariat
12 November 2002