Tender: Provision of Housing Support Services for Homeless Single People and Childless Couples in Supported Interim Accommodation

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The Council is seeking a supplier for the provision of a Housing Support Service primarily for single people and childless couples who are homeless and may have complex needs, residing in supported interim accommodation. The Provider must also provide or arrange, via a partner organisation, a Housing Management Service for the accommodation at specific Premises and, where necessary, enter into lease arrangements with the owner landlord; the Housing Management Service is required to be delivered in conjunction with the Service but does not form part of this Contract. The specific Premises must be Specified Accommodation as defined by law, and the manner of lease arrangements will affect Council budgets and the amount of Housing Benefit recovery from the UK Government. To assist the Council to maximise recovery under the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (as amended), Tenderers should either be a Housing Association or relevant body under Regulation 75H and enter occupancy leases with Service Users, or contract with a third-party Housing Association to enter those leases; Charities are also relevant bodies but arrangements with a Charity would require referral to the Rent Officer who would set the amount recoverable, whereas Housing Association arrangements are not subject to that review.