Council With In-House Housing Service And ALMO Plans New ‘Combined Hybrid Service’

 Since being formed through a merger between three local authorities in April 2019, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has continued to run an ALMO, Poole Housing Partnership (PHP), and an in-house housing service simultaneously. Now BCP’s cabinet has unanimously agreed to a review of its housing management model, with a “combined hybrid service” as its preferred option. That would involve closing PHP and setting up a new housing service within the council overseen by an “advisory board”, chaired by the council’s portfolio holder for housing and made up of council, resident and independent expert members. Read more on Inside Housing.

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