16. Update on Housing Infrastructure Fund Bids
Presented By: Councillor Mike Bird
Decision:
(1) Authority was delegated to the Director of Housing & Regeneration in consultation with the Portfolio Lead, the Director of Finance and the Monitoring Officer, to submit the final HIF Business Case to Government in August 2018, securing the investment agreed ‘in principle’.
(2) The accelerated timetable the WMCA was working to for submission of the full HIF Business Case relative to other areas was noted, so that it received a positive investment decision in September 2018 in support of the Commonwealth Games.