The Council will ensure its policies and procedures for enforcement action where category one hazards are identified are in line with the Council's duty to take formal enforcement action under Section 5 of the Housing Act 2004.The Council will complete training with relevant staff to ensure they are aware of the Council's duty to take enforcement action in cases where category one hazards are identified.

The Council will remind homelessness staff that a homelessness application should not be closed unless the applicant has not responded to contact from it for 56 days or longer.The Council will remind homelessness staff to ensure interim accommodation is suitable for the households’ needs and that any equipment required to make it suitable is provided.The Council will remind homelessness staff that reports interim accommodation is unsuitable should be investigated. Staff should record what action has been taken and the reasons for any decision on suitability.

The Council has agreed to identify how many current section 202 reviews of housing decisions are outstanding and delayed beyond the legal timeframes and write to these applicants to seek an agreed extension where it has not done so already.The Council has agreed to investigate what led to the significant delays in carrying out the section 202 reviews of housing decisions in this case and take action to ensure the Council concludes outstanding and future section 202 reviews within the timeframes set out in law.The Council has agreed to remind its housing officers that pregnant people and families must not live in B&B accommodation for more than six weeks, as set out in law.The Council has agreed to improve its systems for identifying homeless households that are approaching the six week limit in B&B accommodation so they can be moved to alternative accommodation before then.