Concerns have been raised over council plans to purchase properties in Cardiff after they did not go to a scrutiny committee. Cardiff Council's cabinet last week approved plans to purchase 25 'void' properties in the city for use as temporary accommodation.
The approval is subject to legal due diligence to be carried out by Legal Services. However, leader of the opposition at the council, Cllr Adrian Robson, raised concerns that the plans had not gone through a scrutiny committee before being presented to cabinet.
His chief concern was that the council could lose value for money over the properties. The location of the properties is not yet known as such information, including the proposed price that the council will purchase them for, is in one of the confidential appendices of the report brought to cabinet.
