Sheffield council will need at least 拢250m of arm's-length management organisation funding to meet the decent homes standard, it has revealed.
The council believes an ALMO has the best chance of getting the city's 57,000 homes up to the decent homes standard, but a fifth ALMO round has yet to be confirmed.

The Treasury is expected to announce funding for future ALMOs in July's spending review but it may not match the amount available in previous rounds.

Joanne Roney, executive director of neighbourhoods at Sheffield council, said: "It would be a devastating blow to tenants if there were no fifth round. I would be shocked if there wasn't."

The strategy also depends on tenants backing the proposal for a citywide ALMO. Five of the city's 10 "neighbourhood commissions" 鈥� groups that represent the views of tenants 鈥� approved the plan last year.

It would be a devastating blow to tenants if there were no fifth ALMO round

Joanne Roney, Sheffield council

The remainder are due to make their decision in the summer. The council is confident they will back the proposal.

The five areas that have already approved the ALMO put in a bid for 拢341m in the third and fourth rounds.

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