What is the Council of Home in Ayn Rand's Anthem?

In looking at the book closely, I have found that mention
of "The Council of the Home" comes when Equality 7-2521 speaks of the Home of the Street
Sweepers. He says:

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So we went to the Home of the Street Sweepers. It
is a grey house on a narrow street. There is a sundial in its courtyard, by which the
Council of the Home can tell the hours of the day and when to ring the
bell.

This tells us that
there are people who are in charge of running the Homes that the citizens of different
vocations live in. There are different Homes mentioned throughout the first few chapters
and each "Home" has a capital "H," which lends importance to the home. For instance, old
people go to live in the Home of the Useless once they have turned forty. Actors live in
the Home of the Actors. Each Home has a Council that runs its daily affairs. They are
likely in charge of headcounts at night as well as other controlling factors against the
citizens.