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SLDC Housing Strategy2015 - 2025
Tony Whittaker
Housing Strategy & Delivery Manager
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Purpose of the Strategy
• Statutory duty to assess District housing needs and plan to meet those needs
• Sets vision, key measures and targets for next 10 years
• Seeks buy-in from other stakeholders
• Provides framework for action planning
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Key Housing Issues and Vision
• Affordability (high house prices and modest incomes)
• Poor energy efficiency of existing housing
• Ageing population
• Empty homes
• Budget implications
Vision
“Provide quality new homes and raise the standard of existing homes to meet housing needs, improve health, support economic growth and create sustainable communities”.
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Housing Strategy Priorities (A)
Developing new affordable and open market homes to meet need and support economic growth • Start of RTB1 replacement
programme…RTB2? • First-time buyer initiatives• Loans• More self-build• Closer working with NPAs• Give more emphasis to rural,
young people, key workers?• Could RPs work more closely to
drive down costs?
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Housing Strategy Priorities (B)Providing specialist housing and services to improve the health and well-being of older, younger and vulnerable people• More extra care housing and
bungalows
• Disabled adaptations – County review/changes in funding
• Closer working with Health sector to make improvements
• Young people – improve access to housing, training and employment
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Housing Strategy Priorities (C)
Improving housing standards to improve the health and well-being of all residents
• Landlord Accreditation Scheme incentives
• Home energy improvements –should SLDC put more funding into this?
• Improving the standard of new housing (Development Management Policy Review)
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Housing Strategy Priorities (D)
Making best use of the existing housing stock to create sustainable communities
• Reduce long-term empty homes: Empty Homes Strategy
• Review of Cumbria Choice Policy
• Market rents for high earners? Lifetime tenancies?
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Housing Strategy Priority (E)
Preventing and reducing homelessness
• New Homelessness Strategy 2018
• Housing options and homelessness service gold standard
• Future of the Council’s Homeless hostel
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Key Targets by 2025
• 1000 new affordable homes for rent
• 500 new affordable homes for sale
• 5000 new homes (under review)• 800 adaptations• 15% reduction of homes with cat
1 hazards• 5% reduction of homes in the
lower energy bands• 10% reduction of long-term
empty homes• Limit number of homeless
households in temp housing• Extra targets?
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Your Views
• Are the five priorities supported?
• Key measures: amendments? Any significant issues not being addressed?
• Key targets: are they the most important measures?
• Ideas for new actions?
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Timetable
• Scrutiny review: up to mid-Sept
• Further consultation with HAG members
• Cabinet 28/10/15
• Council 17/12/15
• Publish