Housing strategy

A new housing strategy for Plymouth 2008 to 2011 consultation draft

We are in the process of preparing a new housing strategy, a blueprint for housing led services in the city for the next three years.

It covers a broad range of housing issues - from tackling homelessness and antisocial behaviour through to the need for more affordable and decent housing, supporting the city's regeneration, and improving the condition of privately owned homes.

All the individual elements of the housing strategy have been developed through consultation and partnership working, including the strategies and plans of our key partners. The housing strategy pulls these together to set out our housing priorities and ambitions for the city.

We welcome your views on how we can improve services in the future.

As part of our ongoing consultation we are asking the public and other stakeholders to comment on whether the strategy focuses on the right priorities and whether any important issues have been missed.

The strategy is currently in draft form and is due to go to Cabinet for approval on 11 November, so that we can publish the strategy by the end of the year.

The consultation response document, which you can download from the documents table below, highlights many issues and challenges that affect the housing situation in Plymouth and sets out what we propose to do to improve housing in Plymouth.

You can let us know your thoughts by

• completing and returning the response document, which you can download from the documents table below
• emailing your comments to housingfeedback@plymouth.gov.uk
• posting any comments to the address at the top of this page.

The full draft housing strategy and response document are both available to download from the documents table below.

We would like to hear from you by Friday 10 October.

Our new draft housing strategy priorities 2008 to 2011

Our new housing strategy is built around five key strategic priorities with the aim to make Plymouth a better place to live. The housing strategy examines the housing and regeneration needs and challenges facing Plymouth and sets out our plans and ambitions for addressing them over the next three years.

• Places and communities - The aim of this priority is to lead and contribute to the regeneration of neighbourhoods, improve neighbourhood management and strengthen community cohesion to build safe, inclusive and vibrant communities.
• Affordable housing and housing needs - The aim of this priority is to increase the supply of affordable housing and improve delivery through the planning system to meet a range of identified housing needs
• Housing choice - The aim of this priority is to improve housing choice and increase access to housing. In particular it seeks to ensure that the housing needs of those that are most vulnerable are met, prevent homelessness and support independent living.
• Housing conditions in the private sector - The aim of this priority is to improve physical housing conditions in the owner occupied and private rented sectors and also to improve management practices in the private rented sector. Priority is given to ensuring that conditions are improved for vulnerable households, tackling energy issues and bringing empty dwellings back into use.
• Landlord role and stock transfer - The aim of this priority is concerned with delivering decent homes, improving the standard of housing management services, tackling antisocial behaviour and ensuring that residents are fully involved in both decisions regarding housing management and in wider community governance issues.

Housing is central to Plymouth’s vision, and new housing and regeneration programmes will help Plymouth grow in to a larger, thriving and more sustainable regional centre. Investing in the city's current housing will renew ageing neighbourhoods and our regeneration work will bring new life and improve people's quality of life in failing communities.

Delivering our new housing strategy will make a vital contribution to achieving our overall vision for Plymouth – delivering growth, health outcomes, narrowing the gap, promoting independent living, empowering communities, improving service delivery and raising people's quality of life.

Documents

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	Draft housing strategy 2008 to 2011 - Our consultation draft housing strategy. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 967.3KB
	Draft housing strategy response document - response document for our consultation draft housing strategy. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 61.6KB

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