The latest edition of Plymouth's Plan for Homes is aiming yet again to deliver a minimum of 5,000 new properties across the city by 2029.
Having already delivered more than 7,500 new homes since its inception in 2013, the fourth incarnation of the Plan for Homes remains as ambitious as ever.
In short, the plan details the Council's priorities for ensuring that the city has the housing to tackle the local effects of the national housing crisis as well as cater for the city's growth agenda.
By supporting a variety of new and affordable housing to tackle housing needs and homelessness, it sets out a strategy for the future for housing in the city to support the delivery of the Joint Local Plan.
Councillor Chris Penberthy, Cabinet Member for Housing, Cooperative Development and Communities, has been at the forefront of the Plan for Homes since the beginning and will present the latest version to his Cabinet colleagues when they meet on Monday 11 March.
Councillor Penberthy said: "I'm absolutely delighted to bring forward the latest Plan for Homes, which although ambitious, can and will make a difference to so many people across the city.
"I've been very clear - we are in the midst of a national housing crisis and the housing market here in Plymouth is feeling the strain. It’s never been more important to get things right; to intervene where we need to and to deliver the homes that people need to lead fulfilling lives here in our city."
The latest Plan for Homes is built upon six themes of housing activity: affordable housing; market housing; private rented housing; supported and specialist housing; partnerships; with a cross cutting theme of climate action.
Those themes are supplemented by 10 key strategic initiatives, which include a range of activities to increase and accelerate the delivery of new homes, tackle homelessness, improve poor housing conditions, and reduce carbon emissions.
Also featured is an aim to improve city centre housing stock, and to ensure that specialist supported housing is delivered. Estate regeneration, improving energy efficiency in current housing stock and maximising inward investment in new affordable housing are all included, as is the importance of partnerships.
"Working with other organisations across the city and beyond will be key to the success of this plan," added Councillor Penberthy. "Our previous achievements would not have been possible without our housing association partners, Homes England and a range of SME developers and construction firms and we will need them again to help us deliver this agenda."
The Plan for Homes will be discussed by Cabinet on Monday 11 March. You can watch it live at www.youtube.com/plymouthcitycouncil