Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Corporate Manager for Public Health, Regulation and Housing providing an update to Members of the Policy Development Group on the development of a revised corporate Housing Strategy.

The Group had before it, and NOTED, a report * from the Corporate Manager for Public Health, Regulation and Housing providing an update to Members of the Group on the development of a revised corporate Housing Strategy.

It was explained that the report set out the preliminary work that had been completed in the development of an updated Housing Strategy. This would set out those opportunities and challenges in respect of several key delivery functions; housing delivery, enabling and renewal/standards alongside housing needs and homelessness.

Consideration was given to:

·         The proposed approach appearing to contain a well structured set of proposals and the need to progress this in a post Covid world.

·         It was also sensible to include climate change and eco / green considerations in relation to any projects.

·         The Strategic Housing Needs Assessment was vital so as to look at all housing tenures, not just affordable housing.

·         The Corporate Manager for Property, Leisure and Climate Change would be leading on the carbon work and was a member of the Project Board as well as the newly appointed Climate Change Officer. There would be a range of experts addressing this key part of the strategy.

Note: * Report previously circulated; copy attached to the signed minutes.