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Joint housing delivery strategy

Meeting: 08/12/2022 - Council (Item 54)

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Cabinet, at its meeting on 10 November 2022, considered the attached report of the head of housing and environment and the deputy chief executive – place, on a housing delivery strategy. Cabinet supported the adoption of the strategy and action plan which would allow the council to pursue a range of options to provide housing, from exemplar schemes to retro-fitting existing homes and bringing empty properties back into use.

 

RECOMMENDATION: to use of up to £2m of capital funding to invest in the

purchase of property with the aim of them becoming social housing, as outlined in

section 25-26 of the report of the deputy chief executive – place, to Cabinet on 10

November 2022.

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Council considered Cabinet’s recommendations, made at its meeting on 10 November 2022, to use capital funding to invest in property to become social housing.

 

Cabinet had supported the housing delivery strategy and action plan as it would allow the council to pursue a range of options to provide housing, from exemplar schemes to retro-fitting existing homes, and bringing empty properties back into use. 

 

Whilst the majority of councillors supported the recommendation, a number expressed concern regarding the lack of detail on timing, location and delivery of the schemes.

  

RESOLVED: to use of up to £2m of capital funding to invest in the purchase of

property with the aim of them becoming social housing, as outlined in section

25-26 of the report of the deputy chief executive – place, to Cabinet on 10

November 2022.

 


Meeting: 10/11/2022 - Cabinet (Item 45)

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To consider the report of the head of housing and environment and deputy chief executive - place. 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the head of housing and environment and the deputy chief executive – place.  The report presented a housing delivery strategy, which had been prepared jointly with Vale of White Horse District Council.  The aim was to set out how the council would deliver housing over the period 2022 to 2024 and ensure that homes were genuinely affordable by local people.  The strategy brought together guidance and advice on policy and set out an action plan covering the short, medium and longer term. 

 

The strategy included four strategic housing priorities:

·        To provide homes to meet current and future local need

·        To delivering housing that is truly affordable

·        To value and support council and community-led housing initiatives

·        To plan for well-designed net zero carbon housing 

 

Cabinet supported that adoption of the housing delivery strategy and action plan as it would allow the council to pursue a range of options to provide housing, from exemplar schemes to retro-fitting existing homes, and bringing empty properties back into use.  The action plan would evolve to adapt to changing demands. 

 

Officers were thanked for their work on the strategy. 

 

RESOLVED to:

 

(a)    adopt the joint Housing Delivery Strategy 2022-2024;

 

(b)    adopt the associated Action Plan;

 

RECOMMENDED: to Council on 8 December 2022 to:

 

(c)    use of up to £2m of capital funding to invest in the purchase of property with the aim of them becoming social housing, as outlined in section 25-26 of the report of the deputy chief executive – place, to Cabinet on 10 November 2022;

 

RESOLVED:

 

(d)    that subject to decision (c) above, to authorise the head of development and corporate landlord, in consultation with the head of housing and environment, the head of finance, and the head of legal and democratic, to take the required actions as outlined within the report to purpose the purchasing of property to be used as social housing. 


 

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