Housing policy and strategy
Our housing strategy aims to
- Enable sustainable housing provision within the district
- Provide decent homes for tenants in the private sector
- Provide appropriate affordable homes
- Reduce homelessness
You can download the strategy and other key housing documents below.
Housing strategy 2009-2014 (PDF | 8.0MB)
This Housing Strategy will help to deliver the housing services vision of Quality homes and excellent service for all. In turn this will assist the district in delivering, by 2026, its Community Plan, and the Council in achieving (by 2011) its four priorities.
Housing needs survey 2006 (Word Doc | 1.0MB)
The report is based on the results of the Housing needs survey the purpose of which is to revise estimates of the need for affordable housing in the district taking account of a number of different factors.