Policy and Development

The Housing & Communities Funding section is responsible for enabling the delivery of quality, decent, new affordable homes, market research, and reviews and implementation of the Council’s Housing Strategies and Policies. It also monitors and reports on performance and statistical information relating to Housing Services generally.

The Key Business Objectives and responsibilities for the team are to:

Produce, review and implement the Housing Strategy, Homelessness Strategy, Communications Strategy and supplements for Rural Housing, Key Workers, Older People; Young People, Respect Agenda, and BME Groups;
Maximise the delivery of affordable homes through the Council’s Capital Budget and external sources;
Lobby the Homes and Communities Agency for funding and develop the Council’s relationships with Social Housing providers in order to improve service provision;
Engage with Planning in the implementation of the Local Development Framework;
Ensure the delivery of new affordable homes and implement the Affordable Housing Development Plan Document that tackles the identified housing need.