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Mayor’s Draft Housing Strategy North London’s Initial Response. Key Considerations. Housing Supply/Affordable Housing Investment Overcrowding/Under-Occupation Homelessness Private Sector Condition/Empty Homes Worklessness Role of Sub-Regions. Abolition of the 50% Affordable Housing Target.
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Mayor’s Draft Housing StrategyNorth London’s Initial Response
Key Considerations • Housing Supply/Affordable Housing Investment • Overcrowding/Under-Occupation • Homelessness • Private Sector Condition/Empty Homes • Worklessness • Role of Sub-Regions
Abolition of the 50% Affordable Housing Target Capacity to deliver 56,560 new homes up to 2026 Mayor’s Affordable Housing Target equates to 2,752 homes per year Housing Supply/Affordable Housing Investment
End Rough Sleeping by 2012 Halve nos. in TA by 2010 Latest counts indicate approx. 130 rough sleepers across the sub-region 14,212 households currently in TA Homelessness
Halve severe overcrowding by 2016 2/3 reduction in under-occupation by 2016 Nos. of severely O/C households reduced by 28% in last year Nos. of U/O households increased by 5% last year Overcrowding/Under-Occupation
Improve condition in the Private Rented Sector No more than 1% of all homes empty & Oct. 10 Audit Target Focus needs to be wider than just the PRS Nos. of private sector empty homes reduced by 35% following our audit last year Private Sector Housing
Reduce Worklessness in the Social Rented Sector Homes for Skills pilot NLSA Network Worklessness
Role of Sub-Regions • Sub-Regions, and their role recognised – but there remain gaps • For example, no mention of their TFS funding role, sub-regional nominations, overcrowding initiatives • Impact in working jointly on rough sleeping, Gypsy & Travellers, worklessness
Questions Phil Harris Assistant Director for Strategic & Community Housing Tel. 0208 489 4397 Email: phil.harris@haringey.gov.uk