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Angus Local Housing Strategy Integrating Strategies Shirish Patel

Angus Local Housing Strategy Integrating Strategies Shirish Patel. Major Changes. Integration of previously separate strategies Homelessness Housing support Private sector house conditions Fuel poverty Diversity and Equalities Move to an outcomes focussed approach.

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Angus Local Housing Strategy Integrating Strategies Shirish Patel

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  1. Angus Local Housing StrategyIntegrating StrategiesShirish Patel

  2. Major Changes • Integration of previously separate strategies • Homelessness • Housing support • Private sector house conditions • Fuel poverty • Diversity and Equalities • Move to an outcomes focussed approach

  3. Why have we made these changes • The Concordat • Experience of the last LHS

  4. How do we integrate strategies into the LHS • Adopt a collaborative process • Open to different approaches. • Responsive to national and local priorities

  5. What are we hoping to achieve ? • Better understand through effective housing market system analysis • Improve understand of key issues and problems • Effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders • Long lead-in allows opportunities to clearly define strategy linkages, and develop related policy areas • - high level check on outcomes • - maximise policy response and intervention to achieve > 1 outcome

  6. Angus SOA- Priorities • The SOA will drive the LHS with key housing objectives • The LHS will therefore be a key driver in delivering SOA targets – for Angus this will focus on : - • National Outcome - 7 • We have tackled the significant inequalities in Scottish society • National Outcome - 10 • We live in well-designed, sustainable places where we are able to access the amenities and services we need

  7. Outcomes and Indicators • Outcomes are positive improvements to life we are all working to achieve. • Indicators are numbers that should indicate whether an outcomes is being achieved.

  8. Key policy challenges Homelessness – 2012 target: All unintentionally homeless households will be entitled to settled accommodation. Leadership and joint working Prevention strategies Maximise access to existing supply (HNDA) Maximise housing investment where there housing need.

  9. Housing Support – Maximise outcomes: • Consider strategic connections • Assessment of current and projected need (HNDA, OPBV Review) Angus demographic changes- increasing OP, people with physical and learning disabilities living longer. • Shifting the balance of care.

  10. Private sector house conditions: key policy message, Housing (Scot) Act 2006 • LA to have a lead role in improving quality of private owned stock • Improve condition of OO • Raise standards of PRS • Increase housing investment

  11. Fuel Poverty : policy message - • Housing (Scot) Act 2001: • Fuel poverty Statement • “To ensure so far as reasonably practicable, that persons are not living in fuel poverty by November 2016”.

  12. Mainstreaming Equalities : for gender, race and disability – • Equalities embedded in the LHS • LHS demonstrates how we tackle discrimination • Promote equality of opportunity • Contribute to outcome 7 – reduce the significant inequalities in our society.

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