Housing Strategy 2008 - 11 - Stockton Council

Housing Strategy 2008 - 11

In 2007, the Council updated its Housing Strategy. This was an important update to its strategy, particularly in light of the updated Tees Valley Housing Strategy (published in June 2007) and the Government's Housing Green Paper (published in July 2007, which sets out radical proposals to increase the supply of housing, provide well designed and greener homes supported by infrastructure and more affordable homes).

The Council's updated Housing Strategy details our housing objectives, priorities and the actions that will be undertaken to meet local housing need and aspiration. It also provides an overview of our local housing market and factors affecting it.

The vision for the housing service is to:

"To provide a quality housing and benefits service to both current and prospective residents of Stockton on Tees, irrespective of their housing tenure.

We will work with our partners to ensure that the people of Stockton have access to decent and affordable housing which meets both their current and future needs and aspirations".

Strategic objectives and service priorities

Within the Housing Strategy there are four broad strategic objectives, which underpin the vision for housing in the borough of Stockton on Tees. The objectives follow those of both the regional and sub regional housing strategies. Within each objective a number of service priorities have been identified, all of which reflect national and local priorities.

The objectives are:

1. Rejuvenating the housing stock - to create communities where people from all walks of life want to live both now and in the future.

2. Provide choice and quality - to ensure a range of quality accommodation across all tenures, which meets the current and future housing needs and aspirations of all residents in the borough.

3. Improve and maintain existing housing - to improve housing conditions in the private and public sectors.

4. Meeting community and social needs - to tackle inequalities.

You can download the Housing Strategy below.