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

Why have we made these changes

• The Concordat

• Experience of the last LHS

How do we integrate strategies into the LHS

• Adopt a collaborative process

• Open to different approaches.

• Responsive to national and local priorities

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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”.

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.