This is an overarching document that focuses and co-ordinates a number of other related priorities, including providing adequate specialist housing for those needing care and support, improving the living environment and quality of life, providing an integrated approach to housing advice and homeless prevention, providing a mix of new housing and tenues and reducing the cost pressures on adults and children’s services.

(i)         that, the Cabinet approve the Housing Strategy 2020 ~ 2025, attached as Appendix 1 to the submitted report, and recommend the Housing Strategy to Council for approval as part of the Council’s Policy Framework; and

(ii)        that the Director of Place be instructed to work with housing partners to develop a Housing Strategy Delivery Plan for approval by Cabinet no later than 30th April 2020.

To recommend the Council to approve the Housing Strategy which forms part of the Council’s Policy Framework.

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The recommendations of the Cabinet will be considered at the Council meeting on 27 February 2020.

As part of the work of developing the Community and Corporate Plan, a new Housing Strategy for Torbay had been developed which set out the Cabinet’s plans towards meeting its priority of improving the delivery, affordability and quality of housing in Torbay.

Consultation on the Housing Strategy took place between 17 December 2019 and 31 January 2020 together with the following documents relating to housing:

·         Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy;

·         Housing Standards Enforcement Policy; and

·         Houses in Multiple Occupation Standards.

The Housing Strategy is a Policy Framework document and requires formal approval from the Council before it can be adopted.

Councillor Long proposed and Councillor Cowell seconded a motion which was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet as set out above.

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