Housing Strategy

North West Leicestershire Housing Strategy 2011 - 15

Our housing strategy (see related documents below) approved by Cabinet on 14 June 2011, describes how we, the North West Leicestershire Strategic Housing Partnership, intend to meet the housing needs and aspirations of our residents, making the best use of all the resources we have and contributing to our vision for the district.

We think that a clear direction and leadership is needed and our strategy is based on an understanding of what people need and want in North West Leicestershire, across all tenures and household circumstances. Residents tell us that affordable decent housing is the fourth most important factor in making somewhere a good place to live.

 Our vision

 We want North West Leicestershire to be a place where people and businesses feel they belong and are proud to call home

Our housing strategy will contribute to this vision. We want to see:

1.    Homes for all 
2.    Healthy homes 
3.    Content and confident communities 
4.    Fair and equal access to housing

In deciding how we will achieve these outcomes we have considered how suitable housing can improve health and wellbeing, and contribute to a sustainable and resilient economy. We also aim to support individuals and communities so that they are more able to contribute to society, to take control of the services they receive and the choices they make, and to hold us to account.

How we have developed the strategy

This strategy has been developed by North West Leicestershire Strategic Housing Partnership - a partnership of organisations working in the area. We carried out research and analysis, workshops and discussions and we considered what residents and cutomers of housing services say is important. This helped us to decide on the actions in the housing strategy action plan.  A new action plan for 2013/14 is currently being developed and will be presented to the North west Leicestershire Strategic Housing Partnership in March 2013.

The annual action plan describes how we will deliver this strategy in more detail, it can be viewed here.  Aswell as at the District Council the North West Leicestershire Strategic Housing Partnership  includes representatives from:-

• Leicestershire Police Authority
• Leicestershire Supporting People team
• Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trust
• North West Leicestershire Council for Voluntary Services
• Tenants & residents
• District Councillors
• Homes & Community Agency
• Job Centre Plus
• Charnwood Borough Council
• South Derbyshire District Council
• North West Leicestershire Homelessness Project
• South West Leicestershire Citizen’s Advice Bureau
• National Offender Management Service
• David Wilson Homes
• East Midlands Housing Association
• Nottingham Community Housing Association
• Waterloo Housing Group
• Private sector landlord representatives

We would like to thank all of our partners for their assistance in developing the new district–wide strategy and their commitment in helping us to deliver and monitor the annual action plan over the next 4 years. 

 For further information about this strategy, the action plan and opportunities for involvement, or in relation to strategic housing matters in general please contact Vanessa Adamson - Senior Strategy and Partnerships Officers at North West Leicestershire DC; tel: 01530 454 812 or email: vanessa.adamson@nwleicestershire.gov,uk