92 Housing Strategy for the Cambridge Sub-Region PDF 83 KB
To consider a report by the Head of Housing Services seeking endorsement of the Cambridge Sub-Region Housing Strategy.
Contact: S Plant 388240
Additional documents:
Decision:
Approved the contents of the third Cambridge Sub-Region Housing Strategy which runs from 2008 – 2011.
Minutes:
With the aid of a report by the Head of Housing Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet considered the content of the third Cambridge Sub-Region Housing Strategy which runs from 2008 – 2011.
By way of background, Members were reminded that the Cambridge Sub-Regional comprises seven local authorities who work in partnership on housing issues that extend across local authority boundaries. The existence of the Strategy satisfies the Audit Commissions criteria for delivering an excellent service and enables bids for funding for housing purposes to be made at regional level.
Having noted the deliberations of and conclusions reached by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Delivery) on the content of the Strategy and in expressing caution on the achievement of the Action Plan as a consequence of the current economic climate on the housing market, the Cabinet
RESOLVED
that the Cambridge Sub-Region Housing Strategy 2008 – 2011 be approved.
47 HOUSING STRATEGY FOR THE CAMBRIDGE SUB-REGION PDF 84 KB
To consider a report by the Head of Housing Services on the Housing Strategy for the Cambridge Sub-Region, prior to its consideration by the Cabinet.
20 Minutes.
Contact: S Plant 388240
Additional documents:
Minutes:
(Councillor Mrs D C Reynolds, Executive Councillor for Housing and Public Health, was in attendance for this item).
With the assistance of a report by the Head of Housing Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Panel were acquainted with the contents of the Housing Strategy for the Cambridge Sub-Region. By way of background, the Executive Councillor for Housing and Public Health reported that the Cambridge Sub-Region comprised seven local authority areas who worked in partnership on housing issues that extended across local authority boundaries. The Head of Housing Services, Mr S Plant, stressed that the Strategy had been received positively by the Audit Commission and that its importance lay in the fact that it enabled bids for funding for housing purposes to be made at the regional level.
In response to a question by Councillor J M Sadler, the Head of Housing Services reported that the current economic downturn had produced positive effects in terms of the construction of social housing and that few repossessions had happened to date. However, he reported on the significant increase in enquiries regarding difficulties being experienced in making mortgage repayments and on the measures that had been put in place to meet demand for advice. Having placed on record their concerns at the implications of the declining housing market for the achievement of the Action Plan attached to the Strategy, it was
RESOLVED
that the Cabinet be recommended to approve the Housing Strategy for the Cambridge Sub-Region 2008 -11.