Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Communities)                              

This report invites the Executive to consider three parts to the Private Sector Housing strategy, namely the Private Sector Housing Investment and Assistance Policy 2011-15, the Major Adaptation Policy and the Area Based Sector Housing Initiative.

The Private Sector Housing Strategy and the Private Sector Housing Investment and Assistance Policy provide strategic guidance on the Council’s approach to private sector housing issues within the borough as well as detailed information on the types of assistance that the Council can provide. The Major Adaptations Policy sets out the council’s approach to the assessment and delivery of major adaptations to people with disabilities who are living in Stockport. The Area Based Private Sector Housing Initiatives Report highlights how the Council will concentrate its resources in a planned way on a programme of renewal to encourage comprehensive and sustainable regeneration in areas of need,

The Executive is recommended to approve the Private Sector Housing strategy 2011-15 and the Private Sector Housing Investment and Assistance Policy 2011-15.

Officer contact: Andy Kippax, tel. no. 0161 474 4319. e mail: andy.kippax@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Communities) submitted a report a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to adopt the Private Sector Housing Strategy, which consisted of the Private Sector Housing Investment and Assistance Policy 2011-15, the Major Adaptation Policy and the Area Based Sector Housing Initiative.

RESOLVED – That the Private Sector Housing Strategy 2011-15 (comprising the Private Sector Housing Investment and Assistance Policy 2011-15, the Major Adaptation Policy and the Area Based Sector Housing Initiative) be approved.