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Bobby Arthur - Commissioning Leader, Housing Management Emma Brunskill-Powell - Senior Policy Officer

## Housekeeping

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Please remain muted when you're not speaking
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The session will not be recorded
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You will be invited to join breakout rooms for the two discussion 
rounds
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Gallery view is easiest to see everyone
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In the interest of privacy, please do not raise any personal housing cases. 
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If you have a query about your place on the housing waiting list, please contact Shiraz.Bhaiji@newham.gov.uk and an officer will respond to discuss your case. 
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within Zoom 

Agenda
5:30pm
Welcome and introductions, housekeeping
5:35m 
Presentation
5:45pm 
Discussion 1: overview and general direction
6:10pm
Regroup and response
6:20pm
Discussion 2: specific proposals
6:45pm
Regroup and response
6:55pm
Thanks and next steps
7:00pm 
Close

## Purpose Of The Draft Housing Delivery Strategy

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The interventions and actions in this strategy are focused on what we can do 
now (over the next 3 to 5 years) within the resources and constraints that the council operates under. 
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They represent the first steps towards the long-term vision for housing. 
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Achieving our vision and reversing decades of neglect during which secure, affordable council housing was marginalised will take many years.
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If we are going to achieve our vision it will require sustained and growing investment over a long period and fundamental changes to national housing 
policy on issues like tenants' rights, affordable housing programmes and 
climate change.

## Newham'S Housing Crisis

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Newham has the longest Housing Register of any London Borough.
Borough
Waiting list
Newham
27,635
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It also has the highest number of homeless households in temporary accommodation in 
London
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Approximately 1 in 4 households are overcrowded
Lambeth
25,198
Tower 
Hamlets
19,826
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Newham has the lowest average earnings in 
London with 27% earning less than minimum wage 
in 2017
Greenwich
15,386
Islington
14,567
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Around one in three residents live in the private rented sector (compared with one in four across 
London) where the rising cost of rent far outstrips 
wage rises

## Six Key Areas

1. Putting people at the heart of housing
2. Building, buying and securing more and better homes 3. Addressing the Climate Emergency
4. A safe and secure private rented sector
5. Better Council stock and specialist housing
6. Tackling homelessness

## Putting People At The Heart Of Housing

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Resident involvement strategy, setting out the housing service's new 
residents-first approach
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More opportunities for residents to discuss housing issues through housing 
hubs, housing liaison officers, and regular tenant and leaseholder forums. 
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Our responses to homelessness and rough sleeping will be caring and compassionate
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Regeneration programmes will continue to prioritise co-production
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New homes delivered through our partners as well as by the Council will be able to meet a range of housing needs. 
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Explore how we can establish a renters' rights service 

## Building, Buying And Securing More And Better Homes

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Delivery of new homes through the Council's own affordable housebuilding 
programme
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Innovative approaches to boosting supply include air rights to build on the 
top floors of existing blocks, modular homes to boost temporary accommodation, and a joint venture with the NHS.
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Procuring and acquiring new homes, for use as temporary accommodation or as Council homes to be let at social rent.
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Working with partners including private developers, housing associations and GLA and TfL 

## Addressing The Climate Emergency

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A quarter of Newham's CO2 emissions come from domestic energy use. We 
are setting ourselves high standards for low-energy homes 
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We will be starting a programme of energy-efficient retrofit across Council 
properties and using the landlord licensing scheme to address poor standards in the PRS. 
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We also are exploring an innovative retrofit scheme that would incentivise owner-occupiers to invest in making Victorian homes more energy efficient.

## A Safe And Secure Private Rented Sector

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Build on the licencing scheme, continuing to prosecute bad landlords and support them to make improvements
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Cracking down on poor energy performance in the PRS. 
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We will promote a professional PRS sector to drive up quality, and continue to campaign for legal and administrative changes 

## Better Council Stock And Specialist Housing

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Reviewing how we allocate Council properties via the waiting list, prioritising 
those most in need. Proposals will be consulted on from October to December 2020. 
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We will also invest in these existing properties to ensure that these properties are safe, well maintained and managed, contribute to climate change avoidance
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Meeting specialist housing need, based on evidence about what our residents need

## Tackling Homelessness

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Work to prevent homelessness by providing good quality advice and 
information and where homelessness cannot be prevented, we will ensure early intervention 
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Build on the progress on rough sleeping made with the "everybody in" 
programme and develop a long-term plan for Stratford
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Reduce the numbers in temporary accommodation by procuring longer term solutions
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As you may be aware, the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy published at the end of last year is due to be replaced by a new, longer-term strategy by the end of 2021. We will be starting work on this over the coming weeks.

## Discussion Questions 1

1. Does anything need clarifying or explaining? 
2. Do you agree with the overall ambition of the strategy, and the three-five 
year timescale? 
3. Do we have the balance of priorities right with the six key themes? 

## Discussion Questions 2

1. Looking at the actions within each of the themes, do they seem appropriate 
to the scale of the crisis? 
2. Are there any actions that you particularly agree with/disagree with? 
3. Are there any actions we have missed, that you think should be included? 

## How To Get Involved

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The draft Housing Delivery Strategy can be downloaded at 
https://www.newham.gov.uk/housingstrategy
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There is an optional short survey asking respondents whether they agree 
with each of the sections of the strategy, as well as the overall approach
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If you wish to submit more detailed comments or have questions about the Strategy please send your response to housingdeliverystrategy@newham.gov.uk
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The consultation closes on Monday 4 January 2021