Broxtowe Borough Council - Housing Strategy Consultation

Broxtowe Borough Council - Housing Strategy 2024-2028 Consultation

A Housing Strategy is a local housing authority’s vision for housing in its area. It sets out objectives on how the Council aims to manage and deliver its strategic housing role.

We are consulting on the proposed key priorities in our new Housing Strategy for 2024 – 2028. This will have the same overall priorities as Broxtowe Borough Council's Corporate Plan, but will provide more detail as to how we will achieve these aims.

The new Housing Strategy will cover all aspects of Housing services that the Council provides. This includes the properties we own and our services as a landlord, private sector housing and affordable housing delivery.

We welcome your comments on these ideas and anything else that is not currently included that you would like to see.

The survey should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

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* 1. Please tick all that apply

I am a Broxtowe Borough Council tenant

I am a Broxtowe Borough Council leaseholder

I am a resident of Broxtowe

I am an employee of Broxtowe Borough Council

I am a stakeholder/professional that works with Broxtowe Borough Council - please state your organisation below

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Proposed Corporate priority: Build more houses, more quickly on under used or derelict land.

Proposed Corporate actions:

Implement our Housebuilding delivery plan by building new affordable, safe and energy efficient lifetime Council homes for local people.

Review and refresh the Housebuilding plan with new sites on which to build Council houses and acquisitions of already built homes to add to the Council’s housing stock.

Further information on the Council's Housing Delivery Plan can be found here.

Please tick all of the proposed Housing Strategy priorities that you agree with:

Deliver a range of affordable homes that meet the needs of local residents and workers

Encourage development, e.g. working with partners/registered providers to accelerate housing delivery

Please explain the reasons for your choice and provide any other suggestions you feel we have missed.

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* 3. Proposed Corporate Priority: Invest to ensure our homes are safe and more energy efficient.

Proposed Corporate Actions:

Fully implement improvements to Housing Repairs to ensure timely responses to customer queries; high quality record keeping; full legal compliance and high satisfaction rates.

Agree and implement a plan to improve the energy efficiency of Council housing.

Support private home owners and private tenants to improve the energy efficiency of their homes

Please tick all of the proposed Housing Strategy priorities that you agree with:

Ensure homes are fit for purpose e.g. implement a 5-year Capital Works modernisation programme, respond promptly to reports of damp and mould, continue to retrofit our own properties and encourage private owners to do the same.

Please explain why you agree or disagree, and provide further details on anything you feel we have missed.

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* 4. Proposed Corporate Priority: Regulate housing effectively and respond to housing needs.

Proposed Corporate Actions:

Develop through co-production with relevant stakeholders and tenants, a new Housing Strategy which identifies and responds to housing need throughout Broxtowe.

Strengthen regulatory enforcement of private sector rented housing.

Actively manage the provision of student accommodation through working with partners to agree a new student accommodation strategy and explore greater regulation of houses in multiple occupation.

Prevent homelessness and help people to be financially secure and independent.

Please tick all of the proposed Housing Strategy priorities that you agree with:

Help people to stay independent in their homes

Getting the most out of existing housing

Prevent homelessness

Improved knowledge and information about Council properties and who lives in them

Be an excellent landlord

Drive up housing standards across all tenures, taking enforcement action as required

Please explain the reason for your choice and provide any other suggestions you feel we have missed.

About You
This section is really important. It's vital that we understand the experiences of a wide range of respondents in order to ensure that everyone is treated equally. By understanding more about what people from diverse backgrounds tell us, we can ensure we act appropriately to meet needs. All questions are optional and any responses to these questions will remain confidential. Individuals will not be identified and personal details will not be published.

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* 5. Which of the following areas do you live in?

Attenborough

Awsworth

Beeston

Bramcote

Brinsley

Chilwell

Cossall

Eastwood

Kimberley

Newthorpe

Nuthall

Stapleford

Toton

Trowell

Strelley Village

Outside of the Borough

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* 6. Gender

Male

Female

Prefer not to say

Non-binary

Other

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* 7. Which age group do you belong to?

Under 18

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

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* 8. Do you consider yourself disabled? (Please tick all that apply)

Prefer not to say

Yes - Physical impairment (e.g. such as difficulty using arms or mobility issues which may mean using a wheelchair or crutches)

Yes - Sensory impairment, such as being blind/having a serious visual impairment or being deaf/have a hearing impairment

Yes - Mental health condition (e.g. depression, anxiety or schizophrenia)

Yes - Learning disability/difficulty (e.g. Down's Syndrome, dyslexia, dyspraxia) or cognitive impairment (e.g. autistic spectrum disorder)

Yes - Long-standing illness or health condition (e.g. cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease or epilepsy)

If yes, please tell us how this affects the way you access or use the Council's services.

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* 9. Ethnicity

White - British

White - Irish

White - Other background

Asian or Asian British - Pakistan

Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi

Asian or Asian British - Indian

Black or Black British - African

Black or Black British - Other Background

Mixed - White and Black Caribbean

Mixed White and Black African

Mixed White and Asian

Mixed - Other Background

Chinese

Any other ethnic group

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* 10. Are you currently, or have you previously, served in the UK Armed Forces?

Yes, currently serving

Yes - previously served in the Regular Armed Forces

Yes - previously served in the Reserve Armed Forces

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* 11. Which of the following best describes your employment status?

Employed full-time

Employed part-time

Self-employed full-time

Self-employed part-time

Unemployed

Student

Looking after family/home

Temporary sick

Long-term sick

Retired

Prefer not to say

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* 12. Excluding anything you do for your paid employment, are you a carer? (i.e. do you look after or give help or support to, anyone because they have long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses, or problems related to old age)

Yes

Prefer not to say

If you would like to be kept up to date on the progress of the Housing Strategy, please email us at strategichousing@broxtowe.gov.uk or call us on 0115 9173935.

Thank you for completing this survey.

Any personal information that you have supplied will be held by Broxtowe Borough Council in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. This information will only be used as part of this exercise and personal information will not be published or passed onto any other organisation. Your personal information collected as part of this survey will be kept for two years to help us improve services before being securely destroyed. Our privacy notice, which explains how we will process your personal information, and your rights as a data subject, is available at https://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/housing/housing-service-privacy-notice/.