We will seek to require all new housing developments to deliver a 20% minimum level of social housing and 20% minimum affordable housing.
Build new council homes, delivering at least 500 new homes per annum within four years.
Help local people to get a foot on the housing ladder through promoting low-cost home ownership schemes.
Increase resourcing for support of tenants through advice and enforcement in the private rental sector, with a Private Tenants’ Charter and a Register of Approved Landlords.
Deliver new sites for housing through the planning system to keep up with local demand.
Ensure that all new housing developments make a fair contribution to improving the infrastructure of the community.
Require all new homes to be zero net carbon to address the climate emergency and help lift people out of fuel poverty.
Ensure adequate supported accommodation if available to provide pathways out of rough sleeping.
Implement best practice homelessness prevention in the county.
