Hampshire County Council

Executive Member for Policy and Resources Item

18 June 2008

Affordable Housing and Key Worker Housing Strategy - Update

Report of the Acting Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services

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Summary

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The following decisions are sought:

That:

a) progress to date in relation to the delivery of 500 affordable dwellings in the five-year period 2005/6 to 2009/10 from the County Council land disposals be noted and be continued to be supported;

b) the Affordable Housing and Key Worker Strategy (AH&KWS) Project Team progress the Basingstoke and Aldershot pilot affordable housing exception sites and that appropriate Project Appraisals and planning applications are assembled for these and successive such exception sites;

c) approval be given to releasing the initial £40k allocated 2008/9 funding to Community Action Hampshire to assist in the funding of the Hampshire Alliance for Rural Affordable Housing (HARAH) Rural Housing Enablers;

d) any potential County Council rural exception sites within the appropriate locations be investigated with the HARAH Partnership to ascertain whether they can help facilitate their development;

e) further research be undertaken to ascertain whether Park Homes may be able to assist in the provision of affordable housing with Hampshire; and

f) the relevant work of the AH&KWS and County Council's HARAH membership is also used to assist in the development of the housing elements of the emerging Rural Strategy.

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Reason

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These proposals contribute to the Corporate Priority of Maximising Wellbeing by seeking to increase the amount, choice and quality of affordable housing available to people who wish to live and work in Hampshire.

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Other options considered and rejected - None

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Conflicts of interest declared by the decision-maker or other Executive Member consulted - None

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Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - None

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Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent - None