1. Housing Horizon Scanning May 2017
Darren Welsh
Director of Housing

2. On the horizon At a glance National Housing Manifestos 2017
Housing White Paper
Levy for housing association Right to Buy
Homelessness Reduction Act – April 2018
At a glance
12,000 council homes
10,000 households on the housing register
2,377 households in temporary accommodation
£190m capital programme
HRA at borrowing maximum/cap

3. Areas of strength
New teams brought in to build capacity in key areas, such as Housing Solutions and Leaseholder services
Areas of high performance and performance excellence, such as income maximisation and gas servicing
New programmes of work now successfully up and running and delivering, such as council new build
Government funding achieved to support programmes such as £1m for the Marlowe Road energy network

4. Areas for development Strategic focus and leadership
Council integration and wider corporate working
Modernisation, including digital agenda and mobile working
Commercialisation, Programme management and pace
Succession planning to reduce reliance on interim managers in key roles
Corporate visibility

5. Restructuring has commenced
Challenges
Temporary accommodation reduction
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 implementation
Leaseholder major works billing
Housing estate regeneration
Maximising the spend of Housing 141 receipts
Constructive engagement with the wider social housing sector in the borough
Restructuring has commenced

6. Leadership and Culture Networks and Relationships
Housing Transformation Model
Leadership
Innovation and creativity
Resilience planning
Strategy planning
Unity of purpose
Breaking silos
Leveraging knowledge
Internal resources
Effective partnerships
Decision making
Staff engagement
Leadership and Culture
Change Ready
Networks and Relationships

7. Priorities Campaigning council
Flagship research study: Housing for Young People
Housing conference
New strategy: Partnership Delivery Plan
Service redesign
Build capacity and resilience and skills base
Digital offer
Broaden engagement e.g. fun days and film projects for young people
Housing supply
HRA sites register
Estate regeneration programme refresh
5 year pipeline
Multi-channel delivery, including WFDL

8. Innovation and making a wider corporate contribution
Investor backed acquisitions programme
Specialist housing provision
Maximising re-commissioning gains for community benefit e.g. local labour and apprenticeships on repairs contracts
Excellence as a Social Landlord
Maximising income and raising performance in key areas, such as repairs