This Housing Strategy places tackling inequalities at its heart and seeks to remove the barriers to housing created by gender inequality, poverty, insecure immigration status, racism, disability, homophobia and transphobia. The priorities in this strategy have been designed to provide homes that are affordable, good quality, safe, warm and efficient for all our residents.
The Combined Impact Assessment written to accompany this Housing Strategy identifies that this strategy will have a positive impact on some groups that are recognised as having protected characteristics by the Equality Act 2010. Positive impacts have identified for: older persons, women, disabled people, ethnic minorities, LGBT+ groups, care experienced young people , the Armed Forces community and people in rural areas.