Although meeting the priorities of this Housing Strategy will require close working relationships with our key partners, the council has the overall responsibility for the delivery of this Housing Strategy. Implementation and progress will be overseen by the council’s Strategic Housing Group.
Performance and impacts will be measured against a strategic action plan, which will be reviewed and updated annually to ensure it remains focused and continues to meet the needs of our communities. The council's Executive and Place Overview and Scrutiny members will receive a regular report on the progress of actions.
We will monitor the performance of this strategy against the following indicators, whilst these are the current performance indicators they may be subject to change:
- the number of new affordable homes delivered per annum (including supported temporary accommodation)
- the number of second homes and holiday lets pre and post the council tax rule change, and council tax income from these properties pre and post the rule change
- the number of households on the Cumbria Choice housing register
- the number of households allocated housing through council nominations and the number of households certified for discounted sale housing
- the number of requests for housing inspections, response times and the number of properties identified as having a Category 1 hazard
- the number of empty properties in Cumberland and the number of empty properties brought back in to use following council involvement
- provision and uptake of training for front-line housing staff so they understand damp and mould issues and develop multi-departmental solutions to issues caused by the cost of loving or overcrowding
- seeking the views of those on the Cumbria Choice housing register to monitor the customer experience
- the number of completed Disabled Facilities Grants
- average (mean) number of working days for stage 2 from identification of the relevant works to submission of the grant application
- average (mean) number of working days for stage 3 from submission of the grant application to grant approval
- average (mean) number of working days for stage 4 from grant approval to the certified date of the completed works
- total number of Cumbria Home Improvement Agency customers who received grant assistance to remain safe, independent and warm in own home (all funding streams)
- total number who received mandatory funding for Disabled Facilities Grants
- total number who received mandatory funding from the Better Care Fund
Results will be published via the Performance Management Framework. The strategy will be reviewed annually, and a detailed annual review and action plan will be developed to enable a flexible response to emerging needs, alongside policy and legislative changes.
Thank you
We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to and supported the development of this strategy. Consultation responses from stakeholders and members of our communities have been invaluable in helping us shape the strategy and develop our priorities.