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Five-year housing strategy agreed
07/02/2025
It covers affordability, supply of housing and the move to net zero
A five-year strategy to improve accommodation and address homelessness in the Cherwell District has been approved.
The priorities with the Housing Strategy to 2030 include delivering affordable homes whilst improving conditions in existing housing. Promoting health and wellbeing through housing along with tackling homelessness are other areas covered.
Cherwell District Council intends to continue its work improving standards in the private rented sector and additional efforts will also focus on bringing empty properties back into use.
The strategy was approved by the Council’s Executive earlier this week.
Councillor Nick Cotter, Portfolio Holder for Housing, said: “A good-quality, secure home is crucial to residents’ quality of life, wellbeing and opportunities. With the cost of living crisis hitting our communities, updating our housing strategy is a positive and very important step.
“It sets out how we will address some of the big overarching issues facing the housing sector in the coming years, such as affordability, supply of housing and the need to move to net zero.
“We can’t solve these issues on our own, but the strategy underscores our commitment to positively collaborating with partners and using our connections in other policy areas such as health, economy and planning to deliver better housing outcomes.”
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam