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Housing Strategy

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The City Council produces a housing strategy for the city.  This has to cover all privately owned, and all rented homes.

The Government and the Regional Housing Board look at our Housing Strategy Statement every year.  They do this when they decide how much money to give to the city. 

Our housing strategy is also a key part of the Liverpool First Community Strategy 

The city's housing market is doing well in some parts of the city, especially the city centre and our southern suburbs.  But in some areas of the north, the market has been struggling for a number of years.  There are many houses now empty because nobody wants to live in or buy them.  This means there is a huge opportunity to do something that will change all of this.  

Restructuring the housing market will take 20 years - and it is a task we have already started.  

Our aim is to provide new homes that will match the aspirations of people in the 21st century. In future years, we want to stop those who get better jobs leaving the city to look for better housing in other places.  If we can do this, our housing strategy will help to encourage people to stay here, work here - and therefore improve our economy.  This will help Liverpool to become a premier European city. 

To have a look at our housing strategy documents, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download Adobe from our help page. The help page also has tools to help those reading a PDF document with a screen reader.

You can read Liverpool's Housing Strategy Statement 2005-2008.  

The HIP 2007 Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix brings together information about all housing stock within our local authority boundary as at 1 April 2007.

If you want to know more about the housing strategy, contact Steve Guy, tel: 0151 233 8234 / email: steve.guy@liverpool.gov.uk

To receive printed copies of the Housing Strategy Statement or Statistical Appendix contact Leanne Reilly, tel: 0151 233 6388/ email: leanne.reilly@liverpool.gov.uk  

You can also contact Leanne by writing to her at the Housing Strategy and Investment Service, 1st Floor, Millennium House, Victoria Street, Liverpool, L1 6JF.

The housing strategy is prepared by the Housing Strategy and Investment Service. 

View the Liverpool City Region Housing Strategy by clicking here (PDF [969.2Kb] opens in new window).
 
Other topics related to Housing Strategy (use navigation column to the left to select the page you want to see):

  • Energy Strategy
    Our duties under the Home Energy Conservation Act / Fuel Poverty & Warm Homes: A strategy for Liverpool / Home Energy Conservation Act Progress Report / Energy Efficiency Initiatives

  • Health Impact Assessment of the Housing Strategy
    Find out about links which exist between the Housing Strategy and health of our residents

  • Housing Market Renewal Initiative
    What is the Housing Market Renewal Initiative (HMRI)? / Frequently Asked Questions about HMRI

  • Housing Research
    View some of the documents that have been written about the state of Liverpool's housing stock, and what they recommend should be done.

  • Housing Strategy Statement
    Download and read our Housing Strategy Statement for 2005-8, and see the targets we have set.

  • Liverpool Asset Management Project
    We have developed a database of facts and figures about the state of housing across the city.  Find out what kind of data is stored and how we use it to make key decisions about housing policy.

  • Minorities Housing
    Find out about our Black and Other Minorities Housing Strategy, and what we do about the specific housing needs of minority communities. 

  • Neighbourhood Renewal Assessments
    We have conducted a studies of six areas of the city with the worst condition housing and services.  Find out what this means to residents living here.

  • Norris Green - the Boot Estate
    The Council has a programme to rebuild the Boot Estate's defective properties. The first phase of will consist of 195 residential units as well as highways and infrastructure.   Find out more about what is happening.

  • Private Sector Housing Strategy
    Find out about our Private Housing Renewal Strategy, and how grants and loans are awarded for specific renewal projects.

  • Publications Index
    A collection of all the Housing related documents we have published on this website, all together in one convenient location for you to browse.