• Appendix 2 - Joint – Labour/Green 2019-2023 Housing Programme

Theme	Combined Manifesto Actions	Progress – aligned to Housing Committee priorities & work plan 2019-23 – Appendix 1.
Innovatively providing additional affordable and truly affordable homes	Develop an emergency plan to expand housing supply within 100 days	Achieved
	Drive an accelerated programme to buy & build homes including a minimum of 800 additional council houses maximising the use of borrowing and Right to Buy receipts	Appendix 1. 1.1. Achieve 800 additional council homes. Slightly off track.
	Develop 700 other new homes that are as affordable as possible over 4 years on mostly brownfield sites (including above car parks and shopping centres)	Appendix 1. 1.2. Achieve 700 other additional homes. On track.
	Aim to buy back all homes put on the market that have been lost through the right to buy	Appendix 1. 1.1. Achieve 800 additional council homes. Slightly off track.
	Increased affordability · Replace council homes lost at social rents where money can be found · Greatly increase provision of council homes at living (27.5% LWR) & social rents	Appendix 1. 1.3. Maximise the number of council homes replaced at social or living wage rents. On track.
	Innovative development · Create innovations to drive development such as city-wide small site & hidden homes strategy, and mixed tenure developments to deliver mixed communities, enable intergenerational living and fund more truly affordable living and social rents through commercial income	Appendix 1. 1.4. Develop a policy for the council to take on the role of developer on major sites. On track.
	· Borrow to buy land for affordable housing and we will seek to buy the Brighton General Hospital site to avoid its privatisation*
	· Explore possibility of the council itself being a developer on major developments. Over time, aim to develop the council's own capabilities and reduce costs by directly employing staff and building stable teams to work on council projects	Appendix 1. 1.4. Develop a policy for the council to take on the role of developer on major sites. On track.
	· Urgently explore a programme of quick build, e.g. modular homes to quickly alleviate housing	Appendix 1. 1.4. Develop a policy for the council to take on the role of developer on major sites. On track. .
	· Increase social housing stock by buying off plan from developers at discount	Appendix 1. 1.4. Develop a policy for the council to take on the role of developer on major sites. On track. .
	Community led housing · Within 6 months identify 10 sites & work with community to develop them	Appendix 1. 1.5.  Identify suitable sites to work in partnership with Community Land Trust for development. Slightly off track.
	· Use public land for community led housing at a price to maximise social value (i.e. living rents for people in housing ne	Appendix 1. 1.5.  Identify suitable sites to work in partnership with Community Land Trust for development. Slightly off track.
	· Look at creating an ethical loan scheme where BHCC matches community investors*	Appendix 1. 1.5.  Identify suitable sites to work in partnership with Community Land Trust for development. Slightly off track.
Improving private rented housing	Enforcement/licensing Work towards selective licensing of private rented driving up conditions	Appendix 1. 2.1. Review and resubmit selective licensing scheme proposal to improve the management & standards of private rented sector homes in the city. Slightly off track.
	Drive fire safety improvements in private sector properties across the city	Appendix 1. 2.5. Develop and enforcement approach to private sector housing to improve management and standards. On track.
	Create a dedicated private rented sector enforcement team to proactively enforce housing and energy efficiency standards, including fixed penalties and taking action against landlords guilty of criminal breaches of environmental health and safety regulations. Tackle hazardous housing conditions by increasing capacity for 'HHSRS' hazard inspection and taking the initiative in identifying properties for inspection	Appendix 1. 2.5. Develop and enforcement approach to private sector housing to improve management and standards. On track.
	Campaign alongside other councils on shared issues such as proper regulation of short-term lets and business rates for landlords of houses in multiple occupancy
	Cost saving Set up a council run not for profit lettings agency	Appendix 1. 2.4. Research and develop a social lettings agency. Slightly off track.
	Support the expansion of good landlord schemes (where rents do not exceed LHA) model for more affordable private rented housing	Appendix 1. 2.4. Research and develop a social lettings agency. Slightly off track.
	Expand existing schemes encouraging landlords to offer homes to those on benefits and low incomes, including establishing an ethical letting agency	Appendix 1. 2.4. Research and develop a social lettings agency. Slightly off track.
	Seek ways of stopping landlords refusing to let to people on benefits, issues with referencing and no-go lists	Appendix 1. 2.4. Research and develop a social lettings agency. Slightly off track.
	Private renters voice and support Set up an information/advice hub for private renters to tackle discrimination, ensure renters know their rights and enable better community involvement	Appendix 1. 2.3. Develop or commission an information or advice hub for private renters and consider options for a private tenants’ forum. Off track.
	Set up a tenant’s forum for private renters
Alleviating Homelessness and Rough-sleeping	Support for rough sleepers Work towards eliminating the need for rough sleeping	Appendix 1. 3.1. Develop a rough sleeping strategy (to include partnerships with community homeless and faith projects and delivery of homeless enterprise projects). On track.
	Consult on how best to implement the bill of rights for homeless people	Appendix 1. 3.2. Review/consult/adopt the Homeless Bill of Rights On track.
	Provide a 365 day a year night shelter	Appendix 1. 3.3: Provide a 365 day night shelter No longer applicable.
	Expand Housing First by 300%	Appendix 1. 3.4. Expand Housing First On track.
	Support the development of homeless guardianship schemes
	Strengthen coordinated partnership working with community homeless and faith projects	Appendix 1. 3.1. Develop a rough sleeping strategy (to include partnerships with community homeless and faith projects and delivery of homeless enterprise projects). On track.
	Explore options for voluntary contribution to homeless support to be added to tourist amenity providers e.g. Restaurant and Hotels*
	Seek opportunities for homeless enterprise with voluntary organisations and local businesses e.g. tour guide enterprise*	Appendix 1. 3.1. Develop a rough sleeping strategy (to include partnerships with community homeless and faith projects and delivery of homeless enterprise projects). On track. .
	Improving temporary and emergency homeless accommodation Involve homeless people in a wide-ranging review of all support offered to homeless people	Appendix 1. 3.6. Develop a homeless strategy, ensuring homeless people are involved in the design and development of services which directly affect them. On track.
	Buy and build homes to meet a range of housing needs, including temporary/emergency accommodation, supported housing, housing first and general needs housing.	Appendix 1. 1.1. Achieve 800 additional council homes. Slightly off track.
	Replace privately-run temporary and emergency accommodation with council-owned provision, thereby also saving money in the longer term and look at converting existing council commercial residential accommodation into homeless accommodation to maximise social value from council assets	Appendix 1. 3.5. Develop a strategy for the provision of council run temporary accommodation including Seaside Homes. On track.
	Negotiate a new Seaside homes agreement which ends the loss of funds for the council under the current deal, protects current tenants and enables Seaside Homes to develop new ways of supporting homeless people (such as providing properties for Housing First)	Appendix 1. 3.5. Develop a strategy for the provision of council run temporary accommodation including Seaside Homes. On track.
	Explore use of Community Infrastructure Levy CIL for an expansion of Homeless support.*
	Ensure new developments are of benefit to the city by applying a Community Infrastructure Levy that represents a full share of the city's infrastructure needs*
Achieving carbon reductions and sustainability in housing including fuel poverty	Achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 We will take all action required to make our city carbon neutral by 2030	Appendix 1. 4.1. Develop an action plan to set out how we will work collaboratively to ensure housing contributes to making the city carbon neutral by 2030. On track.
	Aim to build new council housing at sustainability levels that will significantly contribute towards our ambitions	Appendix 1. 4.3. Review the energy efficiency and provision on all new developments. On track.
	Develop low-carbon housing as a model in conjunction with the Community Land Trust	Appendix 1. 4.3. Review the energy efficiency and provision on all new developments. On track.
	Recycle building materials wherever possible as a first step towards a circular economy*	Appendix 1. 4.3. Review the energy efficiency and provision on all new developments. On track.
	Make (promote) community sustainable energy the first port of call for housing developments requiring sustainability installations	Appendix 1. 4.3. Review the energy efficiency and provision on all new developments. On track.
	Treble housing spending on PV and fuel efficiency measures for council homes and setting ambitious fuel poverty reduction targets– Consider distributing low cost biogas from food waste to council tenants/low income households	Appendix 1. 4.2. Develop a new PV and energy efficiency strategy for council homes to include standards for new homes. Slightly off track.
	Buy PV panels and other energy saving resources in bulk and supply at a mutually beneficial cost to residents, Brighton Energy co-op, 3^rd sector organisations and/or commercial installers in the Brighton and Hove area	Appendix 1. 4.4: Investigate and report the possibility of bulk buying PV panels and other energy saving resources. On track.
	Build well insulated carbon neutral Council housing with solar panels	Appendix 1. 4.3. Review the energy efficiency and provision on all new developments. On track.
Improve council housing and community involvement	Improving council housing Develop and implement a “decent environment” standard for council estates to go alongside the decent home standard	Appendix 1. 5.1: Work with tenants to develop a ‘decent environment’ standard. Slightly off track.
	Drive fire safety improvements in council owned properties across the city.	Appendix 1. 5.2.  Develop a fire safety programme in conjunction with tenants and residents. On track.
	Enhancing community involvement Review community involvement in housing	Appendix 1. 5.3.  Review and develop a new tenant and community involvement policy/strategy for housing, ensuring we learn from the lived experience of our clients, meet the ‘Involvement and Empowerment’ standard and that co-production is at the heart of our tenant and resident involvement work. On track.
	Extend participatory budgeting to environmental improvements to estates	Appendix 1. 5.4. Extend participatory budgeting. On track.
	Improve transparency and accountability in the housing department (taking the proposals of the housing coalition as the starting point)	Appendix 1. 3.1. Develop a rough sleeping strategy (to include partnerships with community homeless and faith projects and delivery of homeless enterprise projects). On track. Appendix 1. 5.3.  Review and develop a new tenant and community involvement policy/strategy for housing, ensuring we learn from the lived experience of our clients, meet the ‘Involvement and Empowerment’ standard and that co-production is at the heart of our tenant and resident involvement work. On track.
	Meet the regulator's Involvement and Empowerment standard	Appendix 1. 5.3.  Review and develop a new tenant and community involvement policy/strategy for housing, ensuring we learn from the lived experience of our clients, meet the ‘Involvement and Empowerment’ standard and that co-production is at the heart of our tenant and resident involvement work. On track.
	Establish more joint work with residents in decision making (‘co-production’) involvement in decision-making around housing policy and service delivery	Appendix 1. 5.3.  Review and develop a new tenant and community involvement policy/strategy for housing, ensuring we learn from the lived experience of our clients, meet the ‘Involvement and Empowerment’ standard and that co-production is at the heart of our tenant and resident involvement work. On track.
	Involve residents in fire safety	Appendix 1. 5.3.  Review and develop a new tenant and community involvement policy/strategy for housing, ensuring we learn from the lived experience of our clients, meet the ‘Involvement and Empowerment’ standard and that co-production is at the heart of our tenant and resident involvement work. On track.
	Leaseholder Services Continue to ensure that leaseholders voices are heard and financial support is offered where necessary	Appendix 1. 5.5. Develop the work undertaken with leaseholders to develop a new leasehold involvement policy, setting out how leaseholders can be supported to be more proactively involved in capital works and other leasehold matters. Slightly off track.
	Introduce greater transparency and earlier involvement with leaseholders over proposed capital works (an approach of negotiation rather than legal action)	Appendix 1. 5.5. Develop the work undertaken with leaseholders to develop a new leasehold involvement policy, setting out how leaseholders can be supported to be more proactively involved in capital works and other leasehold matters. Slightly off track.
	Reduce the high interest rates charged when providing a loan for residential leaseholders struggling with large bills for works
Enabling more affordable home ownership	Home ownership Explore expansion of self-build opportunities	Appendix 1. 6.1. Work with Community Land Trust (CLT) to develop self-build opportunities. On track.
	Provide 500 + shared ownership homes (through the joint venture and other developments	Appendix 1. 6.2. Work with Homes for Brighton & Hove and registered providers in the city to develop 500 shared ownership properties for essential workers who live and work in the city. On track.
Making fuller use of spare housing capacity	Empty Properties Use measures including Compulsory Purchase Orders to target unoccupied and underused properties.	Appendix 1. 7.1. Review our empty homes policy to ensure 650 empty homes are brought back into use. Slightly off track.
	Bring at least 650 empty housing properties back into use.	Appendix 1. 7.1. Review our empty homes policy to ensure 650 empty homes are brought back into use. Slightly off track.
	Provide grants for households relinquishing council tenancies.	Appendix 1. 7.2: Develop a policy to incentivise households to relinquish council tenancies as an alternative to right to buy. Slightly off track.
	Pursue schemes to develop, expand and promote lodger provision to maximise use of spare rooms.	Appendix 1. 7.3.  Investigate the possibility of supporting a ‘lodger’ scheme and report to Committee. Slightly off track.
	Step up moves to pick up and prevent illegal sub-letting and fraudulent right to buy applications.	As above.
	Explore how to restrict conversion and spread of short-term holiday let homes or air BnB property development.*	Appendix 1. 7.4. Undertake an impact assessment of short-term holiday lets and Air BnB in the city and consider options that may inform an approach to alleviate the most detrimental issues arising. On track.
Alleviating austerity	Support Explore ways to increase council support for those struggling to afford the cost of housing	Appendix 1. 8.2.  Review arrears policy to ensure all action is taken at the earliest stage, support given and eviction is used as a last resort. Slightly off track. Appendix 1. 8.3.  Develop an arrears policy for temporary accommodation, which gives tenants the same level of support and assistance as those in permanent accommodation. On track. .
	Make full use of discretionary housing payments	Appendix 1. 8.2.  Review arrears policy to ensure all action is taken at the earliest stage, support given and eviction is used as a last resort. Slightly off track. Appendix 1. 8.3.  Develop an arrears policy for temporary accommodation, which gives tenants the same level of support and assistance as those in permanent accommodation. On track.
	Protect from eviction anyone in arrears resulting solely from bedroom tax, universal or credit shortfalls.	Appendix 1. 8.2.  Review arrears policy to ensure all action is taken at the earliest stage, support given and eviction is used as a last resort. Slightly off track. Appendix 1. 8.3.  Develop an arrears policy for temporary accommodation, which gives tenants the same level of support and assistance as those in permanent accommodation. On track.
	Seek to protect tenants with new licences from Service Charge arrears evictions.	Appendix 1. 8.2.  Review arrears policy to ensure all action is taken at the earliest stage, support given and eviction is used as a last resort. Slightly off track. Appendix 1. 8.3.  Develop an arrears policy for temporary accommodation, which gives tenants the same level of support and assistance as those in permanent accommodation. On track.
	Ensure eviction is always a last resort. Provide any specific support required for women, BAME tenants, refugees, asylum seekers and other marginalised groups who often bear the brunt of welfare changes and face a higher risk of eviction.	Appendix 1. 8.2.  Review arrears policy to ensure all action is taken at the earliest stage, support given and eviction is used as a last resort. Slightly off track. Appendix 1. 8.3.  Develop an arrears policy for temporary accommodation, which gives tenants the same level of support and assistance as those in permanent accommodation. On track.
	Local income opportunities Ensure local home building is providing opportunities for young people to develop skills, for example through apprenticeships	Appendix 1. 8.1: Ensure the in-house repairs services include measures to: provide opportunities for young people to develop skills for example through apprenticeships; maximise community benefits, including through use of local firms and labour for supply chain as well as planned and major works; and, develop pathways to employment that are inclusive in offering opportunities to all the communities we serve. Slightly off track.
	Use regeneration schemes to provide social and sustainability benefits e.g. Local energy suppliers and employment*	Appendix 1. 8.1: Ensure the in-house repairs services include measures to: provide opportunities for young people to develop skills for example through apprenticeships; maximise community benefits, including through use of local firms and labour for supply chain as well as planned and major works; and, develop pathways to employment that are inclusive in offering opportunities to all the communities we serve. Slightly off track.
	Changing the way the council outsources its services so as to help small local suppliers win council contracts or by bringing services in house	Appendix 1. 8.1: Ensure the in-house repairs services include measures to: provide opportunities for young people to develop skills for example through apprenticeships; maximise community benefits, including through use of local firms and labour for supply chain as well as planned and major works; and, develop pathways to employment that are inclusive in offering opportunities to all the communities we serve. Slightly off track.