Issue - meetings
Housing Strategy 2024-2029 and Homelessness & Rough Sleeper Strategy 2024-2029
Meeting: 14/01/2025 - Executive (Item 72)
72 E/24/33 Housing Strategy and Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategies 
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Portfolio Holder – Councillor Alasdair Ross
The Ipswich Borough Council Housing Strategy and Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategies have been updated to reflect:
· Outcomes and achievements from the existing strategies (2019-2024).
· Changes in legislation or new requirements.
· Data, insight and intelligence on trends and the evidence base for change.
This report outlines the proposal for updated Housing and Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategies 2025 - 2030.
The report recommends that Executive approves the updated Housing Strategy and Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategies for adoption.
Additional documents:
- E-24-33 Appendix A - Housing Strategy, item 72
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- E-24-33 Appendix B - Housing Strategy Plain English, item 72
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- E-24-33 Appendix C - Housing Strategy Action Plan, item 72
PDF 246 KB
- E-24-33 Appendix D - Ipswich Housing Report, item 72
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- E-24-33 Appendix E - Housing Local and National Context, item 72
PDF 268 KB
- E-24-33 Appendix F - Housing Strategy Consultation, item 72
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- E-24-33 Appendix G - Ipswich Housing Report Tables, item 72
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- E-24-33 Appendix H - Housing Strategy EQIA, item 72
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- E-24-33 Appendix I - Homelessness Rough Sleeping Strategy, item 72
PDF 4 MB
- E-24-33 Appendix J - Homelessness Rough Sleeping Strategy Plain English, item 72
PDF 3 MB
- E-24-33 Appendix K - Homelessness Rough Sleeping Strategy Action Plan, item 72
PDF 193 KB
- E-24-33 Appendix L - Ipswich Homelessness Review, item 72
PDF 4 MB
- E-24-33 Appendix M - Homelessness Local and National Context, item 72
PDF 186 KB
- E-24-33 Appendix N - Homelessness Rough Sleeping Strategy Consultation, item 72
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- E-24-33 Appendix O - Ipswich Homelessness Review Tables, item 72
PDF 1 MB
- E-24-33 Appendix P - Homelessness Rough Sleeper Strategy EQIA, item 72
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Minutes:
72.1.
Councillor Ross introduced the report highlighting that the
Council’s housing strategies and policies had been updated
over the last 18 months to make them easier to understand for
tenants and provide the best service. Councillor Ross thanked the
Council’s Tenancy Services for all the work on these
strategies, and for the input from tenants and its partner
agencies, especially in relation to the Homelessness & Rough
Sleeping Strategy. Councillor Ross recommended the two strategies
for approval ahead of the inspection by the Housing Regulator next
month.
72.2.
Councillor Fisher was proud of the housing offered in Ipswich and
of the work done to tackle homelessness, and congratulated officers
on their continued success in securing government funding for
homelessness initiatives. Councillor Fisher noted from the Housing
Strategy that the Ipswich population was projected to decrease by
2% by 2043 whilst the number of households was projected to
increase by 3% and commented that there had already been greater
demand for smaller houses and flats. Councillor Fisher questioned
why the housing targets for Ipswich were so high given that the
number of households were only due to rise by 3%, which he
calculated as a further 97 houses per annum.
72.3.
Councillor Ross reported that half of the data had been provided by
the Suffolk Office of Data and Analytics (SODA), as commissioned by
Suffolk County Council, and added that there was a trend towards
more people living separately in the future; however, it was often
difficult to encourage people to downsize. There was also a drive
to support people to stay in their own homes for longer to limit
the impact on NHS services.
It was RESOLVED:
that Executive approves the final draft Housing Strategy and Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy for adoption.
Reason: To facilitate a clear and transparent direction for housing services and meet the legal requirement to publish a homelessness and rough sleeping strategy.