Housing Strategy 2009-2014 - South Derbyshire District Council

South Derbyshire District Council Housing Strategy 2009 – 2014
4.2 To work with an
RSL provider to
increase floating
support in the
district to extend
service to private
Sector.
5 Objective:
Private Sector
Housing - to
raise the
standard of
vulnerable
households in
the private sector
to meet the
Decent Homes
Standard
5.1 Established
a baseline of
vulnerable
households.
5.2 Agree Strategy
for meeting the
decent homes
standard.
Secured 5 additional units of floating support for young
teenage mothers and 15 additional units of floating
support for young homelessness people in 2006/7.
Successes
6350 vulnerable households were identified as part of
the Private Sector Stock Condition Survey carried out in
2004. We have annually reviewed our progress in reducing
the number of vulnerable households in non-decent homes
as follows: 2005/6 – 8912 non-decent private sector
households of which 1996 occupied by vulnerable (31.2%)
2006/7 – 8858 non-decent private sector households, of
which 1940 occupied by vulnerable households (30.5%)
2007/08 – 8776 non-decent private sector households, of
which 1858 occupied by vulnerable households (29.3%)
Decent homes incorporated in latest revisions of Private
Sector Housing Policy. Successful bids to GOEM in
2006/7 and 2007/8 for funding for joint Decent home
scheme in partnership with Spirita Home Improvement
Agency/Amber Valley and Derby City Councils. Decent
home scheme delivered 101 homes made decent homes
in 2006/7, 83 further homes made decent for 2007/8.
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