Decision details

Purpose of report: To request that the Council's Executive note and endorse the current review of affordable housing in York through the LDF and proposed housing initiatives. It reports the findings of discussions with house builders and other housing stakeholders in York and describes initiatives to provide affordable housing.

Members are asked to: To note the outcomes of Developer Meetings and the Affordable Housing Workshop, held 2008. To endorse that the LDF is the appropriate tool to revise affordable housing planning policy; and to instruct Officers to use the comments received to inform the Preferred Options Policy. To support the housing initiatives proposed to ensure affordable housing in York is maximised.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the outcomes of the Developer meetings and the Affordable Housing Workshop be noted.

                        (ii)        That Officers be supported in using the comments received in the Developer meetings and the Affordable Housing Workshop, along with comments received during the Issues and Options stage of the Core Strategy, to inform the Preferred Options Policy to be taken forward through the LDF, as agreed by the Executive in December 2007.

                        (iii)       That the affordable housing initiatives currently being prioritised by Housing and Adult Social Services following the discussions with house builders and from the affordably housing workshops, as well as new initiatives which will develop alongside the new Housing Strategy to be published in 2009, be noted.

REASON:      In accordance with the previous recommendations of the Executive and the Executive Member for City Strategy and to ensure that potential new initiatives are fully explored.