What do we mean by strategic housing?

We provide a wide range of bespoke services to local authorities, housing and housing support providers, sub-regional and regional partnerships and agencies. If you are seeking support around non-landlord housing services it's likely we will be able to help.

We aim to support you to put individuals and communities at the heart of housing and maximise the contribution that housing makes to health and wellbeing, and to stronger, safer and prosperous communities.

The following activities form the basis of your strategic approach and we can provide support to all:

• Understand the issues and context within which you’re working
• Understand the relationships between housing, the economy, health, etc
• Plan to address identified issues
• Manage the market
• Procure services to deliver desired outcomes
• Review and adjust services.

We also support improvements in delivery in the following housing 'service' areas:

• Enabling affordable housing supply
• Homelessness (prevention and response)
• Housing options (information, advice, access and assessment)
• Private sector (enforcement, assistance, investment in housing)
• Housing support for a wide range of households including children and young people, older people, families and households traditionally excluded by service provision
• Specialist housing.

There are the principles that underpin our work:

• We want to help you make a positive impact on the lives of your customers and communities, now and in the future
• We believe that customers and communities should be able to influence the shape of housing and housing services
• We are committed to contributing to social inclusion and equality and celebrating diversity.