Housing strategies

Housing Strategy

The Housing Strategy team is responsible for identifying housing need, enabling affordable housing and ensuring the efficient management of its housing stock.

The team analyses and interprets evidence to inform the future housing offer across the Borough, taking into consideration the overarching Council Strategy.

Working closely with social housing providers, the team make sure we deliver high quality housing and related services.

Partnership working with a range of stakeholders makes sure that current and future residents of South Tyneside have a range of suitable housing options.

Our Integrated Housing Strategy covers a range of smaller, housing related strategies to encourage effective joined-up working.

It is a long term strategic document, setting out the vision for the housing market within South Tyneside and detailing the actions the Council has committed to carry out over the next 3 years.

The strategy sets out the key strategic priorities for housing across the Borough.

The key strategic priorities are to:

Prevent homelessness wherever possible
Address repeat homelessness
Meet the needs of an aging population through providing appropriate accommodation and promote independence
Improve the quality, choice and sustainability of the private rented sector
Effectively support the ambitions of the Council's Economic Strategy

Integrated Housing Strategy (2019)

Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Strategy 2024 - Policy Statement

Under the Homelessness Act 2002 and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, all Councils are required to carry out a homelessness review in their area.

The review must be done in consultation with partners and stakeholders.

Councils must formulate and publish a homelessness strategy, based on the results of that review every five years.

The current Homelessness Strategy is within the Council's Integrated Housing Strategy which was published in April 2019.

This would require the council's Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy to be published in May 2024.

Due to the current ongoing work to bring the housing stock back within the Council, the publication of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy will be delayed.

A holding statement is available to provide information on:

what the current position is
what the council is doing to prevent homelessness wherever possible, and where it does occur that it is rare, brief and non-recurrent

See the Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Strategy 2024 - Policy statement .

Fuel Poverty Strategy

You may be living in fuel poverty if you struggle to afford to keep your home warm.

It's something that affects many people, regardless of whether their home is in the owner occupied, private or socially rented sectors.

Our Fuel Poverty Strategy examines this issue in South Tyneside and describes how we plan to support residents.

Fuel Poverty Strategy

Tenancy Strategy

The South Tyneside Tenancy Strategy describes the types of tenancies we expect registered providers to offer in the Borough.

Registered providers must have regard to this strategy when they produce their tenancy policy.

We continue to work closely with registered providers to make sure affordable housing meets the needs of all.

Tenancy Strategy and Policy

Discounted Market Sales Policy Statement

To help local residents achieve home ownership the Council operates a Discounted Market Sales Scheme.

The Discounted Market Sales Policy Statement provides guidance on this scheme in South Tyneside.

Discounted Market Sales Policy Statement

Rent Grace Period Policy

The Rent Grace Period Policy explains what would happen to a Council tenancy if the tenant dies.

It describes how there is a grace period for non-payment of rent for the family of the deceased.

Rent Grace Period Policy

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Council housing in the Borough is managed by 麻豆视频.

The Housing Strategy team is responsible for managing the relationship with 麻豆视频 Housing Services to deliver effective management of the Council's 18,000 housing stock.

The team is responsible for making sure that the Council's landlord function and regulatory duties are discharged by the company on the Council's behalf, particularly in relation to tenant involvement and empowerment.

The team makes sure we successfully deliver the Decent Homes Programme to Council properties in the Borough.

The Council's Housing Allocations Policy was approved in July 2013 following extensive consultation and changes in the law affecting social housing allocations.

The aim of the allocations policy is to more effectively use the limited stock that the Council owns, making sure that homes match the needs of the applicants.

The policy introduces significant changes which determine whether applicants are eligible, whether they qualify and the level of housing need and priority banding that should be awarded.

Housing Allocations Policy

If you require any housing advice, please contact on 0300 123 6633.

Annual Tenant Satisfaction Measures survey

In 2023, the introduced a set of performance measures to find out how our tenants feel about a range of categories.

Read the .

More information

Unless stated otherwise, these documents will be reviewed at least annually. The review will be coordinated by the Housing Strategy Team.

If any amendments need to be made to the policy in response to significant changes to regulation, legislation, housing market conditions and/or other local circumstances we will follow relevant guidance.

Any major changes to the policy may require consultation with relevant statutory and voluntary sector organisations and tenant representatives, and must be approved by the Council.

If any amendments are made to these documents, they will be analysed for any equality impacts.

If you need any help or advice about the information contained in any of these documents, please contact the Housing Strategy team on 0191 424 6659.

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