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1 ___________________________________________________________________ To: Housing & Community Safety Policy Board On: 24 th January 2017 _________________________________________________________ Report by: Director of Development and Housing Services ___________________________________________________________________ Heading: Local Housing Strategy 2016 - 2021 ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Summary 1.1. A Draft Local Housing Strategy (LHS) was approved for Consultation by the Housing and Community Safety Policy Board on 10 November 2015. Following consultation, the LHS was revised taking account of feedback from partners and stakeholders. The finalised LHS is attached for approval. 1.2. The LHS sets out the strategic vision for housing and housing related services in Renfrewshire and seeks to provide a clear direction for strategic housing investment. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Recommendations 2.1 It is recommended that the Policy Board: (i) Approves the Renfrewshire Local Housing Strategy 2016-2021 and Action Plan (Appendix 1& 2). ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Renfrewshire’s Local Housing Strategy 2016-2021 3.1. Under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 local authorities have a duty to prepare a five-year Local Housing Strategy which is informed by an assessment of housing provision and related services in the area. 3.2. The attached finalised LHS sets out the strategic approach of the Council and its partners to the delivery of high quality housing and housing related services across all tenures to meet identified need in Renfrewshire.

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___________________________________________________________________ To: Housing & Community Safety Policy Board On: 24th January 2017 _________________________________________________________ Report by: Director of Development and Housing Services ___________________________________________________________________ Heading: Local Housing Strategy 2016 - 2021 ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Summary 1.1. A Draft Local Housing Strategy (LHS) was approved for Consultation by the

Housing and Community Safety Policy Board on 10 November 2015. Following consultation, the LHS was revised taking account of feedback from partners and stakeholders. The finalised LHS is attached for approval.

1.2. The LHS sets out the strategic vision for housing and housing related services

in Renfrewshire and seeks to provide a clear direction for strategic housing investment.

___________________________________________________________________ 2. Recommendations

2.1 It is recommended that the Policy Board:

(i) Approves the Renfrewshire Local Housing Strategy 2016-2021 and

Action Plan (Appendix 1& 2). ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Renfrewshire’s Local Housing Strategy 2016-2021 3.1. Under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 local authorities have a duty to prepare

a five-year Local Housing Strategy which is informed by an assessment of housing provision and related services in the area.

3.2. The attached finalised LHS sets out the strategic approach of the Council and its partners to the delivery of high quality housing and housing related services across all tenures to meet identified need in Renfrewshire.

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Renfrewshire’s LHS – 7 Strategic Outcomes

1. The supply of homes is increased.

2. Through targeted investment and regeneration activity, Renfrewshire has attractive and sustainable neighbourhoods and well functioning town centres.

3. People live in high quality, well managed homes.

4. Homes are Energy Efficient and Fuel Poverty is minimised.

5. Homelessness is prevented and vulnerable people get the advice and support they need.

6. People are able to live independently for as long as possible in their own home.

7. Affordable housing is accessible to people who need it.

3.3 The LHS Action Plan (Appendix 2) sets out the key actions that the Council

and partners will undertake over the next 5 years to assist in achieving these seven outcomes. Through the Housing Providers Forum, the Council and RSLs will monitor implementation of the Action Plan. Annual update reports on the LHS will be presented to the Policy Board.

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4. Background and Consultation

4.1. A draft LHS 2016-2021 was approved by the Board on 10 November 2015 and a summary version of the draft LHS was presented to board on the 26 January 2016. A range of consultation activities were used to engage with a wide range of stakeholders in preparation of the final LHS:

• Information on social media including online articles and survey monkey feedback questionnaire on Renfrewshire Council website;

• Presentation and discussion with Elected Members, the Council Wide Forum, the Renfrewshire Homelessness Partnership, the Joint Planning and Performance Group for Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment, representatives from the Carers Centre;

• Further collaboration with RSLs in Renfrewshire through the Housing Providers Forum;

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• Circulation of the document and feedback survey to all Council Tenants and Residents Associations, Community Councils, developers and other relevant local groups ;

• Article in “Peoples News” (Renfrewshire Council tenants’ newsletter) inviting comments; and

• Three public drop-in sessions arranged in Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew town centres;

• 11 representations were received during the consultation and 25 people attended the public drop-in sessions providing a range of comments.

4.2 A range of different views were expressed by individuals and organisations during consultation, however the broad themes emerging were:

• a requirement for greater clarity on housing supply targets; • the need for more affordable housing in Renfrewshire, including housing

for families, housing which is affordable for young people, as well as more housing which is accessible and flexible housing for older people;

• the need for regeneration, including town centre regeneration and

redevelopment of brownfield land for housing;

• concerns about poor quality and affordability in the private rented sector;

• concerns about the inability of many people to afford to heat their homes.

Where possible, the final LHS has been revised to take account of consultation feedback. LHS Background Paper 2 is available on the Council’s website (www.renfrewshire.gov.uk) which provides further information on consultation feedback and how this is addressed in the finalised LHS.

4.3 The LHS has been developed taking account of guidance issued by the Scottish Government. In addition, the Government reviewed Renfrewshire’s draft LHS and provided feedback in 2016 identifying a number of strengths and also a small number of areas where additional information could be included.

4.4 Following approval by the Policy Board, the finalised LHS will be submitted to the Scottish Government and will be made available to stakeholders and partners. It will also be published on the Council’s website.

___________________________________________________________________ Implications of the Report 1. Financial - None

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2. HR & Organisational Development - None 3. Community Planning –

Community Care, Health & Well-being - The LHS sets out actions that will help to meet the housing and housing related support requirements for a range of groups including older people, those with mental health issues, physical disabilities and/or learning disabilities.

Greener – The LHS sets out actions that will help to improve the energy efficiency of homes which will help to reduce CO2 emissions and reduce levels of fuel poverty. In line with the Local Development Plan, it notes that new house building will be encouraged in sustainable locations, on previously used sites. Various actions will support a more efficient use of existing assets to meet housing needs.

Safer and Stronger – The LHS sets out targets for new homes which will help to attract new residents and meet the housing needs and demands of existing residents. Regeneration priorities are highlighted along with actions to improve the estate environment.

4. Legal - None

5. Property/Assets - None

6. Information Technology - None 7. Equality & Human Rights - The Recommendations contained within this

report have been assessed in relation to their impact on equalities and human rights. No negative impacts on equality groups or potential for infringement of individuals’ human rights have been identified. An Equality Impact Assessment has been completed for the Local Housing Strategy 2016-2021. No negative impacts on equality groups or potential for infringement of individuals’ human rights have been identified.

8. Health & Safety - None 9. Procurement - None 10. Risk - None 11. Privacy Impact - None ___________________________________________________________________ Appendix 1 LHS 2016-2021 List of Background Papers

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Report to Housing and Community Safety Policy Board, 26 January 2016, Draft Local Housing Strategy 2016-21 Report to Housing and Community Safety Policy Board, 10 November 2015, Draft Local Housing Strategy 2016-21 ___________________________________________________________________ Author: The contact officer within the service is Lesley Muirhead, Planning & Housing Manager, 0141 618 6259, [email protected]

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ity

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im o

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by

20

23

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usi

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d a

nd

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d t

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lan

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frew

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as a

pp

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atia

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com

mit

ted

to

pro

vid

ing

an u

p t

o d

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lin

e w

ith

new

an

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mer

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olic

ies

and

str

ateg

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nsu

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on

th

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n Is

sues

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ort

, wh

ich

incl

ud

es o

pti

on

s fo

r

iden

tify

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d f

or

ho

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to m

eet

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ply

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gets

set

ou

t in

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LH

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ill in

form

th

e re

view

of

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cal D

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lan

wh

ich

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anti

cip

ated

to

be

in p

lace

in 2

018

. Th

is L

HS

also

iden

tifi

es t

he

nee

d f

or

the

LDP

to

co

nsi

der

an

Aff

ord

able

Ho

usi

ng

Po

licy

wh

ich

is t

arge

ted

to

incr

ease

th

e su

pp

ly o

f af

ford

able

ho

usi

ng

in a

reas

of

sho

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nsu

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on

th

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ill t

ake

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ce a

s p

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rev

iew

pro

cess

.

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teg

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ou

sin

g In

vest

men

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lan

(SH

IP)

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Stra

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IP)

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w g

ran

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m t

he

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ford

able

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gram

me

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7 a

nd

at

leas

t £2

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in t

he

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t fo

ur

year

s to

20

20

/21

), w

ill b

e

targ

eted

in R

enfr

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ire

to h

elp

ach

ieve

th

e LH

S st

rate

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ou

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mes

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iver

th

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e o

f h

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sin

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th

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loca

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r th

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st f

ive

year

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ach

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rev

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five

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o 2

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ill b

e im

ple

men

ted

in

par

tner

ship

wit

h t

he

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

s in

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frew

shir

e.

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teg

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utc

om

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hro

ug

h t

arg

eted

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stm

ent

an

d

reg

ener

ati

on

act

ivit

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ire

ha

s a

ttra

ctiv

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sust

ain

ab

le n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s a

nd

wel

l fu

nct

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to

wn

cen

tres

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mo

tin

g ec

on

om

ic g

row

th a

nd

tac

klin

g p

ove

rty

are

key

pri

ori

ties

fo

r

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l an

d R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s C

om

mu

nit

y P

lan

nin

g

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tner

ship

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ling

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vert

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Ren

frew

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e

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win

g a

rep

ort

by

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frew

shir

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ling

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vert

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om

mis

sio

n in

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ch 2

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ich

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est

ablis

hed

to

co

nsi

der

th

e n

atu

re, c

ause

s an

d

imp

act

of

po

vert

y in

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frew

shir

e an

d r

eco

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end

act

ion

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mit

igat

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and

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imis

e th

e im

pac

t o

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ild p

ove

rty,

th

e C

ou

nci

l ap

pro

ved

a

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vert

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rate

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LHS

ou

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rec

ogn

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imp

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ant

con

trib

uti

on

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acc

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to

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ual

ity

affo

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n m

ake

in t

ackl

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frew

shir

e’s

Eco

no

mic

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mew

ork

Ren

frew

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no

mic

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mew

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hlig

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th

at s

ince

th

e re

cess

ion

ther

e h

ave

bee

n p

osi

tive

eco

no

mic

ind

icat

ors

sh

ow

ing

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frew

shir

e’s

Emp

loym

ent

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e at

75

% c

om

par

ed

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h 6

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in 2

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. Th

ere

hav

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so

bee

n im

pro

vem

ents

in t

erm

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f th

e o

vera

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plo

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te, i

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ud

ing

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th u

nem

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s w

ell a

s av

erag

e lo

cal e

arn

ings

wh

ich

rem

ain

abo

ve t

he

nat

ion

al a

vera

ge. H

ow

ever

, th

e re

po

rt a

lso

hig

hlig

hts

th

at h

igh

leve

ls o

f d

epri

vati

on

rem

ain

in s

om

e p

arts

of

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frew

shir

e an

d b

elo

w

aver

age

life

exp

ecta

ncy

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geo

grap

hic

are

as w

her

e p

eop

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xper

ien

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oci

al d

epri

vati

on

are

very

oft

en t

he

sam

e ar

eas

wh

ich

are

ch

arac

teri

sed

by

ho

usi

ng

mar

ket

dif

ficu

ltie

s, in

clu

din

g lo

w d

eman

d f

or

soci

al r

ente

d h

ou

sin

g an

d p

riva

te

mar

ket

failu

re.

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inte

rven

tio

n is

req

uir

ed t

hro

ugh

loca

l are

a-

bas

ed r

egen

erat

ion

str

ateg

ies

to im

pro

ve t

he

qu

alit

y o

f h

ou

sin

g an

d t

he

loca

l en

viro

nm

ent

and

to

pro

vid

e a

bet

ter

ran

ge o

f te

nu

re o

pti

on

s an

d

crea

te m

ore

mix

ed a

nd

su

stai

nab

le c

om

mu

nit

ies.

Pa

isle

y To

wn

Cen

tre

Act

ion

Pla

n

Pai

sley

is S

cotl

and

’s la

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t to

wn

an

d it

is c

ruci

al t

o t

he

succ

ess

of

the

wid

er R

enfr

ewsh

ire

eco

no

my.

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sley

to

wn

cen

tre

is t

he

focu

s o

f

colla

bo

rati

ve p

artn

ersh

ip a

ctiv

ity

and

inve

stm

ent,

cap

ital

isin

g o

n t

he

tow

n’s

her

itag

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sets

, its

loca

tio

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lose

to

th

e ai

rpo

rt a

nd

tra

nsp

ort

con

nec

tio

ns

to G

lasg

ow

an

d t

he

wid

er c

on

urb

atio

n.

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e o

f th

e ke

y o

bje

ctiv

es o

f th

e 10

yea

r A

ctio

n P

lan

fo

r P

aisl

ey T

ow

n

Ce

ntr

e is

to

incr

ease

th

e n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

livi

ng

in t

he

tow

n c

entr

e.

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ent

inve

stm

ent

in t

he

con

stru

ctio

n o

f n

ew h

ou

sin

g o

n c

lear

ed s

ites

in

the

hea

rt o

f th

e to

wn

cen

tre

is b

rin

gin

g ab

ou

t re

al c

han

ge.

The

su

cces

s

of

this

ap

pro

ach

will

be

bu

ilt u

po

n o

ver

the

nex

t fi

ve y

ears

.

Stra

teg

ic o

utc

om

e 3

– P

eop

le li

ve in

hig

h q

ua

lity,

wel

l

ma

na

ged

ho

mes

Acr

oss

all

ten

ure

s, c

on

tin

ued

act

ion

is n

eed

ed t

o im

pro

ve t

he

qu

alit

y o

f

ho

usi

ng.

Wit

hin

th

e p

riva

te s

ecto

r, o

lder

ten

emen

ts a

nd

fla

ts w

ith

in

mix

ed o

wn

ersh

ip b

lock

s p

rese

nt

par

ticu

lar

chal

len

ges.

Ther

e h

as b

een

sig

nif

ican

t gr

ow

th in

th

e p

riva

te r

ente

d s

ecto

r an

d a

ctio

n

is r

equ

ired

to

imp

rove

mai

nte

nan

ce a

nd

man

agem

ent

stan

dar

ds

wit

hin

the

sect

or.

Stra

teg

ic o

utc

om

e 4

– H

om

es a

re e

ner

gy

effi

cien

t a

nd

fu

el

po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

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ific

ant

ener

gy e

ffic

ien

cy a

nd

qu

alit

y im

pro

vem

ents

hav

e b

een

mad

e

in t

he

soci

al r

ente

d s

ecto

r o

ver

the

last

fiv

e ye

ars

thro

ugh

maj

or

cap

ital

inve

stm

ent

pro

gram

me

s im

ple

men

ted

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the

Co

un

cil a

nd

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

s to

mee

t th

e Sc

ott

ish

Ho

usi

ng

Qu

alit

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and

ard

(SH

QS)

by

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015

.

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e

The

Co

un

cil a

nd

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

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s w

ill d

evel

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str

ateg

ies

to m

eet

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ew n

atio

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nd

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r

Soci

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ESH

) b

y 2

02

0 a

nd

to

pro

mo

te t

he

use

of

ren

ewab

le

tech

no

logy

.

Act

ion

to

tac

kle

fuel

po

vert

y an

d r

edu

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co

sts

for

ho

use

ho

lds

in t

he

pri

vate

sec

tor

as w

ell a

s th

e so

cial

ren

ted

sec

tor

rem

ain

s a

pri

ori

ty o

ver

the

nex

t fi

ve y

ears

.

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teg

ic o

utc

om

e 5

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om

eles

snes

s is

pre

ven

ted

an

d

vuln

era

ble

peo

ple

get

th

e a

dvi

ce a

nd

su

pp

ort

th

ey n

eed

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mel

ess

nes

s p

reve

nti

on

wo

rk a

nd

ho

usi

ng

op

tio

ns

advi

ce h

ave

con

trib

ute

d t

o a

dec

reas

e in

th

e n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

ap

ply

ing

to t

he

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un

cil a

s h

om

eles

s o

ver

the

last

fiv

e ye

ars

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

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mel

ess

nes

s is

no

t ju

st a

ho

usi

ng

issu

e an

d m

any

peo

ple

wh

o b

eco

me

ho

mel

ess

hav

e su

pp

ort

nee

ds

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

alc

oh

ol o

r su

bst

ance

mis

use

, off

end

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avio

ur

or

men

tal h

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h is

sues

.

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ctiv

e m

ult

i-ag

ency

wo

rkin

g is

req

uir

ed a

cro

ss a

ran

ge o

f st

atu

tory

an

d

volu

nta

ry s

ervi

ces

to h

elp

peo

ple

wit

h c

om

ple

x n

eed

s ga

in a

cces

s to

an

d

sust

ain

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is in

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on

th

e H

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mel

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n a

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iati

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he

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ry

sect

or

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eliv

er H

ou

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g Fi

rst

and

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un

dat

ion

s Fi

rst

mo

del

s o

f

inte

rven

tio

n a

nd

su

pp

ort

.

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teg

ic o

utc

om

e 6

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le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

epen

den

tly

for

as

lon

g a

s p

oss

ible

in t

hei

r o

wn

ho

me

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po

pu

lati

on

is a

gein

g an

d t

he

pro

ject

ed in

crea

se in

th

e n

um

ber

of

old

er p

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le, p

arti

cula

rly

tho

se a

ged

ove

r 7

5 y

ears

, mea

ns

ther

e w

ill b

e

grea

ter

nee

d a

nd

dem

and

fo

r su

itab

le a

cces

sib

le h

ou

sin

g an

d h

ou

sin

g

sup

po

rt s

ervi

ces.

Ten

Yea

r Jo

int

Co

mm

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ing

Pla

n f

or

Old

er P

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le

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Ten

Yea

r Jo

int

Co

mm

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on

ing

Pla

n f

or

Old

er P

eop

le

emp

has

ises

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e im

po

rtan

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f th

e ri

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f h

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g, in

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s o

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ho

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old

er p

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le a

s w

ell a

s su

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ices

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ich

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able

old

er p

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le t

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r o

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ho

me.

Ren

frew

shir

e H

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h a

nd

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cia

l Ca

re P

art

ner

ship

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tra

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lan

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and

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nee

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or

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Ho

usi

ng

Co

ntr

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tio

n S

tate

men

t, a

n a

pp

end

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o t

he

Stra

tegi

c P

lan

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hig

hlig

hts

th

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itic

al r

ole

of

ho

usi

ng

in im

pro

vin

g h

ealt

h, s

oci

al c

are

and

wel

lbei

ng

ou

tco

mes

fo

r p

eop

le in

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frew

shir

e.

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t U

se o

f Ex

isti

ng

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ck

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ho

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pro

vid

ers

will

wo

rk w

ith

th

e R

enfr

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ire

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lth

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artn

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str

ateg

ic n

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men

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or

a ra

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of

clie

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up

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ple

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isab

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es r

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ire

spec

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t h

ou

sin

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d d

iffe

ren

t

solu

tio

ns

wh

ich

en

able

peo

ple

to

live

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epen

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ud

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and

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s, t

ele

care

ser

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mu

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arm

s, c

are

at

ho

me

and

ho

usi

ng

sup

po

rt s

ervi

ces.

The

Co

un

cil a

nd

its

par

tner

s w

ill s

eek

to m

ake

the

bes

t u

se o

f ex

isti

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nu

e to

mak

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me

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ho

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cces

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o

peo

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wh

o n

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wel

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th

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n a

pp

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pp

ly o

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itab

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affo

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ou

sin

g in

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e, t

he

Co

un

cil a

nd

ho

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reco

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en

sure

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Co

nsu

ltat

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nsu

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ion

wit

h k

ey p

artn

ers,

incl

ud

ing

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

s, t

he

Co

un

cil p

rep

ared

a d

raft

LH

S fo

r co

nsu

ltat

ion

. Th

is

was

ap

pro

ved

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usi

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sult

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det

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ter

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on

ho

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ply

tar

gets

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nee

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or

mo

re a

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g in

Ren

frew

shir

e, in

clu

din

g

ho

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ng

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fam

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s, h

ou

sin

g w

hic

h is

aff

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able

fo

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g

peo

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l as

mo

re h

ou

sin

g w

hic

h is

acc

essi

ble

an

d f

lexi

ble

ho

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for

old

er p

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le;

the

nee

d f

or

rege

ner

atio

n, i

ncl

ud

ing

tow

n c

entr

e re

gen

erat

ion

and

red

evel

op

men

t o

f b

row

nfi

eld

lan

d f

or

ho

usi

ng;

con

cern

s ab

ou

t p

oo

r q

ual

ity

and

aff

ord

abili

ty in

th

e p

riva

te

ren

ted

sec

tor;

an

d,

con

cern

s ab

ou

t th

e in

abili

ty o

f m

any

peo

ple

to

aff

ord

to

hea

t

thei

r h

om

es.

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ere

po

ssib

le, t

he

fin

al L

HS

has

bee

n r

evis

ed t

o t

ake

acco

un

t o

f

con

sult

atio

n f

eed

bac

k. B

ackg

rou

nd

Pap

er 2

is a

vaila

ble

on

th

e

Co

un

cil’s

web

site

an

d s

ho

ws

ho

w t

he

stra

tegy

has

bee

n a

men

ded

to

take

acc

ou

nt

of

feed

bac

k (w

ww

.ren

frew

shir

e.go

v.u

k)

Par

tner

ship

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rkin

g

Dev

elo

pin

g an

d d

eliv

erin

g ac

tio

ns

wit

hin

th

is L

HS

invo

lves

clo

se

wo

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g b

etw

een

a r

ange

of

com

mu

nit

y p

lan

nin

g p

artn

ers

and

dif

fere

nt

serv

ices

wit

hin

th

e C

ou

nci

l. H

ou

sin

g p

artn

ers

incl

ud

e th

e 15

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

s th

at o

per

ate

wit

hin

th

e R

enfr

ewsh

ire

are

a (s

ee

Ap

pen

dix

1).

Th

rou

gh t

he

Ho

usi

ng

Pro

vid

ers

Foru

m, h

ou

sin

g

asso

ciat

ion

s an

d t

he

Co

un

cil w

ill w

ork

to

mo

nit

or

the

imp

lem

enta

tio

n

of

the

LHS

Act

ion

Pla

n.

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Equ

alit

ies

The

Equ

alit

ies

Act

20

10 in

tro

du

ced

a g

ener

al e

qu

alit

y d

uty

fo

r th

e

pu

blic

sec

tor

in t

he

UK

. Th

e A

ct r

equ

ires

pu

blic

bo

die

s to

pay

du

e

rega

rd t

o t

he

nee

d t

o:

elim

inat

e u

nla

wfu

l dis

crim

inat

ion

, vic

tim

isat

ion

an

d h

aras

smen

t

adva

nce

eq

ual

ity

of

op

po

rtu

nit

y

fost

er g

oo

d r

elat

ion

s.

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e re

qu

irem

ents

ap

ply

acr

oss

th

e 'p

rote

cted

ch

arac

teri

stic

s' o

f ag

e;

dis

abili

ty; g

end

er; g

end

er r

eass

ign

men

t; p

regn

ancy

an

d m

ater

nit

y;

race

; rel

igio

n a

nd

bel

ief;

sex

an

d s

exu

al o

rien

tati

on

an

d t

o a

lim

ited

exte

nt

to m

arri

age

and

civ

il p

artn

ersh

ip.

An

Eq

ual

ity

Imp

act

Ass

essm

ent

(EQ

IA)

has

bee

n u

nd

erta

ken

wh

ich

pro

vid

es a

fra

mew

ork

fo

r co

nsi

der

ing

the

imp

act

(bo

th p

osi

tive

an

d

neg

ativ

e) o

n t

ho

se in

th

e p

rote

cted

ch

arac

teri

stic

s. T

he

EIQ

A

(Bac

kgro

un

d P

aper

3)

was

su

bje

ct t

o c

on

sult

atio

n a

t th

e sa

me

tim

e as

the

full

dra

ft L

HS.

The

wh

ole

ran

ge o

f ac

tio

ns

pre

sen

ted

in t

he

LHS

sho

uld

be

of

a p

osi

tive

ben

efit

to

th

e w

ider

po

pu

lati

on

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

In p

arti

cula

r, o

lder

peo

ple

an

d t

ho

se w

ith

dis

abili

ties

are

par

ticu

lar

gro

up

s w

ith

pro

tect

ed

char

acte

rist

ics

wh

o w

ill p

arti

cula

rly

ben

efit

fro

m s

pec

ific

act

ion

s in

th

e

stra

tegy

.

Stra

tegi

c En

viro

nm

enta

l Ass

ess

me

nt

The

Co

un

cil c

om

ple

ted

a p

re-s

cree

nin

g n

oti

fica

tio

n S

trat

egic

Envi

ron

men

tal A

sses

smen

t. T

his

was

su

bm

itte

d t

o t

he

Sco

ttis

h

Go

vern

men

t’s

Stra

tegi

c En

viro

nm

enta

l Gat

eway

. It

was

det

erm

ined

that

a S

trat

egic

En

viro

nm

enta

l Ass

essm

ent

was

no

t re

qu

ired

fo

r th

e

LHS.

It w

as c

on

sid

ered

th

at t

he

LHS

has

min

imal

en

viro

nm

enta

l im

pac

ts

eith

er d

irec

tly

or

ind

irec

tly.

Mo

nit

ori

ng

and

Eva

luat

ion

Each

ou

tco

me

has

a n

um

ber

of

acti

on

s th

at w

ill b

e d

eliv

ered

by

a

com

bin

atio

n o

f th

e C

ou

nci

l, p

artn

ers

and

vo

lun

tary

org

anis

atio

ns.

Thes

e ar

e s

um

mar

ised

at

the

end

of

each

of

the

7 O

utc

om

es a

nd

bro

ugh

t to

geth

er in

an

Act

ion

Pla

n.

A L

HS

up

dat

e w

ill b

e p

rod

uce

d e

ach

yea

r, s

etti

ng

ou

t ke

y

ach

ieve

men

ts, p

rogr

ess

agai

nst

act

ion

s an

d p

rogr

ess

in m

eeti

ng

targ

ets.

Th

e LH

S u

pd

ate

will

rep

ort

on

an

y si

gnif

ican

t d

evel

op

men

ts

that

req

uir

e ch

ange

s to

th

e LH

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pro

ach

or

that

will

aff

ect

the

abili

ty

of

par

tner

s to

del

iver

act

ion

s.

The

LHS

up

dat

e w

ill b

e re

po

rted

to

th

e C

ou

nci

l’s H

ou

sin

g an

d

Co

mm

un

ity

Safe

ty P

olic

y B

oar

d a

nd

will

be

dis

pla

yed

on

th

e C

ou

nci

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web

site

.

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mo

grap

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e o

f th

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op

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tio

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nd

ho

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tren

ds

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ow

th

e LH

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fin

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at f

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ho

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ge a

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ow

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frew

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12 | P

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13 | P

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3

. Th

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sin

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in R

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at

ther

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go

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qu

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ho

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in t

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of

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pu

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imp

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will

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on

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po

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14 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

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sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

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ey

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ket

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grap

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nd

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ile it

will

be

imp

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to p

lan

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r h

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sin

g th

at s

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are

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re a

ffo

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amily

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p e

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lin

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as.

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usi

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tal h

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sin

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ner

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pri

vate

ren

ted

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per

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15 | P

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e

3

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sin

g Sy

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in R

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fre

wsh

ire

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Mar

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and

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grap

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nd

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sect

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req

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ease

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use

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16 | P

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3

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sin

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in R

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fre

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ly a

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lab

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or

let

each

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r in

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mix

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th

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ciat

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sec

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in R

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ho

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% f

lats

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17 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

e H

ou

sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

ire

– K

ey

Mar

ket

and

De

mo

grap

hic

Tre

nd

s

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up

turn

in t

he

mar

ket

is r

efle

cted

in le

vels

of

ho

use

bu

ildin

g in

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frew

shir

e. In

th

e la

st t

wo

yea

rs, 5

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and

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18 | P

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e

3

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in R

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fre

wsh

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ket

ren

ts e

xist

in s

om

e ar

eas,

par

ticu

larl

y in

Pai

sley

, dem

on

stra

tin

g

evid

ence

of

mar

ket

failu

re. T

hes

e al

so t

end

to

be

the

are

as o

f le

ast

po

pu

lar

soci

al h

ou

sin

g.

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19 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

e H

ou

sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

ire

– K

ey

Mar

ket

and

De

mo

grap

hic

Tre

nd

s

Tab

le 1

Ave

rage

an

d L

ow

er

Qu

arti

le S

ale

s P

rice

(2

01

4)

Ho

us

e

Pri

ce (

£)

Pa

isle

y &

L

inw

oo

d

Re

nfr

ew

Jo

hn

sto

ne &

E

lders

lie

No

rth

R

en

frew

sh

ire

We

st

Re

nfr

ew

sh

ire

To

tal

Ave

rag

e

£10

8,7

65

£11

8,4

71

£11

0,6

29

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3,7

33

£18

0,4

13

£12

7,8

49

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er

Qu

art

ile

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4

£77

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0

£60

,00

0

£10

5,7

50

£10

3,5

00

£70

,00

0

Sourc

e: R

C, S

asin

es A

naly

sis

The

low

er q

uar

tile

pri

ce is

th

e le

vel a

t w

hic

h t

ho

se e

nte

rin

g o

wn

er

occ

up

atio

n f

or

the

firs

t ti

me,

or

tho

se w

ith

low

er in

com

es c

ou

ld b

e

exp

ecte

d t

o lo

ok

to b

uy.

The

dif

fere

nce

s ac

ross

th

e su

b-a

reas

in t

hes

e p

rice

s ar

e n

ota

ble

, wit

h

the

low

er q

uar

tile

pri

ce in

No

rth

Ren

frew

shir

e an

d W

est

Ren

frew

shir

e

aro

un

d 8

0%

hig

her

th

an t

hat

in P

aisl

ey a

nd

Lin

wo

od

, su

gges

tin

g

affo

rdab

ility

issu

es f

or

tho

se s

eeki

ng

to b

uy

in N

ort

h a

nd

Wes

t

Ren

frew

shir

e.

Ou

tco

me

1 s

ets

ou

t p

lan

s to

co

nsu

lt o

n a

n a

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g p

olic

y to

add

ress

aff

ord

abili

ty is

sues

an

d O

utc

om

e 2

set

s o

ut

pla

ns

to d

evel

op

stra

tegi

es t

o a

dd

ress

are

as o

f lo

w d

eman

d h

ou

sin

g.

Po

vert

y an

d D

epri

vati

on

Des

pit

e h

igh

er a

vera

ge in

com

e le

vels

an

d im

pro

vem

ents

in

un

emp

loym

ent

leve

ls, i

ssu

es o

f p

ove

rty

and

dep

riva

tio

n r

emai

n in

Ren

frew

shir

e.

The

late

st S

cott

ish

Ind

ex o

f M

ult

iple

Dep

riva

tio

n d

ata

sh

ow

th

at a

lmo

st

35

,00

0 p

eop

le in

Ren

frew

shir

e liv

e in

th

e 1

5%

mo

st d

epri

ved

dat

azo

nes

in S

cotl

and

. M

any

of

thes

e ar

eas

co

nta

in t

he

leas

t p

op

ula

r so

cial

ho

usi

ng.

Ch

ild p

ove

rty

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

is e

stim

ated

to

be

21%

, wh

ich

mea

ns

mo

re t

han

7,0

00

child

ren

are

livi

ng

in p

ove

rty

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

tod

ay5.

Par

tner

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e re

cogn

ise

po

vert

y as

a k

ey d

rive

r o

f ill

hea

lth

and

dis

adva

nta

ge.

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Tack

ling

Po

vert

y St

rate

gy s

ets

ou

t a

ran

ge o

f ac

tio

ns

to m

itig

ate

and

min

imis

e th

e im

pac

t o

f p

ove

rty

in

Ren

frew

shir

e an

d R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Co

un

cil h

as c

om

mit

ted

sig

nif

ican

t

reso

urc

es t

o im

ple

men

t th

is.

5 Tac

klin

g P

ove

rty

Stra

tegy

20

15

-20

17

, RC

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20 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

e H

ou

sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

ire

– K

ey

Mar

ket

and

De

mo

grap

hic

Tre

nd

s

A n

um

ber

of

acti

on

s ar

e in

clu

ded

wit

hin

th

is L

HS

to h

elp

tac

kle

po

vert

y

and

bre

ak t

he

gen

erat

ion

al c

ycle

s o

f d

epri

vati

on

by

rege

ner

atin

g ar

eas

wit

h t

he

po

ore

st q

ual

ity

and

leas

t d

esir

able

ho

usi

ng,

pre

ven

tin

g

ho

mel

ess

nes

s an

d a

dd

ress

ing

ho

usi

ng

affo

rdab

ility

issu

es.

Sourc

e:

SIM

D a

nd R

enfr

ew

shire C

ouncil

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21 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

e H

ou

sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

ire

– K

ey

Mar

ket

and

De

mo

grap

hic

Tre

nd

s

Ho

usi

ng

Ne

ed a

nd

De

man

d

The

“Gla

sgo

w a

nd

th

e C

lyd

e V

alle

y H

ou

sin

g N

eed

an

d D

eman

d

Ass

essm

ent

2 (

HN

DA

2)”

6 w

as u

nd

erta

ken

by

a p

artn

ersh

ip o

f th

e ei

ght

loca

l au

tho

riti

es in

th

e G

lasg

ow

an

d C

lyd

e V

alle

y H

ou

sin

g M

arke

t A

rea

(see

Map

1)

follo

win

g Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t gu

idan

ce7 a

nd

pro

vid

es

esti

mat

es o

f th

e a

dd

itio

na

l ho

mes

req

uir

ed o

ver

the

per

iod

20

12

-20

29

(Tab

le 2

).

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stu

dy

has

info

rme

d t

he

Stra

tegi

c D

evel

op

men

t P

lan

, th

is L

HS,

th

e

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ew o

f th

e Lo

cal D

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op

men

t P

lan

an

d t

he

pre

par

atio

n o

f h

ou

sin

g

sup

ply

tar

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fo

r R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

Tab

le 2

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en

ure

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usin

g N

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mate

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or

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ire, 2

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g

ho

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ng

nee

ds.

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ord

er t

o g

ain

a f

ulle

r p

ictu

re o

f th

e o

per

atio

n o

f th

e

ho

usi

ng

syst

em in

Ren

frew

shir

e, in

clu

din

g af

ford

abili

ty is

sues

fo

r

exis

tin

g h

ou

seh

old

s, m

ove

men

t b

etw

een

sec

tors

an

d t

he

suit

abili

ty o

f

exis

tin

g so

cial

ren

ted

sec

tor

sto

ck t

o m

eet

futu

re n

eed

an

d d

eman

d,

the

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un

cil c

om

mis

sio

ned

a f

urt

her

stu

dy

to a

dd

to

th

e w

ork

of

the

HN

DA

2.

This

stu

dy

focu

sed

on

th

e s

ub

-mar

ket

are

a le

vel,

uti

lisin

g o

ther

stat

isti

cal d

ata,

loca

l ho

usi

ng

mar

ket

info

rmat

ion

an

d q

ual

itat

ive

dat

a

in r

elat

ion

to

ten

ure

, co

st a

nd

ch

oic

e an

d t

he

loca

l ho

usi

ng

mar

ket.

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22 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

e H

ou

sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

ire

– K

ey

Mar

ket

and

De

mo

grap

hic

Tre

nd

s

Key

fin

din

gs o

n t

he

furt

her

stu

dy

iden

tifi

ed t

hat

:

Ther

e is

co

nsi

der

able

mar

ket

imb

alan

ce a

cro

ss t

he

five

su

b-

are

as in

Ren

frew

shir

e w

ith

aff

ord

abili

ty is

sues

in N

ort

h

Ren

frew

shir

e an

d W

est

Ren

frew

shir

e w

her

e th

e h

ou

sin

g m

arke

t

is c

har

acte

rise

d b

y la

rger

, exp

ensi

ve a

nd

pre

do

min

antl

y o

wn

er

occ

up

ied

ho

usi

ng.

Th

ere

are

aff

ord

abili

ty p

ress

ure

s an

d li

mit

ed

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

s.

Pai

sley

/Lin

wo

od

, Jo

hn

sto

ne/

Eld

ersl

ie a

nd

Ren

frew

- h

ave

hig

her

leve

ls o

f so

cial

ren

tin

g an

d b

elo

w a

vera

ge h

ou

se p

rice

s in

the

pri

vate

sec

tor.

Th

ere

is a

pre

do

min

ance

of

smal

l fla

ts a

nd

smal

ler

pro

per

ties

in P

aisl

ey/L

inw

oo

d, a

nd

a h

igh

er p

rop

ort

ion

of

mid

dle

-siz

ed p

rop

erti

es in

Jo

hn

sto

ne/

Eld

ersl

ie.

Ren

frew

shir

e is

a r

elat

ivel

y se

lf c

on

tain

ed m

arke

t as

are

th

e

five

su

b-a

reas

: peo

ple

ten

d t

o m

ove

wit

hin

th

e ar

ea in

wh

ich

they

cu

rre

ntl

y liv

e. T

he

stu

dy

iden

tifi

ed t

hat

fo

r m

any,

loca

tio

n

is t

he

mo

st im

po

rtan

t fa

cto

r. P

eop

le d

o n

ot

wan

t to

mo

ve f

ar

fro

m t

hei

r “o

wn

” ar

ea.

Ther

e is

a c

on

tin

uin

g p

rob

lem

of

low

dem

and

ho

usi

ng

in p

arts

of

Pai

sley

/Lin

wo

od

, an

d s

om

e p

arts

of

Joh

nst

on

e/El

der

slie

an

d

Ren

frew

. At

the

sam

e ti

me

ther

e is

a s

tro

ng

wai

tin

g lis

t d

eman

d

for

area

s w

her

e p

eop

le d

o w

ant

to li

ve.

The

re is

a n

eed

to

cre

ate

com

mu

nit

ies

wh

ich

are

su

stai

nab

le in

the

lon

g te

rm.

This

req

uir

es t

he

pro

mo

tio

n o

f gr

eat

er t

enu

re

mix

an

d c

reat

ion

of

a ra

nge

an

d c

ho

ice

of

ho

usi

ng,

wh

ere

peo

ple

can

tra

de-

up

or

trad

e-d

ow

n d

epen

din

g o

n t

hei

r h

ou

sin

g

nee

ds

and

mo

ve t

o d

iffe

ren

t te

nu

res,

typ

es a

nd

siz

es t

o m

eet

chan

gin

g n

eed

s an

d a

spir

atio

ns.

The

stu

dy

also

iden

tifi

ed a

dd

itio

nal

ho

usi

ng

nee

d a

mo

ng

peo

ple

wh

o a

re e

con

om

ical

ly a

ctiv

e in

th

e ag

e ra

nge

30

+ w

ho

are

“stu

ck”

in t

hei

r p

aren

tal h

om

e d

ue

to a

lim

ited

ran

ge a

nd

cho

ice

of

app

rop

riat

e h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

s th

at m

eets

th

eir

nee

ds

in

spec

ific

are

as.

Mo

del

ling

sugg

ests

an

est

imat

ed

2,7

00

ho

use

ho

lds

are

curr

entl

y in

un

affo

rdab

le p

riva

te h

ou

sin

g (p

ayin

g m

ore

th

an

25

% o

f th

eir

inco

me

on

ho

usi

ng

cost

s) a

nd

exp

erie

nci

ng

fin

anci

al h

ard

ship

or

wit

h a

low

inco

me.

Of

thes

e, a

n e

stim

ated

70

0 h

ou

seh

old

s co

uld

aff

ord

low

er q

uar

tile

mar

ket

ho

usi

ng.

An

esti

mat

ed 5

00

cou

ld n

ot

affo

rd m

arke

t h

ou

sin

g b

ut

cou

ld a

ffo

rd

an in

term

edia

te h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

.

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23 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

e H

ou

sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

ire

– K

ey

Mar

ket

and

De

mo

grap

hic

Tre

nd

s

Re

nfr

ew

shir

e’s

Ho

usi

ng

Sup

ply

Tar

get

Taki

ng

the

abo

ve s

tud

ies

of

ho

usi

ng

nee

d a

nd

dem

and

as

the

evid

ence

bas

e, h

ou

sin

g su

pp

ly t

arge

ts f

or

Ren

frew

shir

e fo

r th

e p

erio

d o

f th

is L

HS

(20

16

-20

21)

hav

e b

een

dev

elo

ped

.

As

req

uir

ed b

y th

e Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t’s

LHS

Gu

idan

ce a

nd

Sco

ttis

h

Pla

nn

ing

Po

licy,

th

ese

sup

ply

tar

gets

are

bro

adly

co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

th

e

esti

mat

es s

et o

ut

in t

he

SDP

fo

r th

e C

lyd

epla

n a

rea.

The

star

tin

g p

oin

t fo

r th

ese

targ

ets

is t

he

nee

d e

stim

ates

fro

m H

ND

A2

sho

wn

in T

able

2 (

an a

nn

ual

eq

uiv

alen

t o

f 14

8 s

oci

al r

ent/

bel

ow

mar

ket

ren

t p

rop

erti

es a

nd

34

0 p

riva

te p

rop

erti

es).

For

the

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g se

cto

r, t

he

targ

et h

as b

een

set

ab

ove

th

e

HN

DA

2 e

stim

ate

to t

ake

acco

un

t o

f th

e ad

dit

ion

al n

eed

iden

tifi

ed

thro

ugh

th

e re

sear

ch d

escr

ibed

ab

ove

. Th

e am

bit

iou

s h

igh

er t

arge

t o

f

20

0 h

om

es e

ach

yea

r is

co

nsi

der

ed t

o b

e re

alis

tic

and

del

iver

able

in t

he

con

text

of

aver

age

com

ple

tio

n r

ates

ove

r th

e la

st f

ive

year

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e (8

42

or

an a

vera

ge o

f 16

8 c

om

ple

tio

ns

each

yea

r o

ver

the

last

fiv

e ye

ars)

an

d c

urr

ent

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

fun

din

g le

vels

fo

r

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g lin

ked

to

th

e ta

rget

to

del

iver

50

,00

0 n

ew

affo

rdab

le h

om

es o

ver

the

nex

t fi

ve y

ears

.

Tab

le 3

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Ho

usi

ng

Sup

ply

Tar

gets

For

the

pri

vate

sec

tor,

th

e su

pp

ly t

arge

t o

f 50

0 n

ew h

om

es

each

yea

r is

set

ab

ove

th

e H

ND

A2

nee

d e

stim

ate

to t

ake

acco

un

t o

f

rece

nt

pri

vate

sec

tor

com

ple

tio

n r

ates

, R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s C

om

mu

nit

y

Pla

nn

ing

Par

tner

ship

tar

get

of

incr

easi

ng

the

po

pu

lati

on

by

5%

by

20

23

,

and

th

e an

tici

pat

ed im

pac

t o

f th

e C

ity

Dea

l in

vest

men

t.

2

01

6-2

02

1

An

nu

al e

qu

ival

ent

Aff

ord

able

*

1,0

00

2

00

Pri

vate

2

,50

0

50

0

Tota

l 3

,50

0

70

0

* A

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g in

clu

de

s: s

oci

al r

ent,

bel

ow

mar

ket

ren

t, s

har

ed e

qu

ity,

sh

ared

ow

ner

ship

, an

d lo

w c

ost

ho

me

ow

ner

ship

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24 | P

ag

e

3

. Th

e H

ou

sin

g Sy

stem

in R

en

fre

wsh

ire

– K

ey

Mar

ket

and

De

mo

grap

hic

Tre

nd

s

The

tab

le b

elo

w s

um

mar

ises

th

e fa

cto

rs w

hic

h w

ere

con

sid

ered

in s

etti

ng

sup

ply

tar

gets

fo

r th

e LH

S b

ased

on

th

e H

ND

A2

est

imat

es.

In li

ne

wit

h S

cott

ish

Pla

nn

ing

Po

licy,

10

% g

ener

osi

ty w

ill b

e ad

ded

to

th

e h

ou

sin

g su

pp

ly t

arge

t fo

r th

e p

riva

te s

ecto

r ta

kin

g th

e la

nd

req

uir

emen

t fo

r th

e p

erio

d o

f th

is L

HS

to

20

0 a

ffo

rdab

le a

nd

55

0 p

riva

te h

om

es e

ach

yea

r. T

he

LDP

will

iden

tify

a r

ange

of

site

s to

mee

t th

is le

vel o

f h

ou

sin

g n

eed

an

d d

eman

d.

Tab

le 4

Fac

tors

co

nsi

der

ed in

dev

elo

pin

g R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s h

ou

sin

g su

pp

ly t

arge

ts

Aff

ord

able

Ho

usi

ng

HN

DA

2 e

stim

ate

: 1

48

pro

per

ties

eac

h y

ear

Aff

ord

able

su

pp

ly t

arge

ts w

ere

incr

ease

d f

rom

HN

DA

2 n

eed

est

imat

es a

s a

resu

lt o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

con

sid

erat

ion

s:

Ad

dit

ion

al n

eed

iden

tifi

ed f

rom

ho

use

ho

lds

“stu

ck”

livin

g w

ith

oth

er h

ou

seh

old

s d

ue

to li

mit

ed a

ffo

rdab

le o

pti

on

s. It

is t

he

Co

un

cil’s

aim

to

hel

p t

hes

e n

ew h

ou

seh

old

s fo

rm;

Aff

ord

able

ho

usi

ng

com

ple

tio

ns

bet

wee

n 2

011

/12

an

d 2

01

5/1

6 h

ave

aver

aged

16

8p

a, d

em

on

stra

tin

g ca

pac

ity

to d

eliv

er;

The

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

aim

s to

incr

ease

th

e am

ou

nt

of

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g ac

ross

Sco

tlan

d a

nd

hav

e in

crea

sed

th

e le

vels

of

fun

din

g

avai

lab

le t

o C

ou

nci

ls t

o f

acili

tate

th

is.

LHS

Aff

ord

able

Ho

usi

ng

Sup

ply

tar

get:

20

0 co

mp

leti

on

s ea

ch y

ear

Pri

vate

Ho

usi

ng

HN

DA

2 e

stim

ate

: 3

40

pro

per

ties

eac

h y

ear

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25 | P

ag

e

3.

The

Ho

usi

ng

Syst

em in

Re

nfr

ew

shir

e –

Ke

y M

arke

t an

d D

em

ogr

aph

ic T

ren

ds

Pri

vate

sec

tor

ho

usi

ng

sup

ply

tar

gets

wer

e in

crea

sed

fro

m H

ND

A2

nee

d e

stim

ates

as

a re

sult

of

the

follo

win

g co

nsi

der

atio

ns:

R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s am

bit

ion

s ar

e t

o g

row

th

e re

sid

ent

po

pu

lati

on

by

5%

by

202

3. T

his

is h

igh

er t

han

th

e N

atio

nal

Rec

ord

s o

f Sc

otl

and

po

pu

lati

on

pro

ject

ion

s u

sed

in H

ND

A2

, an

d c

on

seq

uen

tly

will

incr

ease

th

e n

eed

fo

r p

riva

te s

ecto

r h

ou

sin

g;

Th

e ec

on

om

ic b

enef

its

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

Cit

y D

eal a

re li

kely

to

incr

ease

job

s in

th

e ar

ea

wh

ich

may

req

uir

e ad

dit

ion

al h

ou

sin

g. It

is li

kely

th

ere

will

be

a n

eed

to

iden

tify

ho

usi

ng

site

s as

soci

ated

wit

h C

ity

Dea

l pro

ject

s fr

om

20

19

;

Lo

nge

r te

rm a

vera

ge p

revi

ou

s p

riva

te s

ecto

r co

mp

leti

on

s h

ave

bee

n h

igh

er t

han

nee

d e

stim

ates

: 12

yea

rs 2

00

2/2

00

3 -

20

13/2

10

4=

42

0p

a

and

17

yea

rs 1

99

7/9

8-2

01

3/1

4 =

48

2pa.

Rec

ent

com

ple

tio

ns

hav

e al

so b

een

hig

her

: 20

14/

15

=47

7 an

d 2

015

/16

= 5

77

.

Thes

e le

vels

dem

on

stra

te c

apac

ity

and

dem

and

in t

he

loca

l mar

ket

for

add

itio

nal

pri

vate

sec

tor

ho

usi

ng.

LHS

Pri

vate

Ho

usi

ng

Sup

ply

Tar

get:

50

0 c

om

ple

tio

ns

each

yea

r

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 1

Th

e S

up

ply

of

Ho

usi

ng

is In

cre

ase

d

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l an

d it

s p

artn

ers

aim

to

incr

ease

th

e su

pp

ly o

f

ho

usi

ng

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

ove

r th

e n

ext

five

yea

rs.

As

set

ou

t in

th

e

pre

vio

us

sect

ion

, th

e ta

rget

is t

o b

uild

50

0 n

ew p

riva

te h

om

es a

nd

20

0

new

aff

ord

able

ho

mes

eac

h y

ear.

This

LH

S al

so h

igh

ligh

ts t

he

imp

ort

ance

of

mak

ing

sure

th

at t

hes

e n

ew

ho

mes

are

of

the

righ

t si

ze, t

ype

an

d t

enu

re a

nd

are

in t

he

righ

t

loca

tio

ns

to m

eet

curr

en

t an

d f

utu

re n

eed

an

d a

spir

atio

ns

and

to

hel

p

crea

te b

alan

ced

an

d s

ust

ain

able

co

mm

un

itie

s.

As

wel

l as

mee

tin

g id

enti

fied

ho

usi

ng

nee

d, t

his

ho

use

bu

ildin

g

acti

vity

will

su

pp

ort

loca

l eco

no

mic

gro

wth

by

crea

tin

g an

d

sust

ain

ing

job

s an

d t

rain

ing

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

in t

he

con

stru

ctio

n

sect

or.

This

LH

S se

ts o

ut

pla

ns

to in

crea

se t

he

sup

ply

of

ho

usi

ng

by:

En

suri

ng

that

su

ffic

ien

t la

nd

is m

ade

avai

lab

le f

or

new

ho

usi

ng

thro

ugh

th

e Lo

cal D

evel

op

men

t P

lan

pro

cess

an

d t

hat

bro

wn

fiel

d s

ites

are

bro

ugh

t fo

rwar

d f

or

red

evel

op

men

t;

D

eliv

erin

g n

ew b

uild

aff

ord

able

ho

usi

ng

pro

ject

s th

rou

gh t

he

SHIP

pro

gram

me

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

s;

D

evel

op

ing

a b

ette

r m

ix o

f h

ou

sin

g o

f th

e ri

ght

ten

ure

, typ

e an

d s

ize

and

in t

he

righ

t p

lace

s; a

nd

,

D

evel

op

ing

inn

ova

tive

ap

pro

ach

es w

hic

h f

acili

tate

mix

ed t

enu

re h

ou

sin

g d

evel

op

men

ts o

n b

row

nfi

eld

sit

es.

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27 | P

ag

e

O

utc

om

e 1

Th

e S

up

ply

of

Ho

usi

ng

is In

cre

ase

d

Lan

d S

up

ply

fo

r H

ou

sin

g

The

ho

usi

ng

sup

ply

tar

gets

ind

icat

e th

e n

um

ber

of

new

ho

me

s to

be

bu

ilt d

uri

ng

the

per

iod

co

vere

d b

y th

e LH

S. R

en

frew

shir

e’s

Loca

l

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n is

th

e ve

hic

le t

o e

nsu

re t

hat

th

ere

is s

uff

icie

nt

l an

d a

lloca

ted

to

fac

ilita

te t

his

am

ou

nt

of

ho

usi

ng

dev

elo

pm

ent.

To

co

mp

ly w

ith

Sco

ttis

h P

lan

nin

g P

olic

y re

qu

irem

ents

to

en

sure

th

at

a ge

ner

ou

s su

pp

ly o

f la

nd

is id

enti

fied

, th

e p

riva

te s

ecto

r su

pp

ly

targ

et is

incr

ease

d b

y 1

0%

to

giv

e a

req

uir

emen

t fo

r h

ou

sin

g la

nd

fo

r

55

0 u

nit

s ea

ch y

ear

for

the

pri

vate

sec

tor

in a

dd

itio

n t

o la

nd

fo

r 20

0

pro

per

ties

eac

h y

ear

for

the

affo

rdab

le s

ecto

r.

The

ove

rarc

hin

g o

bje

ctiv

e in

mee

tin

g th

e h

ou

sin

g la

nd

req

uir

emen

t

in t

he

nex

t R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Loca

l Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n w

ill b

e th

e d

eliv

ery

of

sust

ain

able

, wel

l-d

esig

ned

ho

mes

in t

he

righ

t p

lace

s.

The

Loca

l Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n w

ill c

on

tin

ue

to p

rom

ote

su

stai

nab

le

pat

tern

s o

f d

evel

op

men

t, p

rio

riti

sin

g re

dev

elo

pm

ent

and

rege

ner

atio

n o

f b

row

nfi

eld

an

d p

revi

ou

sly

use

d s

ites

bef

ore

gree

nfi

eld

sit

es.

The

curr

en

t Lo

cal D

evel

op

men

t P

lan

Act

ion

Pro

gram

me

iden

tifi

es

acti

on

s to

hel

p in

crea

se t

he

amo

un

t o

f h

ou

se b

uild

ing

in

Ren

frew

shir

e in

clu

din

g:

dev

elo

pin

g in

itia

tive

s to

ass

ist

wit

h u

nlo

ckin

g d

evel

op

men

t

site

s;

pre

par

ing

and

pro

mo

tin

g d

evel

op

men

t b

rief

s fo

r

dev

elo

pm

ent

site

s;

taki

ng

a p

roac

tive

ap

pro

ach

to

del

iver

ing

infr

astr

uct

ure

on

rege

ner

atio

n s

ites

by

dev

elo

pin

g d

iffe

ren

t ap

pro

ach

es a

nd

fun

din

g m

ech

anis

ms

to h

elp

del

iver

dev

elo

pm

ent;

pre

par

atio

n o

f d

evel

op

men

t fr

amew

ork

s fo

r tw

elve

“Tra

nsi

tio

n A

reas

”, w

hic

h a

re a

reas

th

at w

ere

pre

vio

usl

y

zon

ed f

or

bu

sin

ess

and

ind

ust

rial

pu

rpo

ses

bu

t w

her

e

com

pre

hen

sive

red

evel

op

men

t is

no

w e

nco

ura

ged

wh

ich

cou

ld in

clu

de

resi

den

tial

use

s.

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28 | P

ag

e

O

utc

om

e 1

Th

e S

up

ply

of

Ho

usi

ng

is In

cre

ase

d

De

liver

ing

Aff

ord

able

Ho

usi

ng

thro

ugh

th

e S

HIP

Pro

gram

me

The

Stra

tegi

c H

ou

sin

g In

vest

men

t P

lan

(SH

IP)

pro

vid

es a

par

tner

ship

app

roac

h f

or

del

iver

ing

the

targ

et o

f at

leas

t 20

0 n

ew a

ffo

rdab

le

ho

mes

eac

h y

ear

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

Wh

ile t

his

tar

get

rep

rese

nts

an

incr

ease

in t

he

rate

of

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g co

mp

leti

on

s co

mp

ared

to

rece

nt

year

s (o

ver

the

last

fiv

e ye

ars,

an

ave

rage

of

168

aff

ord

able

ho

mes

wer

e co

mp

lete

d),

th

ere

are

wel

l est

ablis

hed

join

t w

ork

ing

arra

nge

men

ts in

pla

ce b

etw

een

dif

fere

nt

serv

ices

wit

hin

th

e C

ou

nci

l

(Co

mm

un

ity

Res

ou

rces

as

wel

l as

Dev

elo

pm

ent

and

Ho

usi

ng)

, ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

s an

d t

he

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent.

Th

ese

arra

nge

men

ts w

ill b

e

furt

her

str

engt

hen

ed o

ver

the

nex

t fi

ve y

ears

, wit

h g

reat

er e

mp

has

is

also

pla

ced

on

wo

rkin

g w

ith

pri

vate

sec

tor

par

tner

s to

en

sure

eff

ect

ive

del

iver

y o

f m

ixed

ten

ure

dev

elo

pm

ents

.

Taki

ng

acco

un

t o

f th

e th

emes

em

ergi

ng

fro

m t

he

dra

ft L

HS,

a n

ew S

HIP

was

dev

elo

ped

by

the

Co

un

cil a

nd

RSL

par

tner

s an

d s

ub

mit

ted

to

th

e

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

in N

ove

mb

er 2

01

6.

This

incl

ud

es a

n a

mb

itio

us

pip

elin

e p

rogr

amm

e o

f n

ew d

evel

op

men

t si

tes,

des

ign

ed t

o m

eet

the

ann

ual

20

0 a

ffo

rdab

le h

om

es t

arge

t in

Ren

frew

shir

e, w

hile

als

o a

lign

ed

to L

HS

ou

tco

mes

on

reg

ener

atio

n a

nd

to

wn

cen

tre

dev

elo

pm

ent

and

ind

epen

den

t liv

ing.

Inve

stm

ent

in a

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g th

rou

gh t

he

SHIP

pro

gram

me

will

con

tin

ue

to b

e ta

rget

ed t

o h

elp

ach

ieve

LH

S o

utc

om

es:

Su

pp

ort

loca

l ho

usi

ng

rege

ner

atio

n p

rogr

amm

es.

[O

utc

om

e 2

]

R

epla

ce o

bso

lete

so

cial

ren

ted

ho

usi

ng

(wh

ere

maj

or

imp

rove

men

ts t

o e

xist

ing

sto

ck w

ou

ld n

ot

be

cost

eff

ecti

ve

and

/or

sust

ain

able

) an

d w

her

e t

her

e is

co

nti

nu

ed n

eed

.

[Ou

tco

me

2]

A

dd

ress

mis

mat

ch b

etw

een

th

e su

pp

ly o

f so

cial

ren

ted

ho

usi

ng

and

th

e h

ou

sin

g p

eop

le n

eed

an

d w

ant

to li

ve in

, tak

ing

acco

un

t

of

typ

e, s

ize,

qu

alit

y an

d lo

cati

on

. [O

utc

om

e 2

]

A

dd

ress

sh

ort

fall

in t

he

area

s w

her

e th

ere

is p

ress

ure

on

th

e

sup

ply

of

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g. [

Ou

tco

me

1]

Su

pp

ort

th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f a

grad

uat

ed h

ou

sin

g m

arke

t in

are

as o

f p

ress

ure

an

d in

are

as w

her

e th

ere

is a

req

uir

emen

t fo

r

affo

rdab

le o

pti

on

s. [

Ou

tco

mes

1 a

nd

2]

Su

pp

ort

th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f su

stai

nab

le m

ixed

co

mm

un

itie

s b

y

incl

ud

ing

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g in

Co

mm

un

ity

Gro

wth

are

as a

nd

oth

er la

rger

ho

usi

ng

dev

elo

pm

ents

. [O

utc

om

es 1

an

d 2

]

Ex

pan

d t

he

sup

ply

of

ho

usi

ng

for

peo

ple

wit

h p

arti

cula

r n

eed

s.

[Ou

tco

mes

5 a

nd

6]

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29 | P

ag

e

O

utc

om

e 1

Th

e S

up

ply

of

Ho

usi

ng

is In

cre

ase

d

C

om

ple

te t

he

com

pre

hen

sive

ten

emen

t im

pro

vem

ent

pro

gram

me

for

stra

tegi

cally

imp

ort

ant

loca

tio

ns

(Orc

har

d S

t,

Pai

sley

). [

Ou

tco

me

2]

Su

pp

ort

to

wn

cen

tre

resi

den

tial

dev

elo

pm

ent

and

reg

ener

atio

n.

[Ou

tco

me

2]

To h

elp

su

pp

ort

th

e d

eliv

ery

of

the

nat

ion

al t

arge

t o

f 5

0,0

00

new

affo

rdab

le h

om

es, t

he

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

incr

ease

d t

he

gran

t

sub

sid

y b

ench

mar

k fo

r h

ou

sin

g as

soci

atio

ns

fro

m £

58

,00

0 p

er u

nit

to

£7

0,0

00

an

d f

or

Co

un

cils

fro

m £

48

,000

to

£5

7,0

00

. W

hile

th

is s

ho

uld

aid

del

iver

abili

ty b

y re

du

cin

g th

e am

ou

nt

of

pri

vate

fin

ance

req

uir

ed

for

new

bu

ild d

evel

op

men

ts, s

om

e o

f th

is g

ran

t in

crea

se w

ill b

e

abso

rbed

by

hig

her

co

nst

ruct

ion

co

sts,

as

ten

der

pri

ce in

flat

ion

fee

ds

thro

ugh

to

th

e n

ewb

uild

pro

gram

me

.

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Res

ou

rce

Pla

nn

ing

Ass

um

pti

on

(R

PA

) fo

r 2

01

6/1

7 is

£1

1.5

21m

. A

lon

g w

ith

min

imu

m R

PA

s fo

r th

e n

ext

five

yea

rs t

o M

arch

20

21

, at

leas

t £

36

.9m

will

be

avai

lab

le o

ver

the

lifet

ime

of

this

LH

S to

sup

po

rt d

eliv

ery

of

new

aff

ord

able

ho

usi

ng

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

It is

an

tici

pat

ed t

hat

ad

dit

ion

al f

un

ds

will

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

th

rou

gh

furt

her

allo

cati

on

s fr

om

th

e Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t d

uri

ng

the

lifet

ime

of

the

LHS

and

par

tner

ship

pla

nn

ing

acti

vity

is t

her

efo

re g

eare

d t

ow

ard

s

ove

r-p

rogr

amm

ing

in o

rder

to

ach

ieve

del

iver

y o

f at

leas

t 20

0 n

ew

affo

rdab

le h

om

es e

ach

yea

r.

The

Co

un

cil a

nd

its

par

tner

s w

ill c

on

tin

ue

to p

urs

ue

a ra

nge

of

mec

han

ism

s to

allo

w t

he

max

imu

m a

mo

un

t o

f af

ford

able

ho

usi

ng

to

be

del

iver

ed w

ith

th

e re

sou

rces

ava

ilab

le.

This

will

incl

ud

e

con

sid

erat

ion

of

dif

fere

nt

mo

del

s o

f fu

nd

ing

and

ten

ure

op

tio

ns,

pro

mo

tio

n o

f jo

int

wo

rkin

g b

etw

een

th

e C

ou

nci

l an

d h

ou

sin

g

asso

ciat

ion

s o

n p

rocu

rem

ent

issu

es, a

nd

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

join

t

init

iati

ves

wit

h p

riva

te d

evel

op

ers

to p

rom

ote

mix

ed t

enu

re

dev

elo

pm

ents

.

Pro

vid

ing

a B

ette

r M

ix o

f H

ou

sin

g –

the

rig

ht

size

, typ

e a

nd

ten

ure

an

d in

th

e r

igh

t p

lace

s

Loca

l evi

den

ce o

utl

ined

in t

he

pre

vio

us

sect

ion

hig

hlig

hte

d t

he

nat

ure

of

segm

ente

d m

arke

ts in

Ren

frew

shir

e, a

ffo

rdab

ility

issu

es in

par

ts o

f

the

auth

ori

ty a

rea

and

th

e ex

iste

nce

of

low

dem

and

/lo

w v

alu

e h

ou

sin

g

in p

arts

of

the

pri

vate

sec

tor

and

are

as o

f so

cial

ren

ted

ho

usi

ng

wit

hin

the

SIM

D m

ost

dep

rive

d a

reas

.

The

LHS

aim

s to

dev

elo

p m

ore

bal

ance

d h

ou

sin

g m

arke

ts t

o h

elp

ach

ieve

su

stai

nab

le c

om

mu

nit

ies

thro

ugh

ou

t R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

Th

is w

ill

be

ach

ieve

d b

y cr

eati

ng

the

con

dit

ion

s w

hic

h e

nab

le m

ore

fle

xib

le

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30 | P

ag

e

O

utc

om

e 1

Th

e S

up

ply

of

Ho

usi

ng

is In

cre

ase

d

op

tio

ns

wh

ich

allo

w p

eop

le t

o t

rad

e u

p o

r tr

ade

do

wn

dep

end

ing

on

thei

r h

ou

sin

g n

eed

s, a

nd

mo

ve t

o d

iffe

ren

t te

nu

res,

typ

es

and

siz

es o

f

ho

use

s in

ord

er t

o m

eet

chan

gin

g n

eed

s an

d a

spir

atio

ns.

A b

ette

r m

ix o

f si

ze, t

ype

and

ten

ure

of

ho

usi

ng

is n

eed

ed.

This

will

be

ach

ieve

d t

hro

ugh

:

C

on

tin

uin

g to

pro

vid

e a

mix

of

ten

ure

s th

rou

gh t

he

affo

rdab

le

ho

usi

ng

pro

gram

me

. To

dat

e, t

his

has

incl

ud

ed s

har

ed

eq

uit

y

ow

ner

ship

an

d m

ore

rec

entl

y th

e fi

rst

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

mid

mar

ket

ren

t in

20

15

.

Evid

ence

su

gges

ts t

her

e is

a p

ote

nti

al m

arke

t fo

r

inte

rmed

iate

/lo

w c

ost

ho

me

ow

ner

ship

pro

du

cts

for

tho

se

un

able

to

bu

y/re

nt

at m

arke

t p

rice

or

stru

gglin

g w

ith

cu

rren

t

ho

usi

ng

cost

s, a

nd

rec

ent

dev

elo

pm

ents

hav

e al

l bee

n le

t o

r

sold

su

cces

sfu

lly c

on

firm

ing

this

dem

and

. (H

ow

ever

, cu

rren

t

gran

t le

vels

fo

r R

SL s

har

ed e

qu

ity

ho

mes

are

act

ing

as a

con

stra

int

on

th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f th

is t

ype

of

ho

usi

ng,

an

d

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

to r

evie

w a

rran

gem

ents

will

be

rais

ed w

ith

th

e

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent.

)

The

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r lo

w c

ost

ho

me

ow

ner

ship

an

d b

elo

w

mar

ket

ren

t -

eith

er

as p

art

of

larg

er d

evel

op

men

ts o

r as

sta

nd

alo

ne

dev

elo

pm

ents

- w

ill b

e re

view

ed o

n a

cas

e b

y ca

se b

asis

,

taki

ng

acco

un

t o

f lo

cal f

acto

rs in

clu

din

g si

te c

apac

ity,

th

e lo

cal

pri

vate

mar

ket,

an

d lo

cal d

emo

grap

hic

an

d h

ou

sin

g n

eed

ind

icat

ors

. Op

tio

ns

for

new

mo

del

s o

f af

ford

able

ho

usi

ng

will

also

be

exp

lore

d.

C

on

tin

uin

g to

incr

ease

th

e su

pp

ly o

f h

ou

ses

thro

ugh

th

e

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g p

rogr

amm

e an

d r

egen

erat

ion

pro

gram

mes

–Th

e af

ford

able

ho

usi

ng

pro

gram

me

to

dat

e h

as e

xpan

ded

th

e

sup

ply

of

affo

rdab

le h

ou

ses.

Ho

wev

er, f

lats

are

sti

ll th

e

pre

do

min

ant

pro

per

ty t

ype

wit

hin

th

e af

ford

able

sec

tor

and

dem

and

cle

arly

dem

on

stra

tes

a re

qu

irem

ent

for

sign

ific

ant

furt

her

pro

visi

on

of

bac

k an

d f

ron

t d

oo

r h

ou

ses.

Th

is is

a

par

ticu

lar

chal

len

ge w

ith

in t

he

Co

un

cil s

ecto

r an

d w

ork

will

be

take

n f

orw

ard

wit

hin

th

e lif

etim

e o

f th

is L

HS

to a

dd

ress

th

is a

s

par

t o

f lo

cal h

ou

sin

g re

gen

erat

ion

init

iati

ves.

C

on

sult

ing

on

an

Aff

ord

able

Ho

usi

ng

Po

licy

– It

is p

rop

ose

d

that

an

aff

ord

able

ho

usi

ng

po

licy

wo

uld

be

targ

eted

to

req

uir

e a

pro

po

rtio

n o

f af

ford

able

pro

visi

on

to

be

incl

ud

ed in

new

bu

ild

ho

usi

ng

dev

elo

pm

ents

ab

ove

an

agr

eed

nu

mb

er o

f u

nit

s in

are

as w

ith

iden

tifi

ed s

ho

rtfa

ll to

su

pp

ort

su

stai

nab

le m

ixed

com

mu

nit

ies.

Th

is w

ill b

e ta

ken

fo

rwar

d t

hro

ugh

th

e re

view

of

the

curr

ent

LDP

an

d is

hig

hlig

hte

d in

th

e 20

17

Mai

n Is

sues

Rep

ort

.

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31 | P

ag

e

O

utc

om

e 1

Th

e S

up

ply

of

Ho

usi

ng

is In

cre

ase

d

To

en

sure

th

at n

ew a

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g is

of

a h

igh

qu

alit

y,

irre

spec

tive

of

its

typ

e o

r si

ze o

r te

nu

re, t

he

Co

un

cil w

ill w

ork

wit

h p

artn

ers

to d

evel

op

a s

tan

dar

d f

or

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g,

that

tak

es in

to a

cco

un

t d

esig

n a

nd

sp

ace

stan

dar

d

con

sid

erat

ion

s.

Bri

ngi

ng

Emp

ty H

om

es

Bac

k In

to U

se

Bri

ngi

ng

emp

ty h

om

es b

ack

into

use

can

pla

y a

smal

l par

t in

hel

pin

g to

incr

ease

th

e su

pp

ly o

f h

ou

sin

g av

aila

ble

to

mee

t h

ou

sin

g n

eed

s, a

s w

ell

as h

avin

g a

wid

er b

enef

it in

ter

ms

of

loca

l am

enit

y an

d p

erce

pti

on

s o

f

com

mu

nit

y sa

fety

.

Wit

hin

Ren

frew

shir

e, t

he

aim

is t

o b

rin

g 25

em

pty

pro

per

ties

bac

k in

to

use

per

yea

r th

rou

gh t

he

“Ho

me

s A

gain

Ren

frew

shir

e” s

chem

e w

hic

h is

a jo

int

init

iati

ve b

etw

een

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l, W

est

Du

nb

arto

nsh

ire

Co

un

cil a

nd

th

e Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t. T

his

incl

ud

es a

Mat

chm

aker

sch

eme

that

hel

ps

to li

nk

up

bu

yers

wis

hin

g to

pu

rch

ase

emp

ty h

om

es

wit

h o

wn

ers

of

emp

ty h

om

es.

Loan

s ca

n a

lso

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

to

enab

le o

wn

ers

of

emp

ty p

rop

erti

es t

o c

arry

ou

t w

ork

req

uir

ed t

o b

rin

g

pro

per

ties

to

a le

ttab

le s

tan

dar

d.

Enfo

rcem

ent

po

wer

s (W

ork

s N

oti

ces

and

Co

mp

uls

ory

Pu

rch

ase

Ord

ers)

wh

ich

can

be

use

d t

o d

eal w

ith

em

pty

ho

mes

will

be

con

sid

ered

on

a c

ase

by

case

bas

i s w

her

e an

ow

ne

r fa

ils t

o e

nga

ge

wit

h t

he

Co

un

cil a

nd

th

e em

pty

ho

me

is d

ange

rou

s o

r ca

usi

ng

sign

ific

ant

pro

ble

ms.

As

an a

dd

itio

nal

mea

sure

to

en

cou

rage

ow

ner

s to

bri

ng

emp

ty p

rop

erti

es b

ack

into

use

. R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Co

un

cil i

s m

akin

g

use

of

dis

cret

ion

ary

po

wer

s u

nd

er t

he

Co

un

cil T

ax (

Var

iati

on

fo

r

Un

occ

up

ied

Dw

ellin

gs)

(Sco

tlan

d)

Reg

ula

tio

ns

20

13

, wit

h p

rop

erti

es

un

occ

up

ied

an

d u

nfu

rnis

hed

fo

r a

year

or

mo

re n

ow

su

bje

ct t

o a

10

0%

incr

ease

in c

ou

nci

l tax

ch

arge

s.

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Out

com

e 1

The

Supp

ly o

f Hou

sing

is In

crea

sed

Out

com

e 1:

Sum

mar

y of

Key

Act

ions

1.In

crea

se th

e su

pply

of n

ew h

ousin

g in

Ren

frew

shire

2.En

sure

Ren

frew

shire

’s ne

w L

DP id

entif

ies s

uffic

ient

land

in e

xist

ing

plac

es to

del

iver

the

hous

ing

supp

ly ta

rget

s set

out

in th

is LH

S.

3.Re

view

the

2014

LDP

Act

ion

Plan

Pro

gram

me

to b

ring

forw

ard

brow

nfie

ld a

nd p

revi

ously

use

d sit

es fo

r hou

sing

deve

lopm

ent.

4.Co

nsid

er b

ids t

o th

e Sc

ottis

h Go

vern

men

t Inf

rast

ruct

ure

fund

and

oth

er fu

ndin

g so

urce

s to

enab

le d

eliv

ery

of h

ousin

g on

site

s affe

cted

by

infr

astr

uctu

re c

onst

rain

ts.

5.De

liver

pro

ject

s in

the

exist

ing

SHIP

pro

gram

me

and

deve

lop

new

pro

ject

s whi

ch a

ssist

in m

eetin

g th

e st

rate

gic

outc

omes

in th

is LH

S.

6.Pr

epar

e an

ann

ual r

evie

w a

nd u

pdat

e of

the

SHIP

to e

nsur

e it

is a

live

and

resp

onsiv

e pl

an.

7.Pr

omot

e a

mix

of t

enur

e op

tions

to m

eet a

fford

able

hou

sing

need

.

8.Co

nsul

t on

an A

fford

able

Hou

sing

Polic

y, ta

rget

ed to

incr

ease

the

supp

ly o

f affo

rdab

le h

ousin

g in

are

as o

f ide

ntifi

ed sh

ortf

all.

9.De

velo

p a

stan

dard

for a

fford

able

hou

sing

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire th

at ta

kes i

nto

acco

unt d

esig

n an

d sp

ace

stan

dard

con

sider

atio

ns.

10.P

rom

ote

part

ners

hip

wor

king

on

proc

urem

ent i

ssue

s to

max

imise

opp

ortu

nity

and

effi

cien

cy in

the

deliv

ery

of a

fford

able

hou

sing.

11.E

ncou

rage

ow

ners

of e

mpt

y ho

mes

to b

ring

them

bac

k in

to u

se.

32 |

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ag

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tco

me

2 T

hro

ugh

tar

gete

d in

vest

me

nt

and

re

gen

era

tio

n a

ctiv

ity,

Ren

fre

wsh

ire

has

attr

acti

ve a

nd

su

stai

nab

le n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds

and

we

ll-fu

nct

ion

ing

tow

n c

entr

es

Sust

ain

able

pla

ces

can

be

def

ined

as

tho

se t

hat

hav

e a

ran

ge o

f

serv

ices

, ho

usi

ng

typ

es

and

ho

use

ho

lds,

wh

ich

pro

mo

te in

tegr

atio

n

and

po

siti

ve, d

iver

se n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

Th

ey a

re p

lace

s d

esig

ned

aro

un

d p

eop

le a

nd

pro

vid

e ea

sy a

cces

s to

ser

vice

s, c

ult

ura

l am

enit

ies

and

gre

en

sp

ace.

Sust

ain

able

co

mm

un

itie

s ar

e p

lace

s w

her

e p

eop

le w

ant

to li

ve, u

se

loca

l fac

iliti

es a

nd

hav

e a

real

sen

se o

f co

mm

un

ity.

Th

is o

utc

om

e

focu

ses

on

cre

atin

g at

trac

tive

en

viro

nm

ents

an

d t

ow

n a

nd

vill

age

cen

tres

th

at s

up

po

rt t

he

gro

wth

of

loca

l co

mm

un

itie

s an

d t

he

eco

no

my,

get

tin

g p

eop

le in

volv

ed in

act

ivit

ies

that

imp

rove

th

e h

ealt

h

and

wel

lbei

ng

of

the

com

mu

nit

y.

Ove

r th

e la

st f

ive

year

s, lo

cal h

ou

sin

g re

gen

erat

ion

str

ateg

ies

in

Ren

frew

shir

e h

ave

focu

sed

on

pro

vid

ing

hig

h q

ual

ity,

mo

der

n, e

ner

gy

effi

cien

t h

ou

ses

to r

epla

ce le

ss p

op

ula

r h

igh

den

sity

Co

un

cil f

lats

, wit

h

mo

re t

han

50

0 n

ew

aff

ord

able

ho

mes

co

mp

lete

d t

hro

ugh

reg

ener

atio

n

pro

ject

s in

Pai

sley

, Lin

wo

od

an

d J

oh

nst

on

e.

This

LH

S se

ts o

ut

pla

ns

to b

uild

on

th

is s

ucc

ess

and

to

cre

ate

su

stai

nab

le c

om

mu

nit

ies

by:

B

uild

ing

new

aff

ord

able

ho

mes

in h

ou

sin

g re

gen

erat

ion

are

as –

incl

ud

ing

Joh

nst

on

e C

astl

e, F

ergu

slie

Par

k, P

aisl

ey W

est

En

d;

D

evel

op

ing

area

bas

ed s

trat

egie

s fo

r ar

eas

wit

h lo

w d

eman

d /

low

val

ue

ho

usi

ng

sto

ck a

nd

cre

atin

g o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r gr

adu

ated

ho

usi

ng

mar

kets

wit

h g

reat

er t

enu

re m

ix; a

nd

,

C

on

tin

uin

g to

su

pp

ort

ho

usi

ng

inve

stm

ent

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s to

wn

an

d v

illag

e ce

ntr

es t

o in

crea

se t

he

nu

mb

er o

f p

eop

le li

vin

g in

th

e to

wn

cen

tre

and

pro

mo

te e

con

om

ic g

row

th.

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ag

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tco

me

2 T

hro

ugh

tar

gete

d in

vest

me

nt

and

re

gen

era

tio

n a

ctiv

ity,

Ren

fre

wsh

ire

has

attr

acti

ve a

nd

su

stai

nab

le n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds

and

we

ll-fu

nct

ion

ing

tow

n c

entr

es

Loca

l Ho

usi

ng

Re

gen

era

tio

n In

itia

tive

s

A k

ey p

rio

rity

fo

r th

e n

ext

five

yea

rs is

to

imp

lem

ent

loca

l ho

usi

ng

rege

ner

atio

n s

trat

egie

s in

par

tner

ship

wit

h lo

cal c

om

mu

nit

ies:

Jo

hn

sto

ne

Cas

tle

. Th

e fi

rst

ph

ase

invo

lves

dem

olit

ion

of

aro

un

d 2

50

Co

un

cil t

enem

ent

pro

per

ties

an

d r

epla

cem

ent

wit

h a

rou

nd

10

0 n

ew

bu

ild C

ou

nci

l ho

mes

fo

r re

nt.

Dem

olit

ion

sta

rted

in 2

01

5 a

nd

con

stru

ctio

n is

du

e to

sta

rt in

su

mm

er 2

017

. Fu

ture

ph

ases

will

incl

ud

e

a m

ix o

f n

ew p

riva

te h

ou

sin

g an

d s

om

e n

ew b

uild

ho

usi

ng

by

Lin

sto

ne

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

n.

P

aisl

ey W

est

End

. Th

e C

ou

nci

l an

d S

anct

uar

y H

ou

sin

g A

sso

ciat

ion

are

wo

rkin

g to

geth

er t

o d

evel

op

pla

ns

for

new

mix

ed t

enu

re h

ou

sin

g in

th

e

Wel

l Str

eet

are

a, t

akin

g ac

cou

nt

of

the

sign

ific

ant

chal

len

ges

po

sed

by

the

mix

ed o

wn

ersh

ip o

f ex

isti

ng

ten

emen

ts f

lats

, co

mm

erc

ial

pro

per

ties

an

d v

acan

t la

nd

in t

he

are

a. R

edev

elo

pm

ent

of

the

form

er

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-op

sit

e in

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lmea

do

w S

tree

t, d

ue

to s

tart

in e

arly

20

17

, is

an e

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op

po

rtu

nit

y to

kic

k st

art

inve

stm

ent

in t

he

area

.

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rgu

slie

Par

k. H

ou

sin

g re

gen

erat

ion

pro

po

sals

are

bei

ng

pre

par

ed f

or

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Tan

nah

ill a

rea

of

Ferg

usl

ie P

ark,

fo

llow

ing

con

sult

atio

n w

ith

loca

l co

mm

un

itie

s an

d li

nke

d t

o p

rop

osa

ls

for

the

wid

er r

egen

erat

ion

of

the

are

a in

volv

ing

maj

or

inve

stm

ent

in a

Reg

ion

al S

po

rts

Faci

lity.

D

evel

op

men

t o

f n

ew h

ou

sin

g o

n b

row

nfi

eld

sit

es in

th

e

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mm

un

ity

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wth

Are

as a

t B

ish

op

ton

(in

clu

din

g at

leas

t 2

00

new

ho

mes

fo

r so

cial

ren

t as

par

t o

f an

ove

rall

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

aro

un

d 2

,500

new

ho

mes

) an

d S

ou

th W

est

Joh

nst

on

e (w

her

e

a m

aste

rpla

n a

pp

roac

h is

bei

ng

dev

elo

ped

to

del

iver

aro

un

d

50

0 n

ew h

om

es o

n v

acan

t an

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pre

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tco

me

2 T

hro

ugh

tar

gete

d in

vest

me

nt

and

re

gen

era

tio

n a

ctiv

ity,

Ren

fre

wsh

ire

has

attr

acti

ve a

nd

su

stai

nab

le n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds

and

we

ll-fu

nct

ion

ing

tow

n c

entr

es

Tack

ling

Low

De

man

d/L

ow

Val

ue

Are

as

The

furt

her

stu

dy

into

th

e H

ou

sin

g N

eed

an

d D

eman

d A

sses

smen

t in

Ren

frew

shir

e c

on

firm

ed t

hat

alo

ngs

ide

a re

qu

irem

ent

for

add

itio

nal

new

ho

mes

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

to m

eet

the

ho

usi

ng

nee

d a

nd

dem

and

,

ther

e is

als

o s

tro

ng

evid

ence

of

issu

es

wit

h lo

w d

eman

d, s

tock

imb

alan

ce a

nd

seg

rega

ted

mar

kets

. Th

is is

dem

on

stra

ted

in lo

w

dem

and

low

val

ue

sto

ck in

th

e so

cial

ren

ted

sec

tor

and

low

dem

and

po

or

con

dit

ion

sto

ck in

th

e p

riva

te s

ecto

r.

Thes

e ar

eas

of

low

dem

and

co

rrel

ate

wit

h t

he

mo

st in

com

e d

epri

ved

are

as a

nd

fre

qu

entl

y al

so h

ave

a p

oo

r q

ual

ity

loca

l en

viro

nm

ent

(fo

r

exam

ple

, lac

k o

f p

rop

er b

in s

tora

ge a

reas

an

d la

rge

vaca

nt

op

en

spac

es).

Th

e m

ixed

ten

ure

nat

ure

of

som

e o

f th

ese

are

as -

wit

h

abse

nt

ow

ner

s, p

riva

te la

nd

lord

s, a

nd

sev

eral

so

cial

ho

usi

ng

pro

vid

ers

- m

ake

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

a co

mp

reh

ensi

ve a

pp

roac

h t

o

man

agem

ent

and

mai

nte

nan

ce o

f th

e h

ou

sin

g st

ock

an

d t

he

pro

visi

on

of

rela

ted

ser

vice

s p

arti

cula

rly

chal

len

gin

g.

A v

icio

us

cycl

e ca

n d

evel

op

, wit

h h

igh

er t

urn

ove

r an

d lo

w d

eman

d

lead

ing

to f

urt

her

dec

line

in n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

d p

erce

pti

on

an

d q

ual

ity.

As

wel

l as

dev

elo

pin

g a

bet

ter

mix

of

ho

use

typ

es a

nd

siz

es f

or

soci

al r

ent,

op

tio

ns

for

inte

rven

tio

n in

so

me

are

as m

ay r

equ

ire

stra

tegi

es f

or

mar

ket

rest

ruct

uri

ng

- cr

eati

ng

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

inte

rmed

iate

ren

t an

d

ow

ner

ship

op

tio

ns

wh

ich

mee

t as

pir

atio

ns

for

ho

me

ow

ner

ship

, as

wel

l

as m

ore

mid

dle

mar

ket

and

larg

er h

ou

sin

g th

an h

as h

isto

rica

lly b

een

avai

lab

le in

urb

an a

reas

.

Alo

ng

wit

h in

vest

men

t in

ho

usi

ng,

th

e n

eed

fo

r en

viro

nm

en

tal

imp

rove

men

ts a

nd

lin

ks t

o e

mp

loym

ent,

hea

lth

an

d w

ellb

ein

g

init

iati

ves

also

nee

d t

o b

e ad

dre

ssed

.

Furt

her

wo

rk w

ill b

e ca

rrie

d o

ut

to b

uild

th

e ev

iden

ce b

ase

to in

form

op

tio

n a

pp

rais

al f

or

the

ho

usi

ng

sto

ck w

hic

h is

mo

st a

t ri

sk a

nd

to

dev

elo

p a

rea-

bas

ed s

trat

egie

s an

d m

aste

rpla

ns

for

thes

e ar

eas.

Th

is

will

po

ten

tial

ly r

equ

ire

alig

nm

ent

of

asse

t m

anag

emen

t p

lan

nin

g fo

r

exis

tin

g so

cial

ren

ted

ho

usi

ng

wit

h r

eso

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es f

rom

th

e SH

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rogr

amm

e

to h

elp

del

iver

res

tru

ctu

rin

g in

th

ese

are

as.

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tco

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2 T

hro

ugh

tar

gete

d in

vest

me

nt

and

re

gen

era

tio

n a

ctiv

ity,

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fre

wsh

ire

has

attr

acti

ve a

nd

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stai

nab

le n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds

and

we

ll-fu

nct

ion

ing

tow

n c

entr

es

Ex

per

ien

ce o

f re

cen

t an

d c

urr

ent

pro

ject

s d

emo

nst

rate

th

at a

dd

itio

nal

cost

s an

d c

on

stra

ints

are

oft

en in

volv

ed in

del

iver

ing

rege

ner

atio

n

pro

ject

s (f

or

exam

ple

, lan

d a

ssem

bly

, dem

olit

ion

co

sts,

an

d t

he

nee

d

for

red

evel

op

men

t o

f fr

agm

ente

d a

nd

infi

ll si

tes)

co

mp

are

d w

ith

oth

er

new

ho

usi

ng

dev

elo

pm

ents

.

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

will

be

exp

lore

d t

o d

evel

op

par

tner

ship

arr

ange

men

ts

wh

ich

may

ass

ist

in d

eliv

erin

g re

gen

erat

ion

pro

ject

s in

th

e m

ost

co

st-

effe

ctiv

e w

ay a

nd

th

e n

eed

fo

r ad

dit

ion

al f

un

din

g su

pp

ort

will

be

iden

tifi

ed w

her

e n

eces

sary

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Tow

n C

en

tre

s

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frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l is

com

mit

ted

to

pro

mo

tin

g ec

on

om

ic g

row

th a

nd

rege

ner

atio

n o

f to

wn

cen

tres

. Th

e C

ou

nci

l co

nti

nu

es t

o id

enti

fy a

nd

del

iver

a r

ange

of

inn

ova

tive

ap

pro

ach

es t

o s

ust

ain

an

d e

nco

ura

ge

inve

stm

ent

to e

nsu

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ou

r C

entr

es r

emai

n t

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eco

no

mic

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oci

al

hu

bs

of

ou

r co

mm

un

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d p

lace

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nsu

ltat

ion

wo

rk is

cu

rren

tly

on

goin

g to

hel

p f

inal

ise

a To

wn

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tegy

an

d A

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lan

fo

r ea

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f R

enfr

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s To

wn

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tres

wh

ich

will

iden

tify

th

e ro

le o

f th

e c

entr

e, t

hei

r st

ren

gth

s an

d

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

enh

ance

men

t an

d c

han

ge. T

he

se s

ho

uld

be

fin

alis

ed

in 2

01

6-1

7 an

d t

her

eaft

er r

evie

wed

eve

ry t

wo

yea

rs.

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po

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wn

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tre

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den

tial

use

co

ntr

ibu

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to t

he

vita

lity

of

tow

ns,

en

han

ces

new

co

mm

un

itie

s, in

crea

ses

the

dem

and

fo

r se

rvic

es a

nd

can

imp

rove

per

cep

tio

ns

of

com

mu

nit

y sa

fety

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pre

vio

us

LHS

incl

ud

ed a

co

mm

itm

ent

to d

eliv

er h

ou

sin

g p

roje

cts

that

wo

uld

incr

ease

th

e n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

livi

ng

in t

ow

n c

entr

es. T

his

com

mit

men

t w

ill b

e m

ain

tain

ed t

hro

ugh

th

is L

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bu

ildin

g o

n t

he

succ

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ul a

pp

roac

h t

o t

he

red

evel

op

men

t o

f th

e “A

bb

ey Q

uar

ter”

in

Pai

sley

To

wn

Cen

tre.

Aro

un

d 1

60

affo

rdab

le h

om

es h

ave

bee

n c

om

ple

ted

in P

aisl

ey T

ow

n

Cen

tre

bet

wee

n 2

01

1 a

nd

th

e en

d o

f 20

16

incl

ud

ing

mid

-mar

ket

ren

t,

soci

al r

ent

and

low

co

st h

om

e o

wn

ersh

ip o

pti

on

s fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

.

Alo

ng

wit

h n

ew p

riva

te h

ou

sin

g, t

hes

e d

evel

op

men

ts p

rovi

de

a ra

nge

of

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

tow

n c

entr

e liv

ing

acro

ss d

iffe

ren

t te

nu

res

on

form

er

bro

wn

fiel

d s

ites

, tra

nsf

orm

ing

the

lan

dsc

ape

of

the

are

a an

d

assi

stin

g w

ith

th

e w

ider

reg

ener

atio

n o

f P

aisl

ey T

ow

n C

entr

e.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

2 T

hro

ugh

tar

gete

d in

vest

me

nt

and

re

gen

era

tio

n a

ctiv

ity,

Ren

fre

wsh

ire

has

attr

acti

ve a

nd

su

stai

nab

le n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds

and

we

ll-fu

nct

ion

ing

tow

n c

entr

es

Lo

oki

ng

furt

her

fo

rwar

d, p

rio

rity

pro

ject

s to

aid

to

wn

cen

tre

rege

ner

atio

n

and

to

wn

cen

tre

livin

g ar

e:

Orc

har

d S

tree

t/ C

ause

ysid

e St

reet

, Pai

sley

Th

ere

are

fiv

e

ten

emen

t b

lock

s in

ver

y p

oo

r co

nd

itio

n w

ith

in t

he

Pai

sley

To

wn

Cen

tre

Co

nse

rvat

ion

Are

a. F

ollo

win

g w

ork

by

the

Co

un

cil,

Pai

sley

So

uth

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

n a

nd

th

e Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t

to r

evie

w c

ost

s an

d g

ran

t fu

nd

ing

req

uir

emen

ts, c

on

sult

atio

n is

taki

ng

pla

ce o

n a

pro

po

sed

Ho

usi

ng

Ren

ewal

Are

a w

hic

h w

ou

ld

sup

po

rt t

he

com

pre

hen

sive

imp

rove

men

t o

f th

e te

nem

ents

at

this

str

ateg

ical

ly im

po

rtan

t lo

cati

on

.

Ren

frew

To

wn

Ce

ntr

e is

th

e fo

cus

for

an

inn

ova

tive

‘Sim

plif

ied

Pla

nn

ing

Zon

e’ (

SPZ)

, th

e fi

rst

of

its

kin

d in

Sco

tlan

d.

Ad

op

ted

in

Au

gust

20

15

, th

e sc

hem

e re

mo

ves

the

nee

d f

or

pla

nn

ing

per

mis

sio

n r

elat

ing

to c

erta

in d

evel

op

men

ts a

nd

/or

use

s. T

his

inn

ova

tive

mea

sure

aim

s to

incr

ease

res

iden

tial

use

in t

he

Tow

n

Cen

tre

. It

is s

ugg

este

d t

hat

co

nsi

der

atio

n s

ho

uld

be

give

n

tow

ard

s es

tab

lish

ing

sim

ilar

SPZ

init

iati

ves

targ

eted

to

ho

usi

ng

acro

ss a

ll o

f R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s ce

ntr

es.

Ou

tco

me

2: S

um

mar

y o

f K

ey

Act

ion

s

1.

In p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

loca

l co

mm

un

itie

s d

evel

op

an

d

imp

lem

ent

loca

l reg

ener

atio

n s

trat

egie

s fo

r: J

oh

nst

on

e C

astl

e; P

aisl

ey W

est

En

d; F

ergu

slie

Par

k.

2

. R

evie

w lo

w d

eman

d s

oci

al r

ente

d h

ou

sin

g, u

nd

erta

ke

op

tio

n a

pp

rais

al a

nd

dev

elo

p a

rea

bas

ed s

trat

egie

s.

3

. In

mix

ed t

enu

re a

reas

, rev

iew

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

join

t in

itia

tive

s o

n e

stat

e m

anag

emen

t an

d e

nvi

ron

men

tal

imp

rove

men

ts w

ith

po

ten

tial

lin

ks t

o e

mp

loym

ent

and

tr

ain

ing

init

iati

ves.

4.

Thro

ugh

new

bu

ild a

ctiv

ity,

imp

rove

th

e ra

nge

of

ho

use

ty

pe

s an

d s

izes

ava

ilab

le f

or

soci

al r

ent.

5.

Thro

ugh

th

e LD

P, e

nsu

re a

ctio

n p

lan

s ar

e in

pla

ce f

or

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Tow

n C

entr

es a

nd

th

at t

hey

are

rev

iew

ed

and

up

dat

ed r

egu

larl

y.

6

. Id

enti

fy o

pp

ort

un

itie

s an

d in

itia

tive

s fo

r h

ou

sin

g d

evel

op

men

t p

roje

cts

wh

ich

wo

uld

ass

ist

in in

crea

sin

g th

e n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

livi

ng

in a

nd

usi

ng

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Tow

n

Cen

tres

.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 3

Peo

ple

live

in h

igh

qu

alit

y, w

ell

man

age

d h

om

es

This

LH

S se

ts o

ut

pla

ns

to im

pro

ve t

he

qu

alit

y o

f h

om

es b

y:

• D

evel

op

ing

the

info

rmat

ion

bas

e o

n p

riva

te t

enem

enta

l pro

per

ty w

hic

h is

in p

oo

r co

nd

itio

n a

nd

info

rm p

olic

y d

evel

op

men

t;

• A

chie

vin

g th

e co

mp

reh

ensi

ve im

pro

vem

ent

of

5 t

ene

men

t b

lock

s at

Orc

har

d S

tree

t an

d C

ause

ysid

e S

tree

t; a

nd

,

• Im

pro

vin

g co

nd

itio

ns

in t

he

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor

thro

ugh

reg

istr

atio

n e

nfo

rcem

ent

acti

vity

an

d r

aisi

ng

awar

en

ess.

The

qu

alit

y an

d e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cy o

f so

cial

ren

ted

sto

ck h

as im

pro

ved

in

rece

nt

year

s as

a r

esu

lt o

f si

gnif

ican

t in

vest

men

t b

y so

cial

ho

usi

ng

pro

vid

ers

to m

eet

the

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

sin

g Q

ual

ity

Stan

dar

d b

y 2

015

.

Acr

oss

th

e so

cial

ren

ted

sec

tor

furt

her

imp

rove

men

ts w

ill b

e m

ade

to

imp

rove

th

e en

ergy

eff

icie

ncy

of

ho

mes

as

pro

vid

ers

mo

ve t

ow

ard

s

mee

tin

g th

e En

ergy

Eff

icie

ncy

Sta

nd

ard

fo

r So

cial

Ho

usi

ng,

th

e fi

rst

mile

sto

ne

of

wh

ich

is 2

02

0.

The

mai

n s

tock

qu

alit

y is

sues

are

wit

hin

th

e p

riva

te s

ecto

r. I

n

par

ticu

lar,

po

ore

r p

rop

erty

co

nd

itio

ns

exis

t w

ith

in o

lder

pri

vate

sec

tor

ten

emen

t p

rop

erti

es.

A la

ck o

f re

gula

r m

ain

ten

ance

an

d a

po

or

or

no

n

effe

ctiv

e p

rop

erty

man

agem

en

t re

gim

e h

as c

on

trib

ute

d t

o t

hes

e

issu

es.

Co

nd

itio

n is

sues

als

o e

xist

wit

hin

mix

ed t

enu

re a

reas

wh

ere

the

lack

of

maj

ori

ty o

wn

ersh

ip b

y th

e C

ou

nci

l an

d/o

r R

SLs

has

lim

ited

th

e

abili

ty t

o c

arry

ou

t im

pro

vem

ent

wo

rks.

Th

e gr

ow

th o

f th

e p

riva

te

ren

ted

sec

tor

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

has

bro

ugh

t fu

rth

er c

hal

len

ges,

wit

h

littl

e in

cen

tive

fo

r la

nd

lord

s to

inve

st in

exp

ensi

ve r

epai

rs.

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39 | P

ag

e

O

utc

om

e 3

Peo

ple

live

in h

igh

qu

alit

y, w

ell

man

age

d h

om

es

Be

low

To

lera

ble

Sta

nd

ard

(B

TS)

and

Su

b S

tan

dar

d H

ou

sin

g

The

tole

rab

le s

tan

dar

d is

a li

st o

f m

inim

um

req

uir

emen

ts a

res

iden

tial

pro

per

ty m

ust

mee

t in

ord

er t

o b

e fi

t fo

r h

abit

atio

n. B

TS h

om

es

rep

rese

nt

the

po

ore

st q

ual

ity

ho

usi

ng.

The

mo

st r

ecen

t ev

iden

ce a

vaila

ble

fro

m t

he

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

se C

on

dit

ion

Surv

ey (

SHC

S)8 c

ove

rs t

he

per

iod

20

12-2

01

4 an

d s

ugg

ests

th

at 4

% o

f

pro

per

ties

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

are

BTS

, co

mp

are

d t

o 3

% n

atio

nal

ly.

The

pri

nci

ple

ap

pro

ach

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

to t

ackl

ing

BTS

sto

ck h

as b

een

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

led

Co

mp

reh

ensi

ve T

enem

ent

Imp

rove

men

t (C

TI),

sup

po

rted

by

gran

t fu

nd

ing

for

ow

ner

s. S

ince

th

e la

st L

HS

in 2

011

, a

CTI

pro

ject

has

bee

n c

om

ple

ted

at

Go

rdo

n S

tree

t, P

aisl

ey b

y P

aisl

ey

Sou

th H

ou

sin

g A

sso

ciat

ion

wh

ich

incl

ud

ed 4

7 f

lats

an

d a

lso

a t

enem

ent

refu

rbis

hm

ent

pro

ject

by

Lin

sto

ne

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

n w

hic

h in

clu

ded

16

fla

ts.

The

Co

un

cil’s

ow

n e

xper

ien

ce in

dic

ates

th

at t

he

po

ore

st q

ual

ity

ho

usi

ng

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

con

tin

ues

to

be

con

cen

trat

ed in

old

er p

riva

te

sect

or

ten

emen

t p

rop

erti

es in

inn

er u

rban

are

as. D

raw

ing

on

8 S

ourc

e: S

cott

ish H

ouse C

onditio

n S

urv

ey.

Local auth

ority

report

2012

-2014,

rele

ased D

ecem

be

r

2015.H

ow

ever

this

surv

ey m

ay n

ot captu

re a

ll im

pro

vem

ents

in s

tock c

onditio

n a

chie

ved t

hro

ugh

socia

l housin

g p

rovid

ers

’ re

cent in

vestm

ent

pro

gra

mm

es to m

eet th

e S

cottis

h H

ousin

g Q

ualit

y

Sta

ndard

(S

HQ

S).

info

rmat

ion

ava

ilab

le a

cro

ss d

iffe

ren

t C

ou

nci

l ser

vice

s an

d f

rom

RSL

s,

wo

rk w

ill b

e u

nd

erta

ken

to

dev

elo

p a

dat

abas

e o

f p

oo

rer

sto

ck.

The

Co

un

cil w

ill c

on

tin

ue

to o

ffer

ad

vice

an

d p

ract

ical

ass

ista

nce

to

ow

ner

s th

rou

gh t

he

Sch

eme

of

Ass

ista

nce

to

hel

p m

ain

tain

pro

per

ties

and

fac

ilita

te r

epai

rs, a

nd

wit

h R

SL p

artn

ers,

will

co

nsi

der

po

ten

tial

init

iati

ves

targ

eted

at

po

or

qu

alit

y te

nem

ents

.

The

Ho

usi

ng

(Sco

tlan

d)

Act

20

06

intr

od

uce

d H

ou

sin

g R

enew

al A

reas

(HR

A’s

) w

hic

h r

epla

ced

Ho

usi

ng

Act

ion

Are

a (H

AA

) d

esig

nat

ion

s. L

oca

l

auth

ori

ties

can

des

ign

ate

an H

RA

wh

ere

a s

ign

ific

ant

nu

mb

er o

f th

e

ho

use

s ar

e s

ub

-sta

nd

ard

, or

wh

ere

the

app

eara

nce

or

stat

e o

f re

pai

r o

f

any

ho

use

s is

ad

vers

ely

affe

ctin

g th

e am

enit

y o

f th

e ar

ea.

Des

ign

atin

g an

HR

A le

ts a

loca

l au

tho

rity

sec

ure

an

imp

rove

men

t in

th

e

con

dit

ion

an

d q

ual

ity

of

ho

usi

ng

in t

he

HR

A. T

his

may

be

thro

ugh

carr

yin

g o

ut

wo

rks

to h

ou

ses

or

thro

ugh

th

e d

emo

litio

n o

f h

ou

ses.

Co

nsu

ltat

ion

is t

akin

g p

lace

on

a d

raft

HR

A f

or

Orc

har

d S

tree

t /

Cau

seys

ide

Stre

et in

Pai

sley

To

wn

Cen

tre

Co

nse

rvat

ion

Are

a to

su

pp

ort

the

com

pre

hen

sive

imp

rove

men

t o

f ar

ou

nd

50

ten

emen

t fl

ats.

Co

nsi

der

atio

n w

ill b

e gi

ven

to

th

e p

ote

nti

al u

se o

f H

RA

s fo

r o

ther

are

as

of

sub

-sta

nd

ard

ho

usi

ng.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

3 P

eop

le li

ve in

hig

h q

ual

ity,

we

ll m

anag

ed

ho

me

s

Sup

po

rtin

g O

wn

ers

- Sc

he

me

of

Ass

ista

nce

The

Ho

usi

ng

(Sco

tlan

d)

Act

20

06

mak

es c

lear

th

at t

he

pri

mar

y re

spo

nsi

bili

ty f

or

rep

airi

ng

and

mai

nta

inin

g

ho

mes

res

ts w

ith

th

e p

rop

erty

ow

ner

. Gra

nts

are

no

lon

ger

gen

eral

ly a

vaila

ble

to

ow

ner

s w

ith

th

e ex

cep

tio

n

of

adap

tati

on

s fo

r d

isab

led

peo

ple

or

in p

arti

cula

r

situ

atio

ns

wh

ere

ow

ner

s h

ave

bee

n a

sked

to

par

tici

pat

e

in la

rge

com

mo

n w

ork

s p

rogr

amm

es.

Wh

ilst

resp

on

sib

ility

fo

r re

pai

rs li

es w

ith

ow

ner

s, t

he

Co

un

cil

thro

ugh

its

Sch

eme

of

Ass

ista

nce

will

pro

vid

e in

form

atio

n, a

dvi

ce

and

su

pp

ort

to

hel

p o

wn

ers

wit

h t

hei

r re

spo

nsi

bili

ties

. Fig

ure

2,

ou

tlin

es t

he

ran

ge o

f su

pp

ort

ava

ilab

le t

hro

ugh

th

e Sc

hem

e o

f

Ass

ista

nce

.

Figu

re 2

: Sc

he

me

of

Ass

ista

nce

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ag

e

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tco

me

3 P

eop

le li

ve in

hig

h q

ual

ity,

we

ll m

anag

ed

ho

me

s

Car

e a

nd

Rep

air

Car

e &

Rep

air

Ren

frew

shir

e is

a jo

int

init

iati

ve b

etw

een

Ren

frew

shir

e

Co

un

cil,

East

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l an

d B

rid

gew

ater

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

n. I

n R

enfr

ewsh

ire,

th

is s

ervi

ce p

rovi

des

fre

e co

nfi

den

tial

advi

ce a

nd

ass

ista

nce

to

old

er a

nd

dis

able

d h

om

eow

ner

s as

wel

l as

pri

vate

ten

ants

ab

ou

t h

om

e re

pai

rs, a

dap

tati

on

s an

d p

oss

ible

op

tio

ns

for

fun

din

g w

ork

to

ho

mes

wit

h t

he

aim

of

enab

ling

peo

ple

to

mai

nta

in

thei

r in

dep

end

ence

an

d r

emai

n in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

es.

Car

e an

d R

epai

r ca

n c

o-o

rdin

ate

maj

or

rep

airs

su

ch a

s ro

of,

ro

ugh

cast

and

str

uct

ura

l rep

airs

as

wel

l as

smal

ler

rep

airs

su

ch a

s m

ino

r jo

iner

y o

r

plu

mb

ing

rep

airs

. In

20

15

/16

, 49

8 h

ou

seh

old

s re

ceiv

ed a

dvi

ce t

hro

ugh

Car

e an

d R

epai

r in

Ren

frew

shir

e9. A

dd

itio

nal

ly, 1

00

ad

apta

tio

ns

and

1,7

60

sm

all r

epai

rs w

ere

car

rie

d o

ut.

9 Care

an

d R

epai

r R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Rev

iew

20

15

/16

Sup

po

rtin

g o

wn

ers

in m

ixe

d t

en

ure

are

as

As

a re

sult

of

Rig

ht

to B

uy

sale

s, m

uch

of

the

soci

al r

ente

d s

tock

is n

ow

inte

rsp

erse

d w

ith

pri

vate

sto

ck in

mix

ed t

enu

re b

lock

s. T

his

can

hin

der

a so

cial

lan

dlo

rd’s

ab

ility

to

imp

rove

so

cial

ren

ted

sto

ck w

her

e n

ot

all

ow

ner

s/la

nd

lord

s ag

ree

to t

hes

e w

ork

s p

rogr

essi

ng.

In r

ecen

t ye

ars

the

Co

un

cil h

as u

sed

th

e Te

nem

ents

(Sc

otl

and

) A

ct

20

04

as

the

mai

n m

ean

s o

f o

rgan

isin

g w

ork

s to

blo

cks

of

flat

s w

her

e

pro

per

ties

hav

e b

een

so

ld.

A p

rop

erty

man

agem

ent/

fact

ori

ng

serv

ice

wo

uld

po

ten

tial

ly a

llow

th

e

Co

un

cil o

r an

RSL

par

tner

to

ass

ess

con

dit

ion

s in

blo

cks

at t

he

ou

tset

and

hel

p p

lan

rep

airs

an

d m

ain

ten

ance

th

rou

gho

ut

the

year

. Th

is h

as

ben

efit

s fo

r al

l ow

ner

s in

th

e te

nem

ent

and

pre

ven

ts m

ino

r re

pai

rs

dev

elo

pin

g in

to s

erio

us

rep

airs

.

The

Co

un

cil a

nd

RSL

s w

ill c

on

sid

er o

pti

on

s an

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

pro

mo

te f

acto

rin

g in

itia

tive

s fo

r p

rop

erti

es in

mix

ed o

wn

ersh

ip b

lock

s.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 3

Peo

ple

live

in h

igh

qu

alit

y, w

ell

man

age

d h

om

es

The

Pri

vate

Ren

ted

Se

cto

r

The

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor

pla

ys a

n im

po

rtan

t ro

le in

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

ho

usi

ng

mar

ket

wit

h s

ign

ific

ant

gro

wth

in t

he

sect

or

in r

ecen

t ye

ars.

The

20

11 S

cott

ish

Cen

sus

esti

mat

ed t

hat

10

% o

f al

l Ren

frew

shir

e

ho

use

ho

lds

no

w li

ve in

th

e p

riva

te r

ente

d s

ecto

r, c

om

par

ed t

o ju

st

un

der

5%

in 2

00

1.

The

maj

ori

ty o

f p

riva

tely

ren

ted

pro

per

ties

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

are

in

Pai

sley

/Lin

wo

od

(ap

pro

xim

atel

y 5,

20

0)10.

Ther

e a

re a

rou

nd

1,2

40

in

Joh

nst

on

e/El

der

slie

an

d 1

,21

0 in

Ren

frew

, man

y o

f w

hic

h a

re r

elat

ivel

y

mo

der

n n

ew b

uild

fla

ts in

th

e ar

ea

surr

ou

nd

ing

Bra

eh

ead

. Th

e

rem

ain

ing

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor

pro

per

ties

are

in t

he

mo

re r

ura

l are

as

of

No

rth

an

d W

est

Ren

frew

shir

e w

hic

h h

ave

aro

un

d 3

90

and

35

0

resp

ecti

vely

.

The

sect

or

can

pro

vid

e b

oth

fle

xib

ility

an

d c

ho

ice

for

ten

ants

, en

ablin

g

peo

ple

to

live

in p

rop

erty

typ

es

and

siz

es in

are

as t

hat

may

no

t b

e an

op

tio

n t

o t

hem

in e

ith

er t

he

ow

ner

occ

up

ied

or

soci

al r

ente

d s

ecto

rs.

The

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor

acco

mm

od

ates

a b

road

ran

ge o

f h

ou

seh

old

typ

es

wit

h a

n in

crea

sin

g n

um

ber

of

fam

ilie

s w

ith

ch

ildre

n n

ow

livi

ng

wit

hin

th

e se

cto

r. It

is a

lso

rec

ogn

ised

th

at t

he

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor

con

tain

s so

me

of

the

mo

st f

inan

cial

ly v

uln

erab

le h

ou

seh

old

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e.

10 P

rivate

la

ndlo

rd r

egis

tratio

ns a

s a

t A

pril 2015

In 2

01

2, t

he

Co

un

cil u

nd

erto

ok

a sa

mp

le s

urv

ey o

f p

riva

te r

ente

d

sect

or

ten

ants

11.

The

resu

lts

of

this

su

rvey

ind

icat

ed t

hat

th

e m

ajo

rity

of

ten

ants

wer

e s

atis

fied

wit

h t

he

vari

ou

s as

pec

ts a

nd

co

nd

itio

n o

f

thei

r h

om

e w

ith

th

e m

ain

are

as o

f d

issa

tisf

acti

on

rel

atin

g p

rim

arily

to

ren

t le

vels

, rep

airs

an

d c

om

mu

nic

atio

n is

sues

wit

h la

nd

lord

s.

Imp

rovi

ng

Man

age

me

nt

and

Mai

nte

nan

ce is

sue

s in

th

e

Pri

vate

Re

nte

d S

ect

or

The

Co

un

cil w

ants

to

rai

se a

war

en

ess

amo

ngs

t b

oth

pri

vate

lan

dlo

rds

and

ten

ants

of

thei

r ri

ghts

an

d r

esp

on

sib

iliti

es, w

hile

als

o u

sin

g ex

isti

ng

po

wer

s in

ter

ms

of

regi

stra

tio

n a

nd

reg

ula

tio

n.

Pri

vate

Lan

dlo

rd’s

Fo

rum

- T

he

Pri

vate

Lan

dlo

rd’s

Fo

rum

enab

les

lan

dlo

rds,

lett

ing

agen

ts a

nd

Co

un

cil d

epar

tmen

ts t

o

dis

cuss

rel

eva

nt

issu

es a

nd

hel

ps

to d

evel

op

go

od

wo

rkin

g

rela

tio

nsh

ips.

Th

ese

foru

ms

rem

ain

po

pu

lar

wit

h p

arti

cip

ants

and

pro

mo

te g

oo

d p

ract

ice

wit

hin

th

e se

cto

r. R

egu

lar

trai

nin

g/in

form

atio

n s

essi

on

s ar

e m

ade

avai

lab

le t

o la

nd

lord

s in

par

tner

ship

wit

h L

and

lord

Acc

red

itat

ion

Sco

tlan

d.

11 3

,000 r

andom

ly s

ele

cte

d p

rivate

rente

d s

ecto

r te

nants

with a

response r

ate

of 9.1

% a

chie

ved.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 3

Peo

ple

live

in h

igh

qu

alit

y, w

ell

man

age

d h

om

es

Info

rmat

ion

Res

ou

rce

s -

The

Co

un

cil c

on

tin

ues

to

pro

du

ce a

vari

ety

of

do

cum

ents

sp

ecif

ical

ly f

or

pri

vate

lan

dlo

rds

incl

ud

ing

a re

gula

r n

ewsl

ette

r (L

and

lord

Mat

ters

) w

hic

h is

sen

t to

all

regi

ste

red

pri

vate

lan

dlo

rds

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

Th

ese

are

up

dat

ed

regu

larl

y an

d a

re m

ade

avai

lab

le o

n t

he

Co

un

cil’s

web

site

alo

ngs

ide

a ra

nge

of

oth

er p

ub

licat

ion

s in

ten

ded

to

ass

ist

bo

th

lan

dlo

rds

and

ten

ants

in t

he

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor.

Lan

dlo

rd R

egi

stra

tio

n a

nd

Acc

red

itat

ion

Un

der

th

e A

nti

-So

cial

Beh

avio

ur

etc

(Sco

tlan

d)

Act

20

04

pri

vate

lan

dlo

rds

are

req

uir

ed t

o r

egis

ter

wit

h t

he

loca

l au

tho

rity

an

d r

enew

thei

r re

gist

rati

on

eve

ry t

hre

e ye

ars.

Th

e lo

cal a

uth

ori

ty h

as t

o d

eem

a

pri

vate

lan

dlo

rd a

s “f

it a

nd

pro

per

” b

efo

re t

hey

can

be

regi

ster

ed.

In

Ap

ril 2

01

6, t

her

e w

ere

aro

un

d 8

,70

0 p

riva

te r

ente

d s

ecto

r p

rop

erti

es

regi

ste

red

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire,

ow

ned

by

just

ove

r 7

,00

0 p

riva

te la

nd

lord

s.

Thro

ugh

th

e Ta

cklin

g P

ove

rty

pro

gram

me

a te

mp

ora

ry E

nfo

rcem

ent

Off

icer

has

bee

n a

pp

oin

ted

wit

hin

th

e C

ou

nci

l to

iden

tify

un

regi

ster

ed

lan

dlo

rds

and

to

imp

rove

co

nd

itio

ns

in t

he

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor.

The

Co

un

cil s

har

es

info

rmat

ion

wit

h o

ther

dep

artm

ents

an

d a

gen

cies

,

wh

ere

ap

pro

pri

ate,

to

iden

tify

lan

dlo

rds

wh

o g

ive

cau

se f

or

con

cern

.

At

pre

sen

t, a

sam

ple

of

app

licat

ion

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e ar

e p

asse

d t

o

Po

lice

Sco

tlan

d t

o a

llow

th

em t

o c

om

men

t o

n t

he

fitn

ess

of

lan

dlo

rds.

In a

dd

itio

n t

o r

egis

trat

ion

, th

e C

ou

nci

l act

ivel

y en

cou

rage

s la

nd

lord

s to

bec

om

e ac

cred

ited

lan

dlo

rds

wo

rkin

g in

par

tner

ship

wit

h L

and

lord

Acc

red

itat

ion

Sco

tlan

d. T

o b

eco

me

accr

edit

ed, l

and

lord

s m

ust

be

regi

ste

red

un

der

th

e n

atio

nal

lan

dlo

rd r

egis

trat

ion

sch

eme,

mu

st

sub

scri

be

to t

he

stan

dar

ds

set

for

man

agem

ent

and

co

nd

itio

n o

f

pro

per

ties

an

d m

ust

agr

ee t

o u

nd

erta

ke a

min

imu

m o

f o

ne

trai

nin

g

sess

ion

per

yea

r.

Imp

rovi

ng

the

qu

alit

y o

f p

riva

te r

en

ted

ho

usi

ng

Ap

pro

ach

es u

sed

by

the

Co

un

cil t

o h

elp

imp

rove

qu

alit

y in

clu

de:

Use

of

stat

uto

ry in

terv

enti

on

by

Co

mm

un

ity

Res

ou

rces

an

d/o

r

Bu

ildin

g St

and

ard

s to

res

po

nd

to

co

mp

lain

ts f

rom

ten

ants

or

con

cern

ed r

esid

ents

ab

ou

t th

e q

ual

ity

and

co

nd

itio

n o

f

pro

per

ties

.

Ref

usi

ng

app

licat

ion

s fr

om

lan

dlo

rds

seek

ing

regi

stra

tio

n w

ho

are

no

t d

eem

ed “

fit

and

pro

per

”.

De-

regi

ster

ing

lan

dlo

rds

wh

o f

ail t

o c

om

ply

wit

h im

pro

vem

ent

wo

rks

ord

ered

by

the

Pri

vate

Ren

ted

Ho

usi

ng

Pan

el (

PR

HP

).

Issu

ing

ren

t p

enal

ty n

oti

ces

wh

ere

a la

nd

lord

is r

enti

ng

ou

t a

pro

per

ty b

ut

is n

ot

regi

ster

ed

.

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44 | P

ag

e

Ou

tco

me

3 P

eop

le li

ve in

hig

h q

ual

ity,

we

ll m

anag

ed

ho

me

s

Mea

sure

s co

nta

ined

wit

hin

th

e H

ou

sin

g (S

cotl

and

) A

ct 2

014

giv

e

cou

nci

ls t

he

po

wer

to

insp

ect

pri

vate

ren

ted

pro

per

ties

wh

ere

it h

as

con

cern

s ab

ou

t th

e q

ual

ity

of

a p

riva

te r

ente

d p

rop

erty

an

d t

o m

ake

thir

d p

arty

rep

rese

nta

tio

ns

to t

he

PR

HP

on

beh

alf

of

a p

riva

te r

ente

d

ten

ant.

A p

olic

y fo

r th

e u

se o

f th

ese

po

wer

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e h

as b

een

dev

elo

ped

by

the

Co

un

cil.

Wo

rk is

bei

ng

un

der

take

n in

Ren

frew

shir

e b

y Sh

elte

r Sc

otl

and

to

iden

tify

issu

es t

hat

aff

ect

ten

ants

in t

he

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor.

Th

is w

ill

incl

ud

e es

tab

lish

ing

a lo

cal p

riva

te r

ente

d s

ecto

r te

nan

ts f

oru

m li

nke

d

to S

hel

ter’

s n

atio

nal

fo

rum

.

Ho

use

s in

Mu

ltip

le O

ccu

pat

ion

(H

MO

s)

Ther

e ar

e 9

7 lic

ense

d H

ou

ses

in M

ult

iple

Occ

up

atio

n1

2 (

HM

O’s

) in

Ren

frew

shir

e (a

s at

Mar

ch 2

01

6)

wit

h m

any

of

thes

e as

soci

ated

wit

h

the

Un

iver

sity

of

the

Wes

t o

f Sc

otl

and

.

Lice

nse

d H

MO

’s a

re g

ener

ally

wel

l man

aged

an

d in

th

emse

lves

po

se n

o

par

ticu

lar

issu

es. H

ow

ever

, th

e C

ou

nci

l’s C

om

mu

nit

y R

eso

urc

es S

ervi

ce

is a

ble

to

res

po

nd

to

an

y sp

ecif

ic c

on

cern

s, in

clu

din

g ev

iden

ce o

f

un

licen

sed

HM

Os

to h

elp

pro

tect

th

e in

tere

sts

of

ten

ants

.

12 A

HM

O is a

house o

r a f

lat

where

3 o

r m

ore

unre

late

d t

enants

liv

e a

nd s

hare

facili

ties s

uch a

s a

toile

t, w

ashin

g f

acili

ties o

r cookin

g facili

ties.

Pri

vate

Se

cto

r R

eso

urc

es

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l Pri

vate

Sec

tor

Ho

usi

ng

Gra

nt

(PSH

G)

sup

po

rts

a

ran

ge o

f se

rvic

es t

o p

riva

te s

ecto

r h

om

eow

ner

s in

clu

din

g d

isab

led

adap

tati

on

gra

nts

, su

pp

ort

co

sts

for

Car

e an

d R

epai

r R

enfr

ewsh

ire

and

sup

po

rt f

or

ho

meo

wn

ers

invo

lved

in C

ou

nci

l in

vest

men

t p

rogr

amm

es,

incl

ud

ing

wo

rks

carr

ied

ou

t as

par

t o

f th

e Sc

ott

ish

Ho

usi

ng

Qu

alit

y

Stan

dar

d p

rogr

amm

e.

Wit

h o

ngo

ing

pre

ssu

re o

n C

ou

nci

l bu

dge

ts r

eso

urc

es w

ill c

on

tin

ue

to

be

pri

ori

tise

d t

o e

nsu

re t

hat

man

dat

ory

gra

nts

fo

r h

om

eow

ner

s ar

e

avai

lab

le (

i.e. g

ran

ts t

o p

rovi

de

adap

tati

on

s fo

r d

isab

led

peo

ple

) an

d

that

gra

nts

are

ava

ilab

le t

o s

up

po

rt o

ther

Co

un

cil p

rio

riti

es (

e.g.

tack

ling

BTS

ho

usi

ng,

ten

emen

t im

pro

vem

ent,

SH

QS,

an

d C

are

and

Rep

air)

.

Imp

rovi

ng

the

qu

alit

y o

f C

ou

nci

l an

d H

ou

sin

g A

sso

ciat

ion

p

rop

ert

ies

All

pro

per

ties

in t

he

soci

al r

ente

d s

ecto

r w

ere

req

uir

ed t

o m

eet

the

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

sin

g Q

ual

ity

Stan

dar

d (

SHQ

S) b

y 2

01

5 an

d m

ust

co

nti

nu

e

to m

eet

this

sta

nd

ard

th

ere

afte

r. T

o m

eet

this

sta

nd

ard

, pro

per

ties

sho

uld

be:

C

om

plia

nt

wit

h t

he

Tole

rab

le S

tan

dar

d;

Fr

ee

fro

m s

erio

us

dis

rep

air;

En

ergy

eff

icie

nt;

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45 | P

ag

e

Ou

tco

me

3 P

eop

le li

ve in

hig

h q

ual

ity,

we

ll m

anag

ed

ho

me

s

Ou

tco

me

3:

Su

mm

ary

of

Ke

y A

cti

on

s

1.

Dev

elo

p a

n in

form

atio

n b

ase

of

po

ore

r co

nd

itio

n p

riva

te

ten

emen

tal s

tock

usi

ng

a ra

nge

of

sou

rces

to

com

ple

men

t th

e Sc

ott

ish

Ho

use

Co

nd

itio

n S

urv

ey t

o

info

rm p

olic

y d

evel

op

men

t.

2.

Ach

ieve

th

e co

mp

reh

ensi

ve im

pro

vem

ent

of

the

pre

-

19

19

ten

emen

ts a

t 3

-9 O

rch

ard

Str

eet

and

33

Cau

seys

ide

Stre

et .

3.

Rev

iew

th

e Sc

hem

e o

f A

ssis

tan

ce f

or

pri

vate

ow

ner

s.

4.

Inve

stig

ate

curr

ent

arra

nge

me

nts

fo

r fa

cto

rin

g te

nem

ent

blo

cks

in p

riva

te a

nd

mu

lti-

ten

ure

ow

ner

ship

an

d

con

sid

er o

pti

on

s fo

r a

par

tner

ship

init

iati

ve t

o t

ackl

e

dis

rep

air.

5.

Co

nti

nu

e to

en

sure

pri

vate

lan

dlo

rds

are

regi

ster

ed a

nd

pro

mo

te e

nfo

rcem

ent

acti

on

as

req

uir

ed.

6.

Pro

mo

te t

he

Lan

dlo

rd A

ccre

dit

atio

n S

chem

e th

rou

gh t

he

Pri

vate

Lan

dlo

rds

Foru

m.

7.

Incr

ease

aw

are

nes

s o

f th

e ri

ghts

an

d r

esp

on

sib

iliti

es o

f

pri

vate

ten

ants

an

d la

nd

lord

s u

sin

g a

ran

ge o

f

com

mu

nic

atio

n m

ed

ia.

P

rovi

ded

wit

h m

od

ern

fac

iliti

es a

nd

ser

vice

s; a

nd

be

H

ealt

hy,

saf

e an

d s

ecu

re.

The

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

sin

g R

egu

lato

r p

ub

lish

ed a

nn

ual

per

form

ance

stat

isti

cs o

n t

his

in a

utu

mn

20

16

wit

h R

SLs

and

th

e C

ou

nci

l

dem

on

stra

tin

g fu

ll co

mp

lian

ce, a

llow

ing

for

exem

pti

on

s an

d

abey

ance

s.

The

sale

of

soci

al h

ou

sin

g th

rou

gh t

he

Rig

ht

to B

uy

has

re

sult

ed in

a

larg

e n

um

ber

of

mix

ed t

enu

re b

uild

ings

wh

ich

can

incl

ud

e so

cial

ho

usi

ng,

ow

ner

occ

up

iers

an

d p

riva

tely

ren

ted

pro

per

ties

.

In t

he

dri

ve t

o m

eet

the

SHQ

S b

y 2

01

5, t

he

Co

un

cil a

nd

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

par

tner

s as

ked

ow

ner

s to

par

tici

pat

e in

th

e SH

QS

pro

gram

me

wit

h s

ign

ific

ant

nu

mb

ers

of

ow

ner

s o

pti

ng

to p

arti

cip

ate.

Ho

wev

er t

he

no

n-p

arti

cip

atio

n o

f so

me

ow

ner

s h

as m

ean

t th

at f

ull

del

iver

y o

f th

e SH

QS

pro

gram

me

has

no

t al

way

s b

een

po

ssib

le. I

n t

hes

e

inst

ance

s, b

oth

th

e C

ou

nci

l an

d R

SL p

artn

ers

hav

e u

sed

ab

eyan

ces

in

line

wit

h S

cott

ish

Go

vern

men

t gu

idan

ce.

For

inte

rnal

wo

rks

the

Co

un

cil h

as a

ded

icat

ed p

rogr

amm

e o

f w

ork

s

that

will

iden

tify

an

y p

revi

ou

s re

fusa

ls o

r n

o a

cces

s is

sues

so

th

at w

hen

a p

rop

erty

bec

om

es v

oid

, wo

rks

can

be

con

du

cted

to

bri

ng

pro

per

ties

up

to

SH

QS

stan

dar

ds.

For

ow

ner

s w

ho

hav

e re

fuse

d e

xter

nal

wo

rks,

th

e C

ou

nci

l will

mo

nit

or

sasi

nes

ho

use

sal

es d

ata

and

iden

tify

wh

en a

pri

vate

pro

per

ty h

as

chan

ged

han

ds

in o

rder

to

rea

sses

s th

e si

tuat

ion

an

d t

he

new

ow

ner

’s

will

ingn

ess

to p

arti

cip

ate

in a

ny

futu

re p

rogr

amm

e.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

The

Co

un

cil a

nd

par

tner

org

anis

atio

ns

aim

to

en

sure

th

at p

eop

le in

Ren

frew

shir

e liv

e in

war

m, e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

t h

om

es w

hic

h t

hey

can

affo

rd t

o h

eat.

Loca

l Au

tho

riti

es a

re r

equ

ired

, in

ter

ms

of

the

Ho

usi

ng

(Sco

tlan

d)

Act

20

01

, to

en

sure

th

at, “

so f

ar a

s re

aso

nab

ly p

ract

icab

le, p

erso

ns

do

no

t

live

in f

uel

po

vert

y (w

her

e m

ore

th

an 1

0%

of

inco

me

is s

pen

t o

n f

uel

)”

by

201

6.

Go

od

pro

gres

s h

as b

een

mad

e o

ver

the

last

fiv

e ye

ars

to im

pro

ve t

he

ener

gy e

ffic

ien

cy o

f h

om

es t

hro

ugh

th

e SH

QS

inve

stm

ent

pro

gram

me.

In t

he

pri

vate

sec

tor

inve

stm

ent

in a

dvi

ce a

nd

en

ergy

ad

voca

cy s

ervi

ces

alo

ngs

ide

inve

stm

ent

fro

m n

atio

nal

en

ergy

pro

gram

mes

hav

e h

elp

ed

del

iver

en

ergy

eff

icie

ncy

imp

rove

men

ts in

pri

vate

sec

tor

ho

mes

.

Ho

wev

er, m

eeti

ng

this

tar

get

is in

crea

sin

gly

dif

ficu

lt b

ecau

se o

f

eco

no

mic

cir

cum

stan

ces

and

en

ergy

co

sts.

This

LH

S se

ts o

ut

pla

ns

to m

ake

ho

mes

mo

re e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

t an

d t

ackl

e fu

el p

ove

rty

by:

Im

pro

vin

g en

ergy

an

d f

uel

eff

icie

ncy

of

ho

usi

ng

sto

ck;

En

suri

ng

peo

ple

hav

e ac

cess

to

go

od

qu

alit

y, e

asily

acc

essi

ble

, fu

el p

ove

rty

and

en

ergy

eff

icie

ncy

ad

vice

;

M

axim

isin

g h

ou

seh

old

bu

dge

ts;

A

ssis

tin

g h

ou

seh

old

ers

to u

se t

hei

r en

ergy

eff

icie

ntl

y to

red

uce

th

eir

fuel

co

sts;

an

d

M

axim

isin

g gr

ant

fun

din

g se

cure

d f

rom

nat

ion

al e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cy p

rogr

amm

es.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Fue

l Po

vert

y

The

nat

ion

ally

acc

epte

d d

efin

itio

n o

f fu

el p

ove

rty

stat

es t

hat

fu

el

po

vert

y o

ccu

rs w

her

e a

ho

use

ho

ld s

pen

ds

mo

re t

han

10

% o

f h

ou

seh

old

inco

me,

incl

ud

ing

ho

usi

ng

ben

efit

an

d in

com

e su

pp

ort

fo

r m

ort

gage

inte

rest

, on

fu

el c

ost

s in

ord

er t

o m

ain

tain

a s

atis

fact

ory

hea

tin

g

regi

me1

3. ‘

Extr

eme

Fuel

Po

vert

y’ e

xist

s w

her

e a

ho

use

ho

ld s

pen

ds

mo

re t

han

20

% o

f h

ou

seh

old

inco

me

on

fu

el.

Fue

l Po

vert

y Le

vels

: Re

nfr

ew

shir

e a

nd

Sco

tlan

d

13 T

he d

efin

itio

n o

f a 's

atisfa

cto

ry h

eatin

g r

egim

e' fo

r eld

erly a

nd in

firm

household

s is 2

3°C

in t

he

livin

g r

oom

and 1

8°C

in o

ther

room

s, to

be a

chie

ved f

or

16 h

ours

in

every

24.

Fo

r oth

er

household

s, it is 2

1°C

in the

livin

g r

oom

and 1

8°C

in

oth

er

room

s for

a p

erio

d o

f 9 h

ours

in e

very

24 (

or

16 in

24 o

ver

the w

eekend);

with t

wo h

ours

bein

g in t

he m

orn

ing a

nd s

even h

ours

in

the

evenin

g.

Ren

frew

shir

e d

isp

laye

d a

do

wn

war

d t

ren

d in

leve

ls o

f fu

el p

ove

rty

bet

wee

n 2

00

8/1

0 a

nd

20

10

/12

, ho

wev

er t

he

late

st f

igu

res

sugg

est

leve

ls o

f fu

el p

ove

rty

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

hav

e in

crea

sed

to

29

% in

20

12

/14

an

d t

o 3

5%

acr

oss

Sco

tlan

d. T

he

rece

nt

incr

ease

in f

ue

l

po

vert

y le

vels

at

bo

th a

Ren

frew

shir

e an

d n

atio

nal

leve

l can

par

tly

be

attr

ibu

ted

to

ch

ange

s in

th

e m

eth

od

olo

gy u

sed

to

cal

cula

te le

vels

of

fuel

po

vert

y w

hic

h h

ave

resu

lted

in in

crea

sed

pro

ject

ion

s in

th

e ra

te o

f

ener

gy c

on

sum

pti

on

by

ho

use

ho

lds.

Tab

le 5

hig

hlig

hts

th

e fa

cto

rs t

hat

infl

uen

ce f

uel

po

vert

y an

d t

hei

r

inci

den

ce in

Ren

frew

shir

e.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Tab

le 5

Fac

tors

infl

uen

cin

g fu

el p

ove

rty

and

inci

den

ce in

Ren

frew

shir

e

Fuel

Po

vert

y R

isk

Fact

ors

In

cid

ence

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Low

inco

me

ho

use

ho

lds

It is

est

imat

ed t

hat

23

,450

peo

ple

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

(13

% o

f th

e to

tal p

op

ula

tio

n)

exp

erie

nce

inco

me

dep

riva

tio

n.

(Sco

ttis

h In

dex

of

Mu

ltip

le D

epri

vati

on

(SI

MD

) 20

16

) Fe

rgu

slie

Par

k is

th

e m

ost

dep

rive

d d

ataz

on

e in

Sco

tlan

d.

In 2

01

6, 6

1 o

f R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s 2

25

dat

azo

nes

wer

e as

sess

ed a

s in

th

e 2

0%

mo

st d

epri

ved

dat

azo

nes

in S

cotl

and

.

The

dat

azo

nes

use

d in

all

earl

ier

rele

ases

of

the

SIM

D w

ere

bas

ed o

n o

utp

uts

fro

m t

he

20

01

cen

sus.

In

20

14

the

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

pu

blis

hed

up

dat

ed d

ataz

on

es b

ased

on

th

e 2

01

1 c

ensu

s an

d t

hes

e w

ere

use

d in

th

e 2

016

re

leas

e o

f th

e SI

MD

.

Fuel

Po

vert

y R

isk

Fact

ors

In

cid

ence

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Old

er p

erso

n h

ou

seh

old

s

The

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

se C

on

dit

ion

Su

rvey

(SH

CS)

20

12

-20

14

es

tim

ates

th

at 4

1%

of

pen

sio

ner

s w

ere

in F

uel

Po

vert

y co

mp

are

d t

o 1

3%

of

fam

ilies

an

d 2

9%

of

‘All

Ad

ult

’ h

ou

seh

old

s.

42

,55

7 a

du

lts

wer

e a

ged

60

+ in

Ren

frew

shir

e in

20

15

. (N

atio

nal

Rec

ord

s o

f Sc

otl

and

(N

RS)

.

An

est

imat

ed 2

7,4

39

ho

use

ho

lds

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

are

hea

ded

by

som

eon

e ag

ed 6

0+

in 2

01

2.

The

nu

mb

er o

f o

lder

p

erso

n h

ou

seh

old

s is

pro

ject

ed t

o r

ise

sub

stan

tial

ly.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Ho

use

ho

lds

livin

g in

pro

per

ties

w

ith

a 'p

oo

r' e

ne

rgy

effi

cien

cy

rati

ng

of

‘F’ o

r ‘G

’ (p

rop

erti

es

wit

h p

oo

r fu

el e

ffic

ien

cy)

3%

of

Ren

frew

shir

e d

wel

lings

had

a p

oo

r en

ergy

eff

icie

ncy

rat

ing

of

‘F’ o

r ‘G

’ acc

ord

ing

to t

he

20

12-1

4 S

HC

S. T

his

po

or

ener

gy e

ffic

ien

cy r

atin

g ap

plie

d t

o 5

% o

f h

ou

ses

and

1%

of

flat

s.

Ho

use

ho

lds

in r

ura

l are

as

Ren

frew

shir

e is

a la

rgel

y u

rban

are

a w

ith

76

% o

f th

e p

op

ula

tio

n li

vin

g in

larg

e u

rban

are

as, 1

0%

livi

ng

in o

ther

urb

an

are

as, 9

% li

vin

g in

acc

essi

ble

sm

all t

ow

ns

and

5%

livi

ng

in a

cces

sib

le r

ura

l are

as. (

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

Urb

an/R

ura

l C

lass

ific

atio

n 2

013

/14

)

Ho

use

ho

lds

livin

g in

th

e p

riva

te

sect

or

are

mo

re li

kely

to

ex

per

ien

ce e

xtre

me

fuel

p

ove

rty

(wh

ere

mo

re t

han

20

%

of

inco

me

is u

sed

to

mee

t fu

el

cost

s) t

han

th

ose

livi

ng

in s

oci

al

ren

ted

sec

tor

Acc

ord

ing

to t

he

SHC

S 20

12

-14

, 8%

of

ow

ner

occ

up

ied

ho

use

ho

lds

are

in E

xtre

me

Fuel

Po

vert

y co

mp

are

d t

o 6

% o

f So

cial

Ho

usi

ng

ho

use

ho

lds.

6

8%

of

all d

wel

lings

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

are

ow

ner

occ

up

ied

, 11

% a

re in

th

e p

riva

te r

ente

d s

ecto

r w

ith

th

e so

cial

ren

ted

se

cto

r ac

cou

nti

ng

for

20

% o

f al

l dw

ellin

gs.

Ho

use

ho

lds

wit

h p

arti

al c

entr

al

hea

tin

g o

r n

o c

en

tral

hea

tin

g 9

5%

of

dw

ellin

gs in

Ren

frew

shir

e h

ad f

ull

cen

tral

hea

tin

g w

ith

th

e re

mai

nin

g 5

% h

avin

g p

arti

al o

r n

o c

entr

al h

eati

ng.

(S

HC

S 2

01

2-2

01

4).

Ho

use

ho

lds

livin

g in

old

er

dw

ellin

gs a

re m

ore

like

ly t

o

exp

erie

nce

fu

el p

ove

rty

Ren

frew

shir

e h

as a

rel

ativ

ely

hig

h p

rop

ort

ion

of

ten

emen

t p

rop

erti

es. M

any

of

thes

e w

ill h

ave

bee

n b

uilt

bef

ore

19

19

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tco

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4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Stra

tegy

to

Ad

dre

ss F

ue

l Po

vert

y

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Fu

el P

ove

rty

Stra

tegy

was

dev

elo

ped

an

d is

mo

nit

ore

d

by

the

Fuel

Po

vert

y St

eeri

ng

Gro

up

wh

ich

is a

par

tner

ship

incl

ud

ing

the

Co

un

cil,

a lo

cal R

SL, t

he

Wis

e G

rou

p, H

om

e En

ergy

Sco

tlan

d,

Pai

sley

CA

B a

nd

Ren

frew

shir

e A

sso

ciat

ion

fo

r M

enta

l Hea

lth

.

A k

ey s

tran

d in

red

uci

ng

fuel

po

vert

y is

to

pro

vid

e go

od

qu

alit

y, e

asily

acce

ssib

le, f

uel

po

vert

y an

d e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cy a

dvi

ce.

Rec

ogn

isin

g th

e

ben

efit

s o

f a

join

ed u

p a

pp

roac

h t

o t

ackl

ing

fuel

po

vert

y, t

he

Co

un

cil

and

th

e W

ise

Gro

up

– H

om

e En

ergy

Sco

tlan

d S

trat

hcl

yde

and

Cen

tral

advi

ce c

entr

es h

ave

dev

elo

ped

a s

trat

egic

par

tner

ship

agr

eem

ent

that

sets

ou

t a

fram

ewo

rk f

or

co-o

per

atio

n b

etw

een

th

e tw

o o

rgan

isat

ion

s,

det

ailin

g se

rvic

e le

vel c

om

mit

men

ts a

nd

ref

erra

l ro

ute

s b

etw

een

th

e

two

org

anis

atio

ns.

Leve

rin

g in

ext

ern

al f

un

din

g, t

he

Co

un

cil a

nd

par

tner

s h

ave

furt

her

dev

elo

ped

ad

vice

ser

vice

s w

hic

h n

ow

incl

ud

e:

C

on

nec

t 4

Ren

frew

shir

e –

fun

ded

by

the

Big

Lo

tter

y, t

he

pro

ject

is a

dir

ect

resp

on

se t

o W

elfa

re R

efo

rm, a

nd

th

e ch

alle

nge

s it

pre

sen

ts t

o p

eop

le li

vin

g in

so

cial

ho

usi

ng.

Th

e p

roje

ct h

elp

ste

nan

ts w

ho

are

exp

erie

nci

ng

fin

anci

al h

ard

ship

wit

h s

up

po

rtin

clu

din

g en

ergy

ad

vice

to

tac

kle

fuel

bill

s an

d f

uel

deb

t.

Fo

ur

Ener

gy A

dvi

sors

/ad

voca

tes

hav

e b

een

fu

nd

ed in

itia

lly f

rom

the

Wel

fare

Ref

orm

Res

ilien

ce F

un

d a

nd

no

w f

rom

Tac

klin

gP

ove

rty

fun

ds.

Ad

voca

tes

hel

p a

nd

ad

vise

ten

ants

str

ugg

ling

wit

h f

uel

co

sts

and

off

er v

isit

s fo

r al

l new

so

cial

ren

ted

ten

ants

to a

ssis

t th

em w

ith

en

ergy

su

pp

ly m

atte

rs.

Ther

e is

a d

evel

op

ing

reco

gnit

ion

th

at w

hile

fu

el p

ove

rty

resu

lts

fro

m a

com

bin

atio

n o

f fa

cto

rs -

low

inco

mes

an

d h

igh

fu

el c

ost

s o

f p

oo

r q

ual

ity

ho

usi

ng

can

hav

e a

par

ticu

larl

y si

gnif

ican

t im

pac

t o

n p

eop

le f

acin

g

ph

ysic

al a

nd

men

tal h

ealt

h c

hal

len

ges.

Th

e en

ergy

ad

voca

tes

are

dev

elo

pin

g ex

per

tise

in t

ailo

rin

g th

eir

advi

ce a

nd

dev

elo

pin

g lin

ks w

ith

app

rop

riat

e ag

enci

es s

uch

as

Ren

frew

shir

e A

sso

ciat

ion

of

Men

tal

Hea

lth

.

The

app

roac

h t

o f

uel

po

vert

y an

d e

ner

gy a

dvi

ce in

Ren

frew

shir

e

ensu

res

resi

den

ts b

enef

it f

rom

loca

l tai

lore

d a

dvi

ce a

nd

ho

me

visi

ts,

and

at

the

sam

e ti

me

can

eas

ily a

cces

s n

atio

nal

pro

gram

me

s ai

med

at

red

uci

ng

fuel

po

vert

y. T

he

mu

lti-

agen

cy f

uel

po

vert

y st

eeri

ng

gro

up

ove

rsee

s an

d m

on

ito

rs t

he

pro

visi

on

of

ener

gy a

dvi

ce a

nd

ad

voca

cy

sch

emes

en

suri

ng

that

th

ey c

om

ple

men

t o

ne

ano

ther

, an

d w

ill

con

tin

ue

to lo

ok

for

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

to e

nsu

re t

hat

th

e ri

ght

typ

e o

f

advi

ce a

nd

su

pp

ort

is e

asily

ava

ilab

le t

o v

uln

erab

le h

ou

seh

old

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e.

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4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Imp

rovi

ng

the

En

erg

y Ef

fici

en

cy o

f th

e H

ou

sin

g St

ock

Imp

rovi

ng

the

ener

gy e

ffic

ien

cy o

f ex

isti

ng

ho

usi

ng

is a

pri

ori

ty

nat

ion

ally

an

d lo

cally

. It

is a

key

par

t o

f re

du

cin

g gr

een

ho

use

gas

emis

sio

ns

and

mee

tin

g cl

imat

e ch

ange

tar

gets

as

wel

l as

the

bes

t lo

ng

term

way

of

red

uci

ng

fuel

po

vert

y.

Ener

gy e

ffic

ien

cy c

an b

e m

easu

red

th

rou

gh t

he

Stan

dar

d A

sses

smen

t

Pro

ced

ure

(SA

P)

wh

ich

is u

sed

by

the

Go

vern

men

t to

ass

ess

and

com

par

e t

he

ener

gy a

nd

en

viro

nm

enta

l per

form

ance

of

dw

ellin

gs. T

he

scal

e ru

ns

fro

m 1

to

10

0, 1

00

bei

ng

the

mo

st e

ffic

ien

t. T

able

6 s

ho

ws

ho

w R

enfr

ewsh

ire’

s st

ock

per

form

s.

Tab

le 6

: M

ean

SA

P R

atin

gs f

or

Ho

use

ho

lds

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Ow

ner

Occ

up

ier

Soci

al

Ho

usi

ng

Pri

vate

Ren

ted

Ren

frew

shir

e 6

2.3

6

8.3

*

Sco

tlan

d

61

.8

66

.9

61

.9

Sou

rce:

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

se C

on

dit

ion

Su

rvey

201

2 –

20

14

*

Sam

ple

siz

e to

o f

ew t

o e

stab

lish

acc

ura

te r

atin

g

The

tab

le s

ho

ws

that

th

e en

ergy

eff

icie

ncy

of

soci

al r

ente

d h

om

es is

on

aver

age

bet

ter

than

th

at o

f p

riva

te h

ou

sin

g.

The

com

ple

tio

n o

f th

e Sc

ott

ish

Ho

usi

ng

Qu

alit

y St

and

ard

pro

gram

me

of

wo

rks

in s

oci

al r

ente

d s

tock

will

hav

e gr

eatl

y im

pro

ved

th

e en

ergy

effi

cien

cy o

f so

cial

ho

usi

ng.

Esti

mat

es

for

key

feat

ure

s o

f th

e h

ou

sin

g

sto

ck

Re

nfr

ew

shir

e

Sco

tlan

d

Soci

al

Ho

usi

ng

Ow

ne

r

Occ

Pri

vate

Re

nte

d

Soci

al

Ho

usi

ng

Ow

n

Occ

Pri

vate

Re

nte

d

% d

wel

lings

wit

h a

ny

dis

rep

air

82

%

73

%

N/A

8

1%

7

4%

8

4%

% o

f d

wel

lings

wit

h

des

pai

r th

at h

ave

urg

ent

dis

rep

air*

48

%

31

%

N/A

3

5%

3

4%

4

4%

% o

f d

wel

lings

con

sid

ere

d b

elo

w

the

tole

rab

le

stan

dar

d (

BTS

)

2%

4

%

N/A

2

%

3%

4

%

% o

f D

wel

lings

wit

h a

Low

En

ergy

Effi

cien

cy R

atin

g o

f

F o

r G

N/A

5

%

N/A

1

%

4%

6

%

Tab

le 7

: K

ey f

eatu

res

of

Ren

frew

shir

e h

ou

sin

g st

ock

qu

alit

y

Sou

rce:

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

se C

on

dit

ion

Su

rvey

. Lo

cal a

uth

ori

ty r

epo

rt 2

01

2-2

01

4.

*Urg

ent

dis

rep

air

- an

y d

isre

pai

r w

hic

h if

no

t re

ctif

ied

wo

uld

cau

se t

he

fab

ric

of

the

bu

ildin

g to

det

eri

ora

te f

urt

her

an

d/o

r p

lace

th

e h

ealt

h a

nd

saf

ety

of

the

occ

up

ier

at r

isk.

Urg

ency

of

dis

rep

air

is o

nly

ass

esse

d f

or

exte

rnal

an

d c

om

mo

n e

lem

ents

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4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Ther

e ar

e st

ill is

sues

in t

erm

s o

f d

isre

pai

r an

d u

rgen

t d

isre

pai

r ac

ross

the

ten

ure

s as

ou

tlin

ed in

tab

le 7

wh

ich

is a

sig

nif

ican

t co

ntr

ibu

tory

fact

or

in c

ausi

ng

fuel

po

vert

y. O

utc

om

e 3

of

this

LH

S p

rovi

des

mo

re

info

rmat

ion

on

ho

w p

rop

erty

co

nd

itio

n a

cro

ss t

he

pu

blic

an

d p

riva

te

sect

ors

can

be

add

ress

ed.

To h

elp

mee

t En

ergy

Eff

icie

ncy

Sta

nd

ard

fo

r So

cial

Ho

usi

ng

(EES

SH),

loca

l au

tho

riti

es a

nd

RSL

par

tner

s w

ill s

eek

to t

ake

adva

nta

ge o

f a

ran

ge o

f d

iffe

ren

t fu

nd

ing

stre

ams

incl

ud

ing

Ener

gy C

om

pan

y

Ob

ligat

ion

(EC

O),

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me

Ener

gy E

ffic

ien

cy P

rogr

amm

e A

rea

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ed

Sch

eme

(HEE

PS:

AB

S) a

nd

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en H

om

es C

ash

bac

k as

wel

l as

low

co

st

loan

s th

at a

re o

n o

ffer

fro

m t

he

Ener

gy S

avin

gs T

rust

(ES

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mb

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th

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vern

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t m

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avai

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un

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oci

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nd

lord

s in

mee

tin

g th

e EE

SSH

, as

par

t o

f th

eir

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ital

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ulu

s P

rogr

amm

e to

su

pp

ort

an

d s

tim

ula

te t

he

eco

no

my

in t

he

wak

e o

f th

e EU

ref

eren

du

m.

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un

cil h

as s

ub

mit

ted

bid

s fo

r 1

1 p

roje

cts

acro

ss R

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incl

ud

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fro

m 9

so

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for

a to

tal a

lmo

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m w

ort

h o

f

ener

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cy w

ork

s.

The

affo

rdab

le h

ou

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g n

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uild

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pm

ent

pro

gram

me

will

con

trib

ute

to

th

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ener

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t so

cial

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ted

ho

mes

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ent

com

ple

tio

ns

hav

e se

en

dev

elo

pm

ents

wit

h e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cy m

eas

ure

s

ove

r an

d a

bo

ve t

ho

se r

equ

ired

by

curr

ent

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g re

gula

tio

ns.

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usi

ng

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oci

atio

n r

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tly

com

ple

ted

a n

ew b

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w

carb

on

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elo

pm

ent

in P

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has

ext

rem

ely

hig

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vels

of

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lati

on

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lar)

pan

els

to r

edu

ce f

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cost

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r te

nan

ts. T

his

dev

elo

pm

ent

has

rec

eive

d ‘E

co-H

om

es V

ery

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od

’ acc

red

itat

ion

.

The

Co

un

cil’s

new

bu

ild d

evel

op

men

t at

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rhea

d R

oad

, Pai

sley

als

o

incl

ud

ed s

ola

r p

anel

s fo

r h

eati

ng

ho

t w

ater

an

d w

arm

air

dis

trib

uti

on

syst

ems

des

ign

ed t

o r

edu

ce f

uel

co

nsu

mp

tio

n a

nd

en

ergy

co

sts

for

ten

ants

.

The

pri

vate

sec

tor

is c

urr

entl

y la

ggin

g b

ehin

d t

he

soci

al r

ente

d s

ecto

r in

rela

tio

n t

o e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cy.

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pre

sen

t, t

her

e is

no

reg

ula

tory

fram

ewo

rk in

pla

ce t

hat

req

uir

es h

om

eow

ner

s o

r la

nd

lord

s to

mak

e

ener

gy e

ffic

ien

cy im

pro

vem

ents

to

th

eir

pro

per

ties

wit

h m

any

ow

ner

s/la

nd

lord

s u

nab

le o

r u

nw

illin

g to

inve

st in

en

ergy

eff

icie

ncy

mea

sure

s, d

esp

ite

the

advi

ce a

nd

fu

nd

ing

stre

ams

avai

lab

le t

o o

wn

ers.

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53 | P

ag

e

Ou

tco

me

4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Co

mm

un

ity

pla

nn

ing

par

tner

s w

ill c

on

tin

ue

to

pro

mo

te a

dvi

ce a

nd

to

leve

r in

fu

nd

s fr

om

ext

ern

al a

gen

cies

, en

ergy

co

mp

anie

s an

d t

he

gove

rnm

ent

to c

on

tin

ue

to s

up

po

rt e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cy im

pro

vem

ents

.

Fun

din

g is

su

bje

ct t

o r

egu

lar

chan

ge a

nd

rev

iew

, wh

ich

mak

es f

orw

ard

pla

nn

ing

mo

re d

iffi

cult

.

Exam

ple

s o

f re

cen

t an

d p

lan

ned

pro

ject

s in

clu

de:

The

En

ergy

Co

mp

any

Ob

ligat

ion

(EC

O)

req

uir

es la

rger

en

ergy

sup

plie

rs t

o d

eliv

er e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cy m

eas

ure

s to

peo

ple

livi

ng

in h

ard

to

hea

t h

om

es a

nd

low

er in

com

e an

d v

uln

erab

le

ho

use

ho

lds.

EC

O c

om

men

ced

in 2

01

3 a

nd

cu

rren

tly

run

s to

20

17

.

Thro

ugh

th

is s

chem

e, t

he

Co

un

cil i

n p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

Bri

tish

Gas

rece

ntl

y co

mp

lete

d a

£6

.8m

pro

ject

in t

he

Ch

arle

sto

n a

rea

of

Pai

sley

(w

ith

no

co

st t

o t

he

Co

un

cil o

r re

sid

ents

). J

ust

un

der

50

0

ten

ants

an

d p

riva

te o

wn

ers

ben

efit

ted

fro

m t

he

rep

lace

men

t o

f

an u

nre

liab

le a

nd

inef

fici

ent

dis

tric

t h

eati

ng

syst

em a

s w

ell a

s

exte

rnal

wal

l in

sula

tio

n.

Toge

ther

th

ese

wo

rks

will

res

ult

in a

sig

nif

ican

t re

du

ctio

n in

carb

on

em

issi

on

s an

d e

stim

ated

fu

el s

avin

gs o

f 25

-30

% e

ach

year

fo

r h

ou

seh

old

s.

Ther

e ar

e fe

asib

ility

stu

die

s o

ngo

ing

to a

sses

s th

e co

st a

nd

feas

ibili

ty o

f re

pla

cin

g th

e ex

isti

ng

com

mu

nal

hea

tin

g sy

stem

s

wit

hin

sev

en C

ou

nci

l sh

elte

red

co

mp

lexe

s, s

up

ply

ing

fuel

to

aro

un

d 2

00

pro

per

ties

.

The

Ho

me

Ener

gy E

ffic

ien

cy P

rogr

amm

e fo

r Sc

otl

and

: A

rea

Bas

ed

Sch

em

es (

HEE

PS:

AB

S) T

he

maj

ori

ty o

f th

e Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t’s

bu

dge

t to

tac

kle

fuel

po

vert

y is

dir

ecte

d a

t ar

ea

bas

ed s

chem

es. R

eso

urc

es a

re b

ein

g ta

rget

ed a

t fu

el p

oo

r ar

eas

wit

h in

sula

tio

n m

easu

res

for

pri

vate

sec

tor

pro

per

ties

a p

rio

rity

.

The

pro

gram

me

com

ple

men

ts a

nd

su

pp

ort

s a

wid

e ra

nge

of

soci

al h

ou

sin

g in

itia

tive

s in

clu

din

g m

ain

tain

ing

sto

ck a

t th

e

leve

ls r

equ

ired

by

the

SHQ

S as

wel

l as

the

req

uir

emen

ts o

f th

e

new

En

ergy

Eff

icie

ncy

Sta

nd

ard

fo

r So

cial

Ho

usi

ng

(EES

SH).

Loca

l au

tho

riti

es a

ct a

s th

e co

ord

inat

ing

agen

ts f

or

all H

EEP

S:A

BS

and

£1

0.7

m h

as b

een

sec

ure

d f

or

Ren

frew

shir

e s

ince

Au

gust

20

13

.

Co

mp

lete

d p

roje

cts

incl

ud

e ex

tern

al w

all i

nsu

lati

on

pro

ject

s in

mu

lti-

ten

ure

blo

cks

to s

up

po

rt t

he

Co

un

cil,

Lin

sto

ne

and

Bri

dge

wat

er

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

ns’

SH

QS

pro

gram

mes

as

wel

l as

ten

emen

t

insu

lati

on

wo

rks

by

Will

iam

sbu

rgh

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

ns,

en

ergy

effi

cien

cy p

roje

cts

of

exte

rnal

wal

l in

sula

tio

n in

th

e Lo

chw

inn

och

an

d

Gal

low

hill

l are

as, a

nd

th

e re

pla

cem

ent

of

ob

sole

te d

istr

ict

hea

tin

g in

the

Geo

rge

Stre

et

are

a o

f P

aisl

ey w

ith

mo

der

n in

div

idu

al c

entr

al

hea

tin

g sy

stem

s.

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

allo

cati

on

fo

r 20

16/

17

was

just

ove

r £

1.1

m a

nd

will

be

uti

lised

to

del

iver

ext

ern

al w

all i

nsu

lati

on

in t

he

Gal

low

hill

are

a.

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ag

e

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tco

me

4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Loca

l au

tho

riti

es w

ere

invi

ted

to

bid

fo

r ad

dit

ion

al H

EEP

S:A

BS

fun

din

g

and

Ren

frew

shir

e w

as s

ucc

essf

ul i

n s

ecu

rin

g a

furt

her

£8

00

,00

0 in

late

20

16

. Th

is w

ill a

llow

th

e co

mp

leti

on

of

wo

rk in

Gal

low

hill

, as

wel

l as

con

trib

uti

ng

to n

ew e

xter

nal

wal

l in

sula

tio

n p

roje

cts

in J

oh

nst

on

e,

Ren

frew

, H

ou

sto

n, B

rid

ge o

f W

eir

and

Kilb

arch

an a

reas

. Th

is w

ill

ben

efit

10

2 p

riva

tely

ow

ned

pro

per

ties

an

d 7

4 s

oci

al r

ente

d p

rop

erti

es.

Sco

tlan

d’s

En

ergy

Eff

icie

ncy

Pro

gram

me

(SE

EP)

The

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent’

s SE

EP p

rogr

amm

e ai

ms

to im

pro

ve t

he

ener

gy e

ffic

ien

cy r

atin

g o

f d

om

esti

c an

d n

on

do

mes

tic

bu

ildin

gs o

ver

a

15

-20

yea

r p

erio

d, a

nd

will

be

fully

ro

lled

ou

t fr

om

20

18. T

he

firs

t tw

o

year

s w

ill in

volv

e “p

ath

fin

der

” p

roje

cts

des

ign

ed t

o t

est

way

s to

imp

rove

an

d/o

r in

crea

se t

he

curr

ent

succ

ess.

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l is

curr

en

tly

con

sid

erin

g it

s st

rate

gy t

o r

esp

on

d t

o t

he

req

uir

emen

ts o

f th

e

SEEP

pro

gram

me,

wh

ich

will

req

uir

e an

inte

grat

ed a

pp

roac

h w

ith

a

ran

ge o

f st

akeh

old

ers,

incl

ud

ing

uti

lity

pro

vid

ers

and

Co

mm

un

ity

Pla

nn

ing

par

tner

s in

ord

er t

o m

axim

ise

all a

vaila

ble

so

urc

es o

f fu

nd

ing.

Clim

ate

Ch

ange

The

Clim

ate

Ch

ange

(Sc

otl

and

) A

ct 2

009

est

ablis

hed

a s

tatu

tory

tar

get

of

a 8

0%

red

uct

ion

in g

reen

ho

use

gas

em

issi

on

s b

y 2

050

wit

h a

n

inte

rim

tar

get

of

42

% b

y 2

02

0. T

his

Act

als

o p

lace

s a

du

ty o

n lo

cal

auth

ori

ties

to

act

in a

way

th

at b

est

con

trib

ute

s to

th

ese

targ

ets.

The

ener

gy u

sed

in h

om

es a

cco

un

ts f

or

mo

re t

han

a q

uar

ter

of

ener

gy

use

an

d c

arb

on

dio

xid

e em

issi

on

in t

he

UK

, mo

re t

han

th

e ei

the

r ro

ad

tran

spo

rt o

r in

du

stry

an

d h

ou

sin

g th

eref

ore

rep

rese

nts

a m

ajo

r

op

po

rtu

nit

y to

cu

t en

ergy

use

an

d C

O2

emis

sio

ns.

14

In 2

01

2, g

ree

nh

ou

se g

as e

mis

sio

ns

fro

m h

ou

sin

g ac

cou

nte

d f

or

25

% o

f

Sco

tlan

d’s

to

tal e

mis

sio

ns.

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l has

sig

ned

th

e Sc

ott

ish

Clim

ate

Ch

ange

Dec

lara

tio

n w

hic

h b

rin

gs t

oge

ther

oth

er S

cott

ish

loca

l au

tho

riti

es a

nd

the

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

in a

co

mm

itm

ent

to w

ork

wit

h o

ther

s to

less

en t

he

effe

cts

of

clim

ate

chan

ge.

By

tack

ling

fuel

po

vert

y an

d p

rom

oti

ng

the

effi

cien

t u

se o

f en

ergy

thro

ugh

ad

vice

, th

e in

stal

lati

on

of

mo

der

n h

eati

ng

syst

ems,

imp

rovi

ng

pro

per

ty c

on

dit

ion

s an

d a

dju

stin

g h

ou

seh

old

beh

avio

urs

, a s

ign

ific

ant

con

trib

uti

on

can

be

mad

e to

war

ds

mee

tin

g th

e e

mis

sio

ns

red

uct

ion

s

targ

et.

14 U

nited K

ingdom

Housin

g E

nerg

y F

act F

ile,

Depart

me

nt

of E

nerg

y a

nd C

limate

Change 2

013

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55 | P

ag

e

Ou

tco

me

4 H

om

es

are

en

erg

y e

ffic

ien

t an

d f

ue

l po

vert

y is

min

imis

ed

Ou

tco

me

4: S

um

mar

y o

f K

ey A

ctio

ns

1.

Co

nti

nu

e to

pro

mo

te e

ner

gy s

avin

gs, f

ue

l po

vert

y, a

nd

inco

me

max

imis

atio

n a

dvi

ce t

o t

enan

ts a

nd

ow

ner

s;

2.

Ensu

re s

trat

egie

s ar

e in

pla

ce f

or

soci

al r

ente

d h

ou

sin

g to

mee

t th

e re

qu

irem

ents

of

EESS

H b

y 2

020

;

3.

Co

nti

nu

e to

su

pp

ort

en

ergy

eff

icie

ncy

imp

rove

men

ts in

th

e p

riva

te s

ecto

r b

y p

rom

oti

ng

acce

ss t

o e

ner

gy s

avin

gs a

dvi

ce a

nd

ext

ern

al f

un

din

g;

4.

Co

nti

nu

e to

max

imis

e H

EEP

S fu

nd

ing

fro

m t

he

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

to b

enef

it p

riva

te o

wn

ers

and

en

able

par

tici

pat

ion

in e

ner

gy e

ffic

ien

cyp

rogr

amm

es;

5.

Co

nsi

der

pro

po

sals

an

d r

eco

mm

end

atio

ns

fro

m t

he

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

SEEP

S w

ork

ing

gro

up

wh

en a

vaila

ble

to

ad

dre

ss is

sues

of

ener

gyef

fici

ency

an

d f

uel

po

vert

y;

6.

Enco

ura

ge t

he

use

of

ren

ewab

le t

ech

no

logy

in n

ew h

ou

sin

g d

evel

op

men

ts.

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O

utco

me

5 Ho

mel

essn

ess i

s pre

vent

ed a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e pe

ople

get

the

advi

ce a

nd su

ppor

t the

y

n

eed

Hom

eles

snes

s is n

ot so

lely

a h

ousin

g iss

ue b

ut re

quire

s act

ion

from

the

full

rang

e of

age

ncie

s pro

vidi

ng h

ealth

, soc

ial c

are,

adv

ice,

info

rmat

ion

and

supp

ort a

cros

s bot

h th

e st

atut

ory

and

volu

ntar

y se

ctor

. In

Re

nfre

wsh

ire a

mul

ti-ag

ency

stee

ring

grou

p –

the

Renf

rew

shire

Ho

mel

essn

ess P

artn

ersh

ip (R

HP) –

ove

rsee

s act

ions

to p

reve

nt a

nd

alle

viat

e ho

mel

essn

ess i

n Re

nfre

wsh

ire.

Follo

win

g sig

nific

ant p

rogr

ess t

hrou

gh tw

o pr

evio

us st

and–

alon

e ho

mel

essn

ess s

trat

egie

s (20

03-2

008

and

2010

-201

5), t

he C

ounc

il an

d RH

P, h

as a

gree

d to

inco

rpor

ate

high

leve

l out

com

es in

to th

is LH

S. T

he

RHP

will

pre

pare

and

mon

itor a

sepa

rate

ope

ratio

nal H

omel

essn

ess

Actio

n Pl

an.

Whi

le th

e nu

mbe

r of h

omel

ess a

pplic

atio

ns h

as d

ecre

ased

ove

r rec

ent

year

s thr

ough

gre

ater

pre

vent

ion

activ

ity a

nd th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

the

Hous

ing

Opt

ions

app

roac

h, th

e ch

alle

nge

of a

ssist

ing

the

incr

easin

g pr

opor

tion

of a

pplic

ants

with

mul

tiple

com

plex

nee

ds is

bec

omin

g m

ore

prom

inen

t. T

his r

equi

res a

hol

istic

app

roac

h by

all

part

ners

to

bett

er p

rovi

de su

stai

nabl

e so

lutio

ns fo

r hom

eles

s peo

ple

incl

udin

g th

ose

with

mul

tiple

com

plex

nee

ds.

This

LHS

sets

out

pla

ns to

tack

le h

omel

essn

ess w

hich

focu

s aro

und

four

key

them

es:

• Pr

even

ting

hom

eles

snes

s occ

urrin

g in

the

first

pla

ce th

roug

h a

rang

e of

initi

ativ

es;

• De

velo

ping

the

hous

ing

optio

ns a

ppro

ach

whi

ch lo

oks a

t an

indi

vidu

al’s

hous

ing

optio

ns a

nd c

hoic

es in

the

wid

est s

ense

at a

n ea

rly st

age

in th

e ho

pe o

f avo

idin

g a

hous

ing

crisi

s;

• En

surin

g th

ere

is ac

cess

to a

ppro

pria

te se

rvic

es, p

artic

ular

ly fo

r peo

ple

with

com

plex

nee

ds a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith a

lcoh

ol m

isuse

, sub

stan

ce a

buse

an

d/or

men

tal h

ealth

issu

es; a

nd,

• Pr

ovid

ing

sust

aina

ble

solu

tions

for h

omel

ess h

ouse

hold

s thr

ough

the

prov

ision

of a

ppro

pria

te su

ppor

t.

Out

com

e 5

Hom

eles

snes

s is p

reve

nted

and

vul

nera

ble

peop

le g

et th

e ad

vice

and

supp

ort t

hey

nee

d

56 |

Pa

ge

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Out

com

e 5

Hom

eles

snes

s is p

reve

nted

and

vul

nera

ble

peop

le g

et th

e ad

vice

and

supp

ort t

hey

nee

d

Prof

ile o

f Hom

eles

snes

s in

Renf

rew

shire

in 2

015/

16

•2,

098

peop

le a

ppro

ache

d Ho

mel

essn

ess S

ervi

ces f

or a

ssist

ance

•83

2 ho

mel

ess a

pplic

atio

ns m

ade,

sim

ilar t

o th

e nu

mbe

r of

hom

eles

s app

licat

ions

mad

e ov

er th

e la

st 2

yea

rs

•84

% o

f hom

eles

s app

licat

ions

cam

e fr

om si

ngle

peo

ple

•67

% o

f hom

eles

s app

licat

ions

wer

e m

ade

by a

mal

e m

ain

appl

ican

t (2nd

hig

hest

figu

re in

Sco

tland

and

wel

l abo

ve th

ena

tiona

l fig

ure

of 5

5%)

•14

% o

f hom

eles

s app

lican

ts h

ad c

hild

ren

(low

er th

an th

e 26

%na

tiona

l ave

rage

figu

re)

•28

% o

f app

licat

ions

wer

e fr

om p

eopl

e ag

ed 1

6-24

yea

rs

•31

% o

f app

lican

ts g

ave

“bei

ng a

sked

to le

ave”

as t

he m

ain

reas

on fo

r hom

eles

snes

s whi

le 1

3% g

ave

“disc

harg

e fr

ompr

ison/

hosp

ital c

are

or o

ther

inst

itutio

n ”

as th

e m

ain

reas

on(h

ighe

r tha

n th

e na

tiona

l fig

ure

of 6

% a

nd is

the

join

t hig

hest

inSc

otla

nd (p

eopl

e le

avin

g pr

ison

acco

unt f

or th

e m

ajor

ity o

f thi

sgr

oup)

•11

% (7

5) o

f app

lican

ts in

201

5/16

wer

e re

asse

ssed

as h

omel

ess

with

in a

yea

r of p

revi

ous a

pplic

atio

n

Prev

entin

g Ho

mel

essn

ess

The

Hom

eles

snes

s Str

ateg

y 20

10-2

015

plac

ed th

e hi

ghes

t prio

rity

on

prev

entin

g ho

mel

essn

ess f

rom

occ

urrin

g in

the

first

pla

ce. A

rang

e of

su

cces

sful

pre

vent

ion

serv

ices

and

act

iviti

es a

re n

ow in

pla

ce,

incl

udin

g:

•th

e Ge

orge

Str

eet S

ervi

ce w

hich

pro

vide

s a b

road

rang

e of

dedi

cate

d pr

even

tion

serv

ices

;

•de

dica

ted

yout

h ho

usin

g op

tions

adv

isors

;

•a

dedi

cate

d ho

mel

essn

ess p

reve

ntio

n of

ficer

;

•a

New

Sta

rt O

ffice

r wor

king

with

peo

ple

bein

g re

leas

ed fr

ompr

ison

to e

nsur

e a

plan

ned

tran

sitio

n ba

ck in

to th

e co

mm

unity

via

the

Join

t Pro

toco

l for

Low

Mos

s pris

on;

•Ho

spita

l Disc

harg

e Pr

otoc

ol in

pla

ce w

ith D

ykeb

ar H

ospi

tal;

•a

spec

ialis

t Hou

sing

Addi

ctio

ns a

nd L

iaiso

n O

ffice

r (HA

LO) w

hoas

sists

thos

e in

hou

sing

need

whe

re th

ere

are

issue

s with

subs

tanc

e or

alc

ohol

misu

se;

•th

e “T

ime2

Men

d” p

roje

ct w

hich

pro

vide

s a m

edia

tion

serv

ice

for y

oung

peo

ple

and

thei

r fam

ilies

;

•Jo

int T

hrou

ghca

re P

roto

col f

or lo

oked

aft

er c

hild

ren

and

youn

gpe

ople

to e

nsur

e pl

anne

d m

oves

from

car

e to

inde

pend

ent

livin

g an

d

•Fo

unda

tions

Firs

t, a

new

initi

ativ

e de

liver

ed b

y Sh

elte

r Sco

tland

to su

ppor

t vul

nera

ble

fam

ilies

in th

e co

mm

unity

in li

ne w

ithRe

nfre

wsh

ire’s

Tac

klin

g Po

vert

y pr

ogra

mm

e.

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Out

com

e 5

Hom

eles

snes

s is p

reve

nted

and

vul

nera

ble

peop

le g

et th

e ad

vice

and

supp

ort t

hey

nee

d

Ove

r the

nex

t 5 y

ears

the

Coun

cil a

nd it

s par

tner

s will

bui

ld o

n ex

istin

g ho

mel

essn

ess p

reve

ntio

n ac

tiviti

es a

nd su

ppor

t the

roll

out o

f Fo

unda

tions

Firs

t.

Hous

ing

Opt

ions

The

Coun

cil w

ill c

ontin

ue to

dev

elop

a H

ousin

g O

ptio

ns a

ppro

ach

acro

ss a

ll ho

usin

g se

rvic

es to

hel

p to

pre

vent

hom

eles

snes

s and

this

will

rem

ain

a ke

y fo

cus o

ver t

he li

fetim

e of

this

stra

tegy

.

Hous

ing

Opt

ions

also

link

s to

a br

oade

r app

roac

h to

pro

vidi

ng e

ffect

ive

hous

ing

advi

ce to

eve

ryon

e w

ho re

quire

s it.

The

Scot

tish

Gove

rnm

ent h

as su

ppor

ted

the

sett

ing

up o

f fiv

e Ho

usin

g O

ptio

ns H

ubs n

atio

nally

to p

rom

ote

a Ho

usin

g O

ptio

ns a

ppro

ach.

As

part

of t

he W

est o

f Sco

tland

Hou

sing

Opt

ions

Hub

, Ren

frew

shire

Co

unci

l is w

orki

ng c

lose

ly w

ith o

ther

nei

ghbo

urin

g Co

unci

ls an

d Gl

asgo

w H

ousin

g As

soci

atio

n (L

imite

d) to

shar

e be

st p

ract

ice,

kn

owle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g, b

ench

mar

k an

d pr

ovid

e tr

aini

ng fo

r fr

ont l

ine

staf

f. An

Act

ion

Plan

has

bee

n de

velo

ped

by th

e W

est H

ub

whi

ch in

clud

es c

omm

issio

ning

rese

arch

and

car

ryin

g ou

t the

mat

ic

stud

ies;

dev

elop

ing

guid

ance

and

goo

d pr

actic

e ad

vice

to m

itiga

te th

e im

pact

s of W

elfa

re R

efor

m.

Renf

rew

shire

Cou

ncil

is us

ing

the

natio

nal ‘

PREV

ENT1

’ man

dato

ry d

ata

colle

ctio

n sy

stem

to re

cord

and

trac

k in

form

atio

n on

all

hom

eles

snes

s pr

even

tion

activ

ities

pro

vide

d to

peo

ple

durin

g Ho

usin

g O

ptio

ns

inte

rvie

ws.

Thi

s will

hel

p to

est

ablis

h a

clea

rer p

ictu

re o

f how

ef

fect

ivel

y Ho

usin

g O

ptio

ns a

re b

eing

del

iver

ed.

Acce

ss to

the

priv

ate

rent

ed se

ctor

is a

vaila

ble

thro

ugh

the

Rent

De

posit

Gua

rant

ee S

chem

e w

hich

offe

rs h

omel

ess p

eopl

e or

thos

e th

reat

ened

with

hom

eles

snes

s an

alte

rnat

ive

to so

cial

rent

ed

acco

mm

odat

ion

(alth

ough

this

is be

com

ing

mor

e di

fficu

lt fo

r peo

ple

unde

r 35

year

s old

due

to re

cent

ben

efit

chan

ges)

.

Ove

r the

nex

t 5 y

ears

the

Coun

cil a

nd it

s par

tner

s will

con

tinue

to

deve

lop

the

Hous

ing

Opt

ions

app

roac

h in

clud

ing

the

rollo

ut o

f the

new

Ho

usin

g O

ptio

ns T

oolk

it to

all

fron

tline

staf

f whe

n it

beco

mes

ava

ilabl

e an

d on

goin

g pa

rtic

ipat

ion

in th

e W

est o

f Sco

tland

Hub

.

Acce

ss to

Ser

vice

s

As a

rela

tivel

y hi

gh p

ropo

rtio

n of

hom

eles

s peo

ple

have

com

plex

nee

ds

asso

ciat

ed w

ith a

lcoh

ol m

isuse

, sub

stan

ce a

buse

, offe

ndin

g be

havi

our

and/

or m

enta

l hea

lth is

sues

, it i

s crit

ical

that

exi

stin

g lin

ks b

etw

een

heal

th, s

uppo

rt se

rvic

es a

nd h

omel

essn

ess s

ervi

ces a

re fu

rthe

r de

velo

ped

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ll ho

mel

ess p

eopl

e ca

n ac

cess

the

heal

th,

supp

ort a

nd c

are

serv

ices

they

requ

ire.

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utco

me

5 Ho

mel

essn

ess i

s pre

vent

ed a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e pe

ople

get

the

advi

ce a

nd su

ppor

t the

y

n

eed

Ther

e is

a hi

gh le

vel o

f non

eng

agem

ent w

ith se

rvic

es b

y so

me

hom

eles

s app

lican

ts w

ith c

ompl

ex n

eeds

. Ser

vice

del

iver

y ar

rang

emen

ts w

ill b

e re

view

ed w

ith a

vie

w to

iden

tifyi

ng w

ays o

f in

crea

sing

leve

ls of

eng

agem

ent.

Stro

ng li

nks a

lread

y ex

ist b

etw

een

men

tal h

ealth

, add

ictio

ns, s

uppo

rt

and

advi

ce se

rvic

es th

roug

h th

e In

tegr

ated

Alc

ohol

Tea

m (I

AT).

Thro

ugh

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Heal

th a

nd H

omel

essn

ess A

ctio

n Pl

an

(HHA

P) th

ere

cont

inue

s to

be a

focu

s on

join

t act

ivity

whi

ch in

clud

es

ensu

ring

that

hom

eles

s peo

ple

are

offe

red

a re

ferr

al to

an

appr

opria

te

Heal

th o

r Soc

ial C

are

Serv

ice.

Hom

eles

s peo

ple

and

thos

e th

reat

ened

with

hom

eles

snes

s hav

e ac

cess

to

a ra

nge

of se

rvic

es d

epen

ding

on

thei

r req

uire

men

ts, i

nclu

ding

:

• te

mpo

rary

acc

omm

odat

ion,

incl

udin

g ou

t-of

- hou

rs a

cces

s;

• co

mm

issio

ned

spec

ialis

t sup

port

ed a

ccom

mod

atio

n;

• th

e “H

ousin

g Fi

rst”

serv

ice

for p

eopl

e w

ith c

ompl

ex n

eeds

;

• su

ppor

t fro

m sp

ecia

list a

genc

ies t

o de

al w

ith

addi

ctio

n/al

coho

l/men

tal h

ealth

issu

es;

• th

e “F

ound

atio

ns F

irst”

serv

ice

whi

ch a

ssist

s vul

nera

ble

fam

ilies

; and

• em

ploy

abili

ty se

rvic

es.

Thro

ugh

the

esta

blish

men

t of t

he n

ew H

ealth

and

Soc

ial C

are

Part

ners

hip,

ther

e w

ill b

e gr

eate

r opp

ortu

nitie

s to

stre

ngth

en th

e st

rate

gic

focu

s on

hom

eles

snes

s and

furt

her d

evel

op p

artn

ersh

ip

wor

king

. Te

mpo

rary

and

Sup

port

ed A

ccom

mod

atio

n an

d th

e Im

pact

of

Wel

fare

Ref

orm

The

Coun

cil i

s con

tinua

lly re

view

ing

its p

ortf

olio

of t

empo

rary

ho

mel

ess f

urni

shed

flat

s. I

n re

spon

se to

the

impa

ct o

f Wel

fare

Ref

orm

an

d th

e in

crea

sing

num

ber o

f sin

gle

pers

on h

omel

ess a

pplic

ants

, the

nu

mbe

r of s

mal

ler p

rope

rtie

s has

bee

n in

crea

sed.

Th

ere

are

arou

nd 1

35 te

mpo

rary

furn

ished

flat

s ow

ned

by th

e Co

unci

l, an

d 30

ow

ned

by R

SLs.

The

re a

re a

lso a

roun

d 60

uni

ts o

f sup

port

ed

acco

mm

odat

ion

man

aged

by

Blue

Tria

ngle

Hou

sing

Asso

ciat

ion

and

Lore

tto

Care

/Whe

atle

y Gr

oup

for a

rang

e of

clie

nt g

roup

s inc

ludi

ng

youn

g pe

ople

; fam

ilies

with

chi

ldre

n; p

eopl

e w

ith m

enta

l hea

lth is

sues

an

d pe

ople

with

com

plex

nee

ds.

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O

utco

me

5 Ho

mel

essn

ess i

s pre

vent

ed a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e pe

ople

get

the

advi

ce a

nd su

ppor

t the

y

n

eed

A re

view

of t

he c

urre

nt m

odel

s of t

empo

rary

acc

omm

odat

ion

and

exist

ing

prov

ision

, tak

ing

acco

unt o

f the

cha

ngin

g pr

ofile

of

hom

eles

snes

s in

Renf

rew

shire

will

be

unde

rtak

en. T

his w

ill in

clud

e:

• Th

rush

crai

gs, P

aisle

y –

orig

inal

ly d

esig

nate

d fo

r fam

ilies

, but

w

ith in

crea

sing

dem

ands

now

from

sing

le p

eopl

e re

quiri

ng

smal

ler a

ccom

mod

atio

n.

• Du

ndon

ald

Road

, Pai

sley

– ta

king

acc

ount

of t

he m

ore

inte

nse

supp

ort n

eeds

of h

omel

ess p

eopl

e.

Ther

e is

curr

ently

no

prov

ision

of “

host

el”

type

acc

omm

odat

ion

in

Renf

rew

shire

. Di

ffere

nt m

odel

s of p

rovi

sion

will

be

cons

ider

ed, t

akin

g ac

coun

t of b

est p

ract

ice

from

oth

er a

reas

.

Wel

fare

Ref

orm

and

the

cont

inui

ng ro

ll-ou

t of U

nive

rsal

Cre

dit (

UC)

sin

ce Ju

ne 2

015

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire c

ould

sign

ifica

ntly

impa

ct o

n th

e w

ay

that

acc

omm

odat

ion

serv

ices

are

pro

vide

d to

hom

eles

s peo

ple.

The

re

is un

cert

aint

y at

this

poin

t on

wha

t the

spec

ific

impa

cts w

ill b

e,

part

icul

arly

whe

n Re

nfre

wsh

ire m

igra

tes t

o fu

ll se

rvic

e in

May

201

8.

Ther

e w

ill b

e fin

anci

al ri

sks t

o th

e Co

unci

l aris

ing

from

the

use

of L

ocal

Ho

usin

g Al

low

ance

(LHA

) rat

es to

det

erm

ine

bene

fit le

vels

for

tem

pora

ry h

ousin

g, U

C as

sess

men

t per

iods

, pay

men

t met

hods

of

man

agem

ent c

osts

and

the

pote

ntia

l cap

ping

of t

empo

rary

ac

com

mod

atio

n re

nts.

Give

n th

e po

tent

ial n

egat

ive

finan

cial

impa

cts o

f UC

for t

he C

ounc

il,

finan

cial

mod

ellin

g w

ork

is co

ntin

uing

to c

onsid

er sc

enar

ios o

n ho

w

tem

pora

ry h

omel

ess a

ccom

mod

atio

n co

uld

be fi

nanc

ed a

nd m

anag

ed

in th

e fu

ture

. The

lack

of c

larit

y on

how

UC

will

ope

rate

whe

n it

is fu

lly

rolle

d ou

t inc

reas

es fi

nanc

ial u

ncer

tain

ty fo

r the

Cou

ncil.

The

pict

ure

is di

ffere

nt fo

r the

cat

egor

y of

supp

orte

d ac

com

mod

atio

n de

fined

as “

Spec

ified

Exe

mpt

Acc

omm

odat

ion”

whe

re a

cla

iman

t has

be

en a

sses

sed

as b

eing

in n

eed

of, a

nd h

as b

een

adm

itted

to su

ppor

ted

hous

ing

to re

ceiv

e ca

re, s

uppo

rt o

r sup

ervi

sion.

Thi

s def

initi

on is

su

ffici

ent f

or th

at a

ccom

mod

atio

n to

be

cons

ider

ed e

xem

pt fr

om

bedr

oom

tax

and

the

bene

fit c

ap. 15

The

re is

how

ever

, unc

erta

inty

ove

r ho

w su

ppor

ted

acco

mm

odat

ion

will

be

finan

ced

as th

e co

re re

nt a

nd

serv

ice

char

ges w

ill b

e fu

nded

thro

ugh

Hous

ing

Bene

fit o

r UC

whi

le a

ny

addi

tiona

l sup

port

cos

ts w

ill re

quire

top

up fu

ndin

g fr

om th

e Sc

ottis

h Go

vern

men

t, th

e le

vels

of w

hich

hav

e no

t yet

bee

n an

noun

ced.

15

Def

inin

g S

peci

fied

Acco

mm

odat

ion

for H

ousi

ng B

enef

it P

urpo

ses:

SH

BV

N

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utco

me

5 Ho

mel

essn

ess i

s pre

vent

ed a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e pe

ople

get

the

advi

ce a

nd su

ppor

t the

y

n

eed

Impa

cts o

f the

“Sh

ared

Roo

m R

ate”

for U

nder

35

Year

Old

s Yo

ung

singl

e pe

ople

und

er th

e ag

e of

35

year

s are

alre

ady

rest

ricte

d to

th

e “s

hare

d ro

om ra

te”

of th

e Lo

cal H

ousin

g Al

low

ance

whi

ch n

arro

ws

thei

r opt

ions

in te

rms o

f sec

urin

g or

sust

aini

ng p

rivat

e re

nted

ac

com

mod

atio

n. T

he c

urre

nt su

bsid

y re

gim

e fo

r Cou

ncil

and

RSL

tem

pora

ry a

ccom

mod

atio

n fo

r the

und

er 3

5’s i

gnor

es th

e sh

ared

room

ra

te b

ut th

is w

ill c

hang

e w

ith th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

UC,

whi

ch m

ay m

ean

subs

idy

rate

s will

be

belo

w a

ctua

l ren

ts c

harg

ed.

This

plac

es re

stric

tions

on

the

type

and

size

of p

rope

rty

that

sing

le

peop

le u

nder

the

age

of 3

5 ca

n se

cure

. As w

ell a

s fin

anci

al is

sues

, the

re

will

be

oper

atio

nal d

iffic

ultie

s in

mat

chin

g ap

prop

riate

ly si

zed

acco

mm

odat

ion

to m

eet t

he n

eeds

of i

ncre

asin

g nu

mbe

rs o

f sin

gle

pers

on h

ouse

hold

s.

Ove

r the

nex

t 5 y

ears

the

Coun

cil a

nd it

s par

tner

s will

: •

revi

ew th

e ex

istin

g te

mpo

rary

acc

omm

odat

ion

mod

el to

ens

ure

it m

eets

the

chan

ging

nee

ds o

f ser

vice

use

rs;

• su

ppor

t the

exp

ansio

n of

the

“Hou

sing

Firs

t” se

rvic

e fo

llow

ing

an

addi

tiona

l aw

ard

of B

ig L

otte

ry F

undi

ng to

Tur

ning

Poi

nt S

cotla

nd;

• de

velo

p an

act

ion

plan

to e

nsur

e Em

ploy

abili

ty S

ervi

ces m

eet t

he

need

s of h

omel

ess a

pplic

ants

to a

cces

s tra

inin

g sk

ills t

o as

sist t

hem

in

obt

aini

ng e

mpl

oym

ent p

artic

ular

ly in

ligh

t of t

he re

cent

ly

publ

ished

rese

arch

on

links

bet

wee

n ho

mel

essn

ess a

nd

reof

fend

ing16

; •

revi

ew c

urre

nt a

nd d

evel

op n

ew o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or th

e pr

ovisi

on o

f fin

anci

al a

dvic

e an

d su

ppor

t for

hom

eles

s peo

ple

as a

resp

onse

to

the

impa

ct o

f Wel

fare

Ref

orm

. Su

stai

nabl

e So

lutio

ns

The

prop

ortio

n of

pre

viou

sly h

omel

ess p

eopl

e w

ho a

ccep

ted

an o

ffer

of p

erm

anen

t acc

omm

odat

ion

from

the

Coun

cil a

nd w

ho h

ave

mai

ntai

ned

thei

r ten

ancy

for a

t lea

st tw

elve

mon

ths h

as fa

llen

from

81

% to

72%

, fol

low

ing

prog

ress

in th

e pr

evio

us y

ear.

The

re is

a b

road

ra

nge

of su

ppor

t pro

visio

n av

aila

ble

to a

ssist

peo

ple

to su

stai

n th

eir

tena

ncie

s inc

ludi

ng:

16 H

ousin

g an

d Re

offe

ndin

g: S

uppo

rtin

g Pe

ople

Who

Ser

ve S

hort

Ter

m S

ente

nces

to

Secu

re a

nd S

usta

in S

tabl

e Ac

com

mod

atio

n on

Lib

erat

ion;

Rei

d Hu

nter

Ass

ocia

tes

June

201

5

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O

utco

me

5 Ho

mel

essn

ess i

s pre

vent

ed a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e pe

ople

get

the

advi

ce a

nd su

ppor

t the

y

n

eed

• a

team

of d

edic

ated

offi

cers

who

pro

vide

fina

ncia

l adv

ice

and

assis

tanc

e;

• Ho

usin

g Su

ppor

t sta

ff w

ho a

sses

s nee

ds a

nd e

ither

pro

vide

supp

ort

or re

fer/

dire

ct to

oth

er a

ppro

pria

te se

rvic

es;

• pr

ovisi

on o

f fur

nish

ed te

nanc

y gr

ants

, sta

rter

pac

ks a

nd v

ouch

ers

for p

eopl

e to

obt

ain

good

qua

lity

recy

cled

hou

seho

ld fu

rnish

ings

an

d w

hite

goo

ds;

• “H

omes

for K

eeps

” pr

e te

nanc

y tr

aini

ng p

rogr

amm

e;

• lin

ks to

the

Empl

oyab

ility

Hub

in P

aisle

y;

• in

trod

uctio

n of

the

Hous

ing

Firs

t ser

vice

into

Ren

frew

shire

de

liver

ed b

y Tu

rnin

g Po

int S

cotla

nd to

inte

nsiv

ely

supp

ort 2

0 ho

useh

olds

at a

ny o

ne ti

me

with

ext

rem

ely

com

plex

nee

ds;

• de

liver

y of

the

‘Key

s to

Lear

n’ c

ours

e by

the

Glas

gow

Ho

mel

essn

ess N

etw

ork

offe

ring

supp

ort,

advi

ce a

nd a

ssist

ance

w

ith li

nks t

o In

vest

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

The

Hous

ing

Supp

ort S

ervi

ces (

Hom

eles

snes

s) (S

cotla

nd) R

egul

atio

ns

2012

pla

ce a

dut

y on

loca

l aut

horit

ies t

o as

sess

the

need

for h

ousin

g su

ppor

t ser

vice

s for

any

one

who

may

be

in n

eed

of h

ousin

g su

ppor

t se

rvic

es a

nd w

ho is

uni

nten

tiona

lly h

omel

ess o

r thr

eate

ned

with

ho

mel

essn

ess.

Ren

frew

shire

Cou

ncil

has f

ully

com

plie

d w

ith th

e du

ty

and

uses

the

“Bet

ter F

utur

es”

asse

ssm

ent t

ool t

o de

term

ine

the

leve

l of

supp

ort n

eede

d at

the

poin

t of a

cces

s to

the

Hom

eles

snes

s Ser

vice

. In

201

5/16

, the

Cou

ncil

and

othe

r spe

cial

ist su

ppor

t pro

vide

rs p

rovi

ded

supp

ort t

o 37

5 ho

mel

ess p

eopl

e an

d to

thos

e th

reat

ened

with

ho

mel

essn

ess.

As

pre

viou

sly h

ighl

ight

ed, t

he su

ppor

t nee

ds o

f hom

eles

s ser

vice

use

rs

are

incr

easin

gly

beco

min

g m

ore

com

plex

. O

ver t

he n

ext 5

yea

rs th

e Co

unci

l and

its p

artn

ers w

ill:

• de

velo

p ta

rget

s and

refe

rral

pro

cess

es w

ith th

e HS

CP to

impr

ove

acce

ss to

Hea

lth a

nd c

are

Serv

ices

for h

omel

ess p

eopl

e an

d vu

lner

able

hou

seho

lds,

par

ticul

arly

for t

hose

with

com

plex

nee

ds;

• an

alys

e th

e re

ason

s beh

ind

repe

at h

omel

essn

ess a

nd d

evel

op a

n ac

tion

plan

to re

duce

the

num

ber o

f peo

ple

pres

entin

g w

ithin

a

year

of o

rigin

al a

pplic

atio

n;

• un

dert

ake

rese

arch

to u

nder

stan

d w

hy so

me

hom

eles

s app

lican

ts

do n

ot su

stai

n th

eir s

ocia

l ren

ted

tena

ncie

s for

at l

east

12

mon

ths.

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utco

me

5 Ho

mel

essn

ess i

s pre

vent

ed a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e pe

ople

get

the

advi

ce a

nd su

ppor

t the

y

n

eed

Out

com

e 5:

Sum

mar

y of

Key

Act

ions

1.

W

ork

with

par

tner

s to

build

on

exist

ing

and

iden

tify

new

hom

eles

snes

s pre

vent

ion

activ

ities

, inc

ludi

ng in

itiat

ives

such

as “

Foun

datio

ns

Firs

t”, “

Hous

ing

Firs

t” a

nd “

Keys

to L

earn

2.

Deve

lop

initi

ativ

es to

min

imise

the

prop

ortio

n of

peo

ple

pres

entin

g as

hom

eles

s giv

ing

reas

ons a

s “le

avin

g pr

ison/

hosp

ital/o

ther

in

stitu

tion”

.

3.

Revi

ew th

e ex

istin

g te

mpo

rary

acc

omm

odat

ion

mod

el to

ens

ure

it m

eets

the

chan

ging

nee

ds o

f hom

eles

s peo

ple.

4.

Deve

lop

targ

ets a

nd re

ferr

al p

roce

sses

with

the

HSCP

to im

prov

e ac

cess

to H

ealth

and

Soc

ial C

are

serv

ices

for h

omel

ess p

eopl

e.

5.

Cont

ribut

e to

the

deliv

ery

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Heal

th a

nd H

omel

essn

ess A

ctio

n Pl

an.

6.

Revi

ew c

urre

nt a

nd d

evel

op n

ew o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or fi

nanc

ial a

dvic

e an

d su

ppor

t for

hom

eles

s peo

ple

as a

resp

onse

to W

elfa

re R

efor

m.

7.

Deve

lop

initi

ativ

es to

add

ress

the

trai

ning

and

em

ploy

men

t nee

ds o

f hom

eles

s peo

ple.

8.

Und

erta

ke re

sear

ch in

to re

peat

hom

eles

snes

s and

the

reas

ons f

or th

e lo

wer

rate

of t

enan

cy su

stai

nmen

t am

ong

form

er h

omel

ess

appl

ican

ts; a

nd d

evel

op in

terv

entio

ns fo

r im

prov

emen

t.

9.

Cont

inue

to m

onito

r out

com

es fo

r hom

eles

s app

lican

ts a

nd e

nsur

e th

ey h

ave

acce

ss to

per

man

ent s

ocia

l ren

ted

hous

ing

thro

ugh

effe

ctiv

e us

e of

Sec

tion

5 re

ferr

als a

nd o

ther

par

tner

ship

arr

ange

men

ts.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

This

sec

tio

n s

ets

ou

t h

ow

it is

inte

nd

ed t

o m

eet

the

ho

usi

ng

and

ho

usi

ng

rela

ted

su

pp

ort

req

uir

emen

ts o

f sp

ecif

ic g

rou

ps

of

peo

ple

in

Ren

frew

shir

e, in

clu

din

g o

lder

peo

ple

, yo

un

g p

eop

le p

revi

ou

sly

“lo

oke

d

afte

r” b

y th

e lo

cal a

uth

ori

ty, p

eop

le w

ith

ph

ysic

al d

isab

iliti

es, p

eop

le

wit

h le

arn

ing

dis

abili

ties

, peo

ple

wit

h m

enta

l hea

lth

issu

es, p

eop

le w

ith

alco

ho

l or

dru

g is

sues

, ref

uge

es a

nd

mig

ran

ts, G

ypsy

/Tra

velle

rs a

nd

Trav

ellin

g Sh

ow

peo

ple

.

No

t al

l peo

ple

wit

h s

pec

ific

nee

ds

req

uir

e n

ew h

ou

sin

g as

a s

olu

tio

n t

o

mee

tin

g th

eir

nee

ds.

Mak

ing

the

bes

t u

se o

f ex

isti

ng

ho

usi

ng

sto

ck

thro

ugh

ph

ysic

al r

emo

del

ling,

co

nve

rsio

n o

r th

rou

gh t

he

pro

visi

on

of

the

righ

t ty

pe

of

sup

po

rt a

lso

nee

ds

to b

e co

nsi

der

ed.

The

ran

ge o

f su

pp

ort

th

at c

an b

e p

rovi

ded

to

hel

p p

eop

le li

ve

ind

epen

den

tly

incl

ud

es: t

he

inst

alla

tio

n o

f ad

apta

tio

ns

and

eq

uip

men

t,

tele

care

ser

vice

s, c

om

mu

nit

y al

arm

s, c

are

at h

om

e an

d h

ou

sin

g

sup

po

rt s

ervi

ces.

This

LH

S se

ts o

ut

pla

ns

to:

Ensu

re t

hat

ap

pro

pri

ate

com

mu

nit

y b

ased

su

pp

ort

s an

d p

reve

nta

tive

ser

vice

s ar

e p

rovi

ded

to

en

able

peo

ple

to

live

as

safe

ly a

nd

ind

epen

den

tly

as p

oss

ible

wit

hin

th

e lo

cal c

om

mu

nit

y an

d w

hic

h h

elp

to

pre

ven

t th

e n

eed

fo

r m

ore

exp

ensi

ve a

nd

dis

rup

tive

inte

rven

tio

ns

at

a la

ter

stag

e;

Iden

tify

, fac

ilita

te a

nd

del

iver

an

ap

pro

pri

ate

ran

ge o

f ac

com

mo

dat

ion

op

tio

ns,

th

at g

ives

peo

ple

ch

oic

e an

d a

n a

pp

rop

riat

e h

om

e

envi

ron

men

t; a

nd

,

Co

nsi

der

th

e n

eed

to

pro

vid

e a

site

fo

r G

ypsy

/Tra

velle

rs.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

Inte

grat

ion

of

He

alth

an

d S

oci

al C

are

Follo

win

g th

e P

ub

lic B

od

ies

(Jo

int

Wo

rkin

g) (

Sco

tlan

d)

Act

20

14

,

Ren

frew

shir

e H

ealt

h a

nd

So

cial

Car

e P

artn

ersh

ip (

HSC

P)

was

esta

blis

hed

in A

pri

l 20

16

. It

bri

ngs

to

geth

er a

du

lt s

oci

al c

are

ser

vice

s,

loca

l hea

lth

ser

vice

s an

d s

om

e el

emen

ts o

f h

ou

sin

g se

rvic

es. T

he

spec

ific

ho

usi

ng

fun

ctio

ns

that

hav

e b

een

del

ega

ted

to

th

e in

tegr

ated

auth

ori

ty a

re h

ou

sin

g ad

apta

tio

ns

and

eq

uip

men

t an

d g

ard

en

assi

stan

ce.

Inte

grat

ion

is d

esig

ned

to

imp

rove

str

ateg

ic p

lan

nin

g, s

tren

gth

en t

he

con

nec

tio

ns

bet

wee

n h

ou

sin

g, h

ealt

h a

nd

so

cial

car

e, u

se r

eso

urc

es

mo

re f

lexi

bly

to

bet

ter

mee

t n

eed

s an

d t

o s

hif

t th

e b

alan

ce o

f ca

re

tow

ard

s p

reve

nti

on

an

d a

way

fro

m a

cute

set

tin

gs t

o c

om

mu

nit

y-b

ased

sett

ings

.

A S

trat

egic

Pla

n h

as b

een

pre

par

ed a

lon

g w

ith

a H

ou

sin

g C

on

trib

uti

on

Stat

emen

t w

hic

h s

ets

ou

t th

e ro

le a

nd

co

ntr

ibu

tio

n o

f th

e lo

cal h

ou

sin

g

sect

or

in m

eeti

ng

the

ou

tco

mes

an

d p

rio

riti

es id

enti

fied

wit

hin

th

e

Pla

n.

Sep

arat

e co

mm

issi

on

ing

stra

tegi

es/s

trat

egic

nee

ds

asse

ssm

ents

fo

r

men

tal h

ealt

h, l

earn

ing

dis

abili

ties

, ph

ysic

al d

isab

iliti

es/s

enso

ry

imp

airm

ent/

lon

g te

rm c

on

dit

ion

s w

ill b

e p

rep

ared

.

Soci

al h

ou

sin

g p

rovi

der

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e ar

e fu

lly c

om

mit

ted

to

con

trib

uti

ng

to h

ealt

h a

nd

so

cial

car

e in

tegr

atio

n t

hro

ugh

lon

g te

rm

inve

stm

ent

pla

nn

ing,

th

e p

rovi

sio

n o

f su

itab

le h

om

es t

hat

mee

t

peo

ple

’s n

eed

s, t

he

pro

visi

on

of

tailo

red

ad

vice

an

d s

up

po

rt f

or

ten

ants

and

res

iden

ts a

nd

by

wo

rkin

g in

par

tner

ship

wit

h t

enan

ts a

nd

resi

den

ts.

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usi

ng

rep

rese

nta

tive

s ar

e a

vit

al p

art

of

the

HSC

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oar

d a

nd

will

tak

e

an a

ctiv

e ro

le in

dev

elo

pin

g th

e ab

ove

pla

ns.

Old

er P

eo

ple

Pro

file

of

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frew

shir

e’s

Old

er P

op

ula

tio

n

In 2

01

5 it

was

est

imat

ed t

hat

th

ere

wer

e 4

2,5

57

17 p

eop

le a

ged

ove

r 6

0 (

24

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of

the

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frew

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e p

op

ula

tio

n);

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r 6

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fo

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st t

o in

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se b

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ecte

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o in

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se b

y 8

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r th

e

per

iod

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12 t

o 2

03

7;1

8

17 N

RS

Popula

tio

n E

stim

ate

s 2

016 R

enfr

ew

shire C

ouncil

Are

a –

Dem

ogra

phic

Facts

heet

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RS

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tio

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ate

s2015 R

enfr

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ouncil

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

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20

35

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% o

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l ho

use

ho

lds

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ded

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aged

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ensi

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ou

seh

old

s ar

e o

wn

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ccu

pie

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% o

f

pen

sio

ner

ho

use

ho

lds

live

in s

oci

al r

ente

d h

ou

sin

g 2

1w

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2%

live

in t

he

pri

vate

ren

ted

sec

tor;

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gle

pen

sio

ner

ho

use

ho

lds

acco

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t fo

r 58

% o

f al

l pen

sio

ner

ho

use

ho

lds

co

mp

ared

to

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% o

f p

ensi

on

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ou

seh

old

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nat

ion

ally

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rage

mal

e lif

e ex

pec

tan

cy r

ange

s fr

om

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ears

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usl

ie t

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rs in

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ho

pto

n a

nd

fo

r fe

mal

es 7

0.2

yea

rs

and

84

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esp

ecti

vely

;24

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% o

f al

l ho

use

ho

lds

ove

r th

e ag

e o

f 65

yea

rs in

Ren

frew

shir

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acts

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cott

ish H

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uth

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s R

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cottis

h H

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s R

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em

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Facts

heet

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h H

ousehold

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013: Local A

uth

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Ta

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s R

enfr

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em

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heet

23 R

evie

w o

f S

heltere

d H

ousin

g in R

enfr

ew

shire:

Cra

igfo

rth C

onsultants

, 2014 P

8

24 R

eshapin

g C

are

for

Old

er

People

: a 1

0 Y

ear

Pla

n f

or

Old

er

People

in R

enfr

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shire:

RC

2014

25 S

cottis

h H

ousehold

Surv

ey 2

013:L

ocal A

uth

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Ta

ble

s R

enfr

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shire

The

pro

ject

ed p

op

ula

tio

n in

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se in

th

e n

um

ber

of

old

er p

eop

le w

ill

pla

ce a

dd

itio

nal

pre

ssu

res

on

so

cial

ho

usi

ng

pro

vid

ers

and

par

tner

s to

mee

t th

e gr

eate

r d

eman

d f

or

suit

able

acc

essi

ble

ho

usi

ng,

hea

lth

car

e

and

su

pp

ort

ser

vice

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cat

er f

or

a ri

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g n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

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h

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easi

ngl

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mp

lex

nee

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ile p

eop

le a

re li

vin

g lo

nge

r, t

hey

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t n

eces

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ly b

e liv

ing

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goo

d h

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h f

or

lon

ger,

wit

h t

he

pre

vale

nce

of

dem

enti

a ex

pec

ted

to

rise

an

d s

up

po

rt f

or

tho

se w

ho

are

fra

il o

r su

ffer

ing

falls

, lik

ely

to

incr

ease

.

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Ten

Yea

r Jo

int

Co

mm

issi

on

ing

Pla

n f

or

Old

er P

eo

ple

sets

ou

t h

ow

ser

vice

s an

d s

up

po

rt a

re e

xpec

ted

to

be

del

iver

ed t

o

old

er p

eop

le o

ver

the

nex

t te

n y

ears

. Old

er p

eop

le id

enti

fied

th

e

imp

ort

ance

of

hav

ing

the

righ

t ty

pe

of

pla

ce t

o li

ve a

s o

ne

of

the

six

key

stra

tegi

c p

rio

riti

es in

clu

ded

in t

he

Pla

n:

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en

sure

ap

pro

pri

ate

typ

es o

f a

cco

mm

od

ati

on

, in

clu

din

g s

uit

ab

le

ho

usi

ng

, fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.”

The

app

roac

h t

o e

nsu

rin

g su

itab

le h

ou

sin

g fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

fo

cuse

s o

n:

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vid

ing

a ra

nge

of

dif

fere

nt

typ

es o

f ac

com

mo

dat

ion

fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

;

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

Ensu

rin

g ex

isti

ng

spec

ialis

t ac

com

mo

dat

ion

fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

mee

ts n

eed

s an

d c

an c

on

tin

ue

to m

eet

futu

re n

eed

s, a

nd

;

Pro

vid

ing

sup

po

rt f

or

old

er p

eop

le t

o h

elp

en

sure

th

ey c

an s

tay

safe

an

d h

ealt

hy

in t

hei

r o

wn

ho

me.

Spe

cial

ist

Ho

usi

ng

for

Old

er P

eo

ple

in R

enfr

ew

shir

e -

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lte

red

Ho

usi

ng

and

Ve

ry S

he

lter

ed

/Ext

ra C

are

In R

enfr

ewsh

ire

ther

e ar

e 2

2 sh

elte

red

ho

usi

ng

dev

elo

pm

ents

- t

he

Co

un

cil o

wn

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d m

anag

es 1

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f th

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and

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66

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,

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t tw

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ield

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er

people

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ave b

een r

em

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rom

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igure

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ew

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con

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uti

on

th

at s

hel

tere

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as m

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ng

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rev

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up

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ctiv

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n p

lan

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incl

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l fo

r:

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dev

elo

pm

ent

of

a “

hu

b a

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sp

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od

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wh

ere

ser

vice

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bas

ed in

on

e d

evel

op

men

t ar

e ex

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t to

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sid

ents

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elo

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ent

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art

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ider

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ity

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isti

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tere

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sin

g in

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kin

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dev

elo

pm

ent

of

add

itio

nal

ext

ra c

are

ho

usi

ng

in P

aisl

ey;

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a ca

re h

ou

sin

g w

hic

h c

an m

eet

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ider

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ge o

f d

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tia

nee

ds

wh

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emai

nin

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isti

nct

fro

m r

esid

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are;

sup

po

rtin

g o

lder

peo

ple

wit

h c

om

ple

x n

eed

s.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

Oth

er h

ou

sin

g ap

pro

pri

ate

fo

r o

lde

r p

eo

ple

In r

ecen

t ye

ars

the

sup

ply

of

ho

usi

ng

suit

able

fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

has

bee

n

exp

and

ed t

hro

ugh

bo

th n

ew b

uild

am

en

ity

dev

elo

pm

ents

an

d

con

vers

ion

of

exis

tin

g ac

com

mo

dat

ion

.

Am

en

ity

dev

elo

pm

ents

incl

ud

e:

the

con

vers

ion

of

a h

igh

ris

e b

lock

of

90

fla

ts a

t G

allo

wh

ill,

Pai

sley

to

am

enit

y st

and

ard

ho

usi

ng

and

th

e cr

eati

on

of

a

ded

icat

ed s

oci

al s

pac

e at

th

e fo

ot

of

the

blo

cks

for

resi

den

ts

wh

ich

pro

vid

es o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r so

cial

en

gage

men

t an

d

red

uci

ng

iso

lati

on

;

the

con

vers

ion

of

Co

un

cil p

rop

erti

es in

fo

ur

hig

h r

ise

blo

cks

at

Nei

lsto

n R

oad

, Pai

sley

to

am

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y st

and

ard

(o

ne

of

wh

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a

ded

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ed s

oci

al s

pac

e at

its

bas

e) w

ith

th

e o

vera

ll ai

m o

f

crea

tin

g a

“ret

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ge”

mo

del

wit

h e

asy

acce

ss t

o

off

icer

s w

ork

ing

as a

loca

l te

am t

o m

eet

the

ho

usi

ng,

hea

lth

and

su

pp

ort

nee

ds

of

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er p

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enit

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ats

at

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ckh

all,

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sley

, wit

h a

sep

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e co

mm

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pac

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d

pro

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med

act

ivit

ies

allo

win

g fo

r so

cial

inte

ract

ion

.

Furt

her

dev

elo

pm

ents

are

pla

nn

ed, i

ncl

ud

ing

a n

ew d

evel

op

men

t b

y

the

Co

un

cil i

n P

aisl

ey a

nd

inve

stm

ent

by

Lin

sto

ne

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

n

in L

inw

oo

d.

Ho

usi

ng

Op

tio

ns

for

Old

er H

om

e O

wn

ers

Ther

e is

lim

ited

sp

ecia

list

pri

vate

sec

tor

ho

usi

ng

pro

visi

on

fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

. Ju

st o

ver

thre

e q

uar

ters

of

pen

sio

ner

age

ho

use

ho

lds

in

Ren

frew

shir

e o

wn

th

eir

ho

mes

.

Aro

un

d 8

0%

of

app

lican

ts o

n t

he

Co

un

cil’s

sh

elte

red

ho

usi

ng

wai

tin

g

list

are

ow

ner

s al

tho

ugh

a h

igh

pro

po

rtio

n a

re n

ot

acti

vely

see

kin

g

ho

usi

ng.

Man

y o

f th

em w

ill h

ave

pu

rch

ased

th

eir

ho

me

thro

ugh

“R

igh

t

to B

uy”

an

d m

ay n

ow

be

un

able

to

aff

ord

hig

h m

ain

ten

ance

an

d

up

kee

p c

ost

s w

ith

ho

mes

no

lon

ger

mee

tin

g th

eir

nee

ds.

Lin

k H

ou

sin

g A

sso

ciat

ion

has

wo

rked

wit

h R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Co

un

cil a

nd

the

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

to d

evel

op

a n

ewb

uild

low

co

st h

om

e

ow

ner

ship

dev

elo

pm

ent

for

old

er p

eop

le in

Pai

sley

To

wn

Cen

tre.

An

eval

uat

ion

of

this

inn

ova

tive

mo

del

will

be

un

der

take

n t

o h

elp

det

erm

ine

wh

eth

er t

his

mo

del

can

be

rep

licat

ed.

Fin

din

gs f

rom

th

e H

ou

sin

g N

eed

an

d D

eman

d S

tud

y al

so c

on

firm

ed t

he

nee

d f

or

smal

ler

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g to

en

able

old

er o

wn

ers

to

do

wn

size

to

mo

re s

uit

able

acc

om

mo

dat

ion

.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

Old

er P

eo

ple

wit

h D

em

en

tia

It is

est

imat

ed t

hat

2,9

12 p

eop

le in

Ren

frew

shir

e h

ave

dem

enti

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r p

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enti

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his

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e ca

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nd

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ds

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mb

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70 | P

ag

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utc

om

e 6

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op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

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r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

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th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

Sup

po

rtin

g O

lde

r P

eop

le t

o r

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ain

saf

e a

nd

se

cure

in t

he

ir

ow

n h

om

e f

or

as lo

ng

as p

oss

ible

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die

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nfi

rm t

hat

old

er p

eop

le w

ant

to b

e ab

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tay

in t

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me

for

as lo

ng

po

ssib

le a

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er p

oss

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ain

ou

t o

f

inst

itu

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car

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sin

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pin

g o

lder

peo

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his

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reve

nta

tive

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po

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le t

o p

lay

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and

on

acu

te s

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hem

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rren

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enfr

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to m

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d

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airs

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a r

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of

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init

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for

old

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ce t

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as

ori

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est

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th

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om

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d a

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r h

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re

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a c

are

ho

me.

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71 | P

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h

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he

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bec

om

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or

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ivid

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y p

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ffen

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h a

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re s

up

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ts in

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ort

ed t

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tal h

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on

ly o

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h a

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h v

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mu

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ased

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

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re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

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r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

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HSC

P h

as c

arri

ed o

ut

init

ial s

cop

ing

wo

rk f

or

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

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n f

or

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tal H

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frew

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at t

her

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pro

pri

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mu

nit

y b

ased

su

pp

ort

s

and

ser

vice

s fo

r p

eop

le w

ith

men

tal h

ealt

h p

rob

lem

s to

en

able

them

to

live

as

ind

epen

den

tly

as p

oss

ible

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hin

th

e lo

cal

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mu

nit

y an

d

ensu

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g th

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n a

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tio

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usi

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fo

r p

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for

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tin

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hile

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y p

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e a

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to

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in m

ain

stre

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om

bre

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cil a

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loca

l RSL

s p

rovi

de

a ra

nge

of

ho

usi

ng

sup

po

rt s

ervi

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p p

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emai

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h t

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O

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om

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om

ania

an

d B

ulg

aria

wh

ich

incl

ud

es

info

rmat

ion

on

ho

w t

o a

cces

s h

ou

sin

g.

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ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

Gyp

sy/T

rave

llers

At

pre

sen

t th

ere

is n

o p

erm

anen

t o

r tr

ansi

t si

te p

rovi

sio

n f

or

Gyp

sy/T

rave

llers

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

In r

ecen

t ye

ars,

Ren

frew

shir

e C

ou

nci

l to

geth

er w

ith

nei

ghb

ou

rin

g lo

cal

auth

ori

ties

(in

clu

din

g G

lasg

ow

, Eas

t R

enfr

ewsh

ire

and

Inve

rcly

de

Co

un

cils

) fo

rmed

a g

ypsy

tra

velle

r w

ork

ing

gro

up

. Th

is g

rou

p w

as

esta

blis

hed

to

loo

k at

th

e p

rovi

sio

n o

f a

tran

sit

gyp

sy t

rave

ller

site

wit

hin

on

e o

f th

e lo

cal a

uth

ori

ty a

reas

.

In e

arly

20

16, R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Co

un

cil p

arti

cip

ated

in a

des

kto

p s

tud

y

wit

h 1

0 o

ther

loca

l au

tho

riti

es a

cro

ss t

he

Gla

sgo

w C

lyd

e V

alle

y an

d

Ayr

shir

e ar

ea. T

his

stu

dy

esta

blis

he

d c

urr

ent

site

pro

visi

on

an

d t

ren

ds

in t

erm

s o

f au

tho

rise

d a

nd

un

auth

ori

sed

en

cam

pm

ents

an

d t

he

pro

visi

on

of

faci

litie

s ac

ross

th

is w

ider

are

a.

Follo

win

g th

is d

eskt

op

stu

dy

and

fin

din

gs in

rel

atio

n t

o t

he

pre

par

atio

n

of

HN

DA

2, R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Co

un

cil e

stab

lish

ed a

n in

tern

al

Gyp

sy/T

rave

ller

gro

up

to

dis

cuss

sit

e p

rovi

sio

n in

Ren

frew

shir

e w

hic

h

will

info

rm t

he

revi

ew o

f th

e R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Loca

l Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n.

Thro

ugh

th

e re

view

of

the

curr

ent

Ren

frew

shir

e Lo

cal D

evel

op

men

t

Pla

n, t

her

e w

ill b

e co

nsi

der

atio

n g

iven

to

th

e n

eed

to

pro

vid

e a

site

fo

r

Gyp

sy/T

rave

llers

. Th

is w

ill b

e ad

dre

ssed

in t

he

Lo

cal D

evel

op

men

t P

lan

Mai

n Is

sues

Rep

ort

wh

ich

will

be

pu

blis

hed

fo

r co

nsu

ltat

ion

ear

ly 2

017

.

Follo

win

g co

nsu

ltat

ion

th

e C

ou

nci

l will

co

nsi

der

th

is m

atte

r fu

rth

er

in

line

wit

h a

ny

com

men

ts a

nd

/or

futu

re e

vid

ence

rec

eive

d f

rom

th

e

inte

rnal

Ren

frew

shir

e G

ypsy

/Tra

velle

r G

rou

p.

The

Co

un

cil w

ill a

lso

co

nsi

der

th

e n

eed

fo

r ad

dit

ion

al p

olic

y p

rovi

sio

n in

the

Ren

frew

shir

e Lo

cal D

evel

op

men

t P

lan

fo

r sm

all p

riva

tely

ow

ned

site

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e in

lin

e w

ith

Sco

ttis

h P

lan

nin

g P

olic

y fo

r

Gyp

sy/T

rave

llers

an

d T

rave

llin

g Sh

ow

peo

ple

.

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77 | P

ag

e

O

utc

om

e 6

Pe

op

le a

re a

ble

to

live

ind

ep

en

de

ntl

y fo

r as

lon

g as

po

ssib

le in

th

eir

ow

n h

om

e

Ou

tco

me

6:

Sum

mar

y o

f K

ey A

ctio

ns

1

. Im

ple

men

t ac

tio

ns

aris

ing

fro

m t

he

Exte

rnal

Rev

iew

s o

f O

lder

Pe

rso

ns

Ho

usi

ng;

2.

Dev

elo

p p

rop

osa

ls w

ith

par

tner

s fo

r ad

dit

ion

al E

xtra

Car

e H

ou

sin

g in

th

e P

aisl

ey a

rea

;

3.

Dev

elo

p p

rop

osa

ls f

or

shel

tere

d h

ou

sin

g re

pro

visi

on

ing

in E

rski

ne;

4.

Dev

elo

p p

rop

osa

ls t

o e

stab

lish

a “

reti

rem

en

t vi

llage

“ m

od

el o

f h

ou

sin

g fo

r o

lder

peo

ple

at

the

fou

r h

igh

ris

e b

lock

s at

Nei

lsto

n R

oad

,

Pai

sley

;

5.

Eval

uat

e th

e lo

w c

ost

ho

me

ow

ner

ship

am

en

ity

dev

elo

pm

ent

for

old

er p

eop

le in

Pai

sley

to

info

rm f

utu

re p

olic

y d

evel

op

men

t;

6.

Co

ntr

ibu

te t

o t

he

imp

lem

enta

tio

n o

f th

e R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Au

tism

Str

ateg

y A

cto

n P

lan

;

7.

Iden

tify

th

e n

eed

s o

f th

ose

livi

ng

wit

h a

ged

car

ers

to d

evel

op

pla

nn

ed p

ath

way

s fo

r in

dep

end

ent

livin

g ar

ran

gem

ents

;

8.

Wo

rk in

par

tner

ship

wit

h t

he

HSC

P t

o d

evel

op

Jo

int

Nee

ds

Ass

essm

ents

fo

r M

enta

l Hea

lth

Se

rvic

es, L

earn

ing

Dis

abili

ty S

erv

ices

, Ph

ysic

al

Dis

abili

ty, S

enso

ry Im

pai

rme

nt

/Lo

ng

Term

Co

nd

itio

ns

and

to

iden

tify

ho

usi

ng

rela

ted

nee

d;

9.

Co

nsi

der

th

e n

eed

fo

r si

te p

rovi

sio

n f

or

Gyp

sy/T

rave

llers

an

d T

rave

llin

g Sh

ow

Pe

op

le.

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78 | P

ag

e

Ou

tco

me

7 A

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g is

acc

ess

ible

to

pe

op

le w

ho

ne

ed

it

Wit

h a

n in

crea

sin

g ra

nge

of

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

s an

d la

nd

lord

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e, p

rovi

din

g go

od

qu

alit

y h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

s ad

vice

is c

riti

cal

to e

nsu

re t

hat

peo

ple

hav

e ap

pro

pri

ate

info

rmat

ion

to

mak

e th

e ri

ght

cho

ice

for

thei

r ci

rcu

mst

ance

s.

Ho

usi

ng

Op

tio

ns

Ap

pro

ach

Pro

vid

ing

a fu

ll H

ou

sin

g O

pti

on

s se

rvic

e in

volv

es d

iscu

ssio

n o

f al

l

dif

fere

nt

solu

tio

ns

to f

ind

th

e ty

pe

of

ho

usi

ng

that

bes

t m

eets

a

per

son

’s n

eed

s w

hic

h m

ay in

clu

de

sign

po

stin

g to

oth

er h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

s

such

as

pri

vate

ren

ted

pro

per

ty o

r lo

w c

ost

ho

me

ow

ner

ship

. Th

is

ho

usi

ng

op

tio

ns

app

roac

h is

no

w f

ully

em

bed

ded

wit

hin

Ren

frew

shir

e

Co

un

cil a

nd

so

me

oth

er lo

cal R

SLs.

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

exis

t to

str

engt

hen

th

e h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

s ap

pro

ach

to

incl

ud

e re

late

d a

dvi

ce. F

or

exam

ple

, th

e C

ou

nci

l has

rec

entl

y ex

ten

ded

this

ap

pro

ach

to

incl

ud

e em

plo

ymen

t si

gn p

ost

ing

wit

h r

efer

rals

mad

e

to a

n E

mp

loym

ent

Ad

vise

r.

Lin

sto

ne

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

n is

pilo

tin

g a

new

co

mm

un

ity

Ho

usi

ng

and

Hea

lth

Info

rmat

ion

Hu

b in

par

tner

ship

wit

h R

enfr

ewsh

ire

Ass

oci

atio

n

of

Men

tal H

ealt

h a

nd

Act

ive

Co

mm

un

itie

s th

rou

gh r

eso

urc

es p

rovi

ded

for

12

mo

nth

s b

y th

e In

tegr

ated

Car

e Fu

nd

an

d L

inst

on

e.

The

aim

of

the

pro

ject

is t

o li

nk

a n

ew s

oci

al p

resc

rib

ing

init

iati

ve w

ith

thir

d s

ecto

r p

artn

ers

in t

he

area

an

d t

o d

iver

t p

eop

le r

equ

irin

g n

on

-

med

ical

su

pp

ort

s to

alt

ern

ativ

e su

pp

ort

ser

vice

s.

This

LH

S se

ts o

ut

pla

ns

to:

Stre

ngt

hen

th

e h

ou

sin

g o

pti

on

s ap

pro

ach

an

d p

ilot

new

way

s

of

del

iver

ing

ho

usi

ng

and

rel

ated

ad

vice

;

Dev

elo

p a

sin

gle

ho

usi

ng

allo

cati

on

po

licy

for

the

Co

un

cil a

nd

loca

l RSL

s;

Ass

ist

ten

ants

to

do

wn

size

an

d e

xch

ange

ho

mes

;

Loo

k at

way

s to

red

uce

“w

ho

le h

ou

se c

ost

s” a

nd

ten

ancy

star

t u

p c

ost

s as

far

as

po

ssib

le; a

nd

,

Pre

par

e fo

r th

e ro

ll o

ut

of

Un

iver

sal C

red

it in

Ren

frew

shir

e

and

mo

nit

ori

ng

and

pre

par

ing

for

the

po

ten

tial

imp

act

of

futu

re w

elfa

re c

han

ges.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

7 A

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g is

acc

ess

ible

to

pe

op

le w

ho

ne

ed

it

This

pro

ject

see

ks t

o p

rovi

de

a co

mm

un

ity

hea

lth

, in

form

atio

n, s

up

po

rt

and

net

wo

rkin

g se

rvic

e fo

r th

e th

ree

par

tner

org

anis

atio

ns

in L

inw

oo

d

and

Jo

hn

sto

ne.

The

aim

is t

o d

emo

nst

rate

ho

w n

ew w

ays

of

wo

rkin

g ca

n b

enef

it

ind

ivid

ual

s an

d r

edu

ce p

ress

ure

s o

n o

ther

hea

lth

an

d c

are

serv

ices

. It

is

inte

nd

ed t

hat

th

ere

will

be

a fo

cus

on

pre

ven

tati

ve w

ork

, uti

lisin

g

exis

tin

g co

mm

un

ity

sup

po

rt n

etw

ork

s an

d t

he

thir

d s

ecto

r in

Ren

frew

shir

e.

Co

mm

on

Allo

cati

on

Po

licy

Wo

rk is

in p

rogr

ess

to d

evel

op

a s

ingl

e R

enfr

ewsh

ire

ho

usi

ng

allo

cati

on

po

licy.

Th

is is

bei

ng

dev

elo

ped

by

the

Co

un

cil a

nd

loca

l RSL

s w

ork

ing

toge

ther

wit

h t

he

aim

to

cre

ate

a u

nif

orm

ap

pro

ach

to

ho

usi

ng

allo

cati

on

s. A

co

mm

on

allo

cati

on

po

licy

will

ass

ist

cust

om

ers

in

un

der

stan

din

g h

ow

ho

mes

are

allo

cate

d a

nd

th

eir

pri

ori

ty o

n t

he

wai

tin

g lis

t. T

he

com

mo

n p

olic

y w

ill t

ake

into

acc

ou

nt

the

pro

visi

on

s o

f

the

Ho

usi

ng

(Sco

tlan

d)

Act

20

14

an

d g

uid

ance

fro

m t

he

Sco

ttis

h

Go

vern

men

t is

exp

ecte

d.

He

lpin

g P

eo

ple

Mo

ve

Ho

mex

chan

ge S

ho

p -

A jo

int

init

iati

ve b

etw

een

th

e C

ou

nci

l an

d

seve

n R

LSs,

th

e sh

op

in P

aisl

ey T

ow

n C

entr

e o

ffer

s a

“dro

p in

ho

usi

ng

op

tio

ns

and

mu

tual

exc

han

ge s

ervi

ce.

It w

as s

et u

p t

o h

elp

peo

ple

wh

o w

ant

to m

ove

to

a m

ore

su

itab

le p

rop

erty

, par

ticu

larl

y

tho

se a

ffec

ted

by

the

un

der

occ

up

ancy

ch

arge

.

In it

s fi

rst

full

year

(1

4/1

5),

alm

ost

2,0

00

cu

sto

mer

s vi

site

d t

he

sho

p

and

rec

eive

d a

dvi

ce a

nd

ass

ista

nce

; 61

ten

ants

wer

e in

volv

ed in

mu

tual

exch

ange

s. M

ore

th

an 1

,00

0 c

ust

om

ers

visi

ted

th

e sh

op

in 2

01

5/1

6

and

a f

urt

her

44

ten

ants

wer

e in

volv

ed in

mu

tual

exc

han

ges.

Alt

ho

ugh

rel

ativ

ely

smal

l in

nu

mb

er, t

he

incr

ease

in m

utu

al e

xch

ange

s

is a

val

uab

le o

utc

om

e fo

r th

e h

ou

sin

g sy

stem

in R

enfr

ewsh

ire.

Th

ere

are

po

siti

ve o

utc

om

es f

rom

mu

tual

exc

han

ges

in t

erm

s o

f m

eeti

ng

ho

usi

ng

nee

ds

wit

h a

n e

lem

ent

of

cho

ice.

Wit

h h

igh

nu

mb

ers

of

peo

ple

visi

tin

g th

e sh

op

, op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

exte

nd

ed p

rom

oti

on

an

d m

arke

tin

g

of

sto

ck e

xist

as

wel

l as

co-l

oca

tio

n o

f R

SLs

wh

o d

o n

ot

hav

e a

bas

e in

Ren

frew

shir

e.

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ag

e

Ou

tco

me

7 A

ffo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g is

acc

ess

ible

to

pe

op

le w

ho

ne

ed

it

Ch

oic

e B

ase

d L

etti

ngs

(C

BL)

– t

he

Co

un

cil i

s cu

rren

tly

op

erat

ing

a

pilo

t C

BL

in t

wo

are

as.

The

aim

of

the

CB

L p

ilot

is t

o in

crea

se c

ho

ice

for

app

lican

ts, i

ncr

ease

dem

and

fo

r p

rop

erti

es, c

ut

do

wn

on

bu

reau

crac

y an

d s

pee

d u

p t

he

lett

ing

pro

cess

. D

uri

ng

201

7 th

e

Co

un

cil w

ill a

sses

s th

e p

ilot,

an

d a

gree

on

th

e fu

ture

dir

ecti

on

of

this

serv

ice.

Re

du

cin

g th

e c

ost

of

ho

usi

ng

Ren

frew

shir

e’s

Tack

ling

Po

vert

y C

om

mis

sio

n id

enti

fied

a k

ey p

rio

rity

for

com

mu

nit

y p

lan

nin

g p

artn

ers

to s

up

po

rt lo

w in

com

e fa

mili

es

to

mak

e th

e m

ost

of

thei

r m

on

ey, a

nd

to

cre

ate

nei

ghb

ou

rho

od

s w

her

e

peo

ple

wan

t to

live

an

d c

an a

ffo

rd t

o li

ve.

In p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

RSL

s, t

he

Co

un

cil c

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ffo

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sin

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acc

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it

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gro

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case

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d t

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r

pay

men

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e u

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mili

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sk o

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ativ

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fo

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ten

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ange

are

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tal i

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po

ssib

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ag

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tco

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sin

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acc

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to

pe

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ho

ne

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fun

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par

tner

ship

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enef

it o

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ten

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, an

d h

ealt

h.

Dis

cret

ion

ary

Ho

usi

ng

Pay

me

nt

Fun

d

UK

Go

vern

men

t an

d S

cott

ish

Go

vern

men

t fi

nan

cial

fu

nd

ad

min

iste

red

by

Loca

l Au

tho

riti

es t

o s

up

po

rt

ho

use

ho

lder

s in

rec

eip

t o

f a

par

tial

ben

efit

bu

t u

nab

le t

o m

eet

the

ou

tsta

nd

ing

ho

usi

ng

cost

. P

rim

arily

use

d in

Sco

tlan

d t

o m

itig

ate

the

cost

of

the

'bed

roo

m t

ax'.

Dis

tric

t H

eati

ng

Syst

ems

Co

mm

un

al h

eati

ng

syst

em.

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ag

e

Exem

pti

on

s an

d A

bey

ance

s P

rop

ert

ies

wh

ere

SHQ

S ca

nn

ot

be

met

du

e to

cir

cum

stan

ces

ou

tlin

ed in

Sco

ttis

h G

ove

rnm

ent

guid

ance

(e.

g ac

cess

refu

sed

by

ten

ant

or

per

mis

sio

n r

efu

sed

by

ow

ner

).

Extr

a C

are

Ho

usi

ng

This

is v

ery

shel

tere

d h

ou

sin

g d

esig

ned

wit

h t

he

nee

ds

of

frai

ler

old

er p

eop

le in

min

d w

ith

var

yin

g le

vels

of

care

and

su

pp

ort

ava

ilab

le o

n s

ite

.

Gre

en N

etw

ork

A

gre

en n

etw

ork

has

mu

ltip

le o

bje

ctiv

es, o

ften

wit

h a

pri

mar

y ai

m o

f im

pro

vin

g th

e en

viro

nm

ent

for

peo

ple

, an

d

usu

ally

to

hel

p t

o im

pro

ve t

he

eco

no

mic

sta

tus

of

an a

rea,

by

mak

ing

it a

mo

re a

ttra

ctiv

e p

lace

to

live

an

d w

ork

.

Ho

use

in M

ult

iple

Occ

up

atio

n

(HM

O)

Pro

per

ty w

her

e a

nu

mb

er o

f h

ou

seh

old

s sh

are

bas

ic a

men

itie

s (e

.g. k

itch

en o

r b

ath

roo

m f

acili

ties

).

Ho

usi

ng

Ass

oci

atio

n

A n

ot-

for-

pro

fit

com

pan

y re

gist

ere

d b

y th

e Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t to

pro

vid

e so

cial

ho

usi

ng.

Als

o k

no

wn

as

“Reg

iste

red

So

cial

Lan

dlo

rd”.

Ho

usi

ng

Firs

t M

od

el

Ho

usi

ng

Sup

po

rt m

od

el w

her

e h

om

eles

s h

ou

seh

old

s ar

e p

rovi

ded

set

tled

acc

om

mo

dat

ion

fir

st f

ollo

we

d b

y an

inte

nsi

ve s

up

po

rt p

acka

ge.

Ho

usi

ng

Lan

d A

ud

it

An

nu

ally

rev

ised

do

cum

ent

wh

ich

pro

vid

es d

etai

ls o

f al

l ho

usi

ng

site

s in

Ren

frew

shir

e.

Ho

usi

ng

Nee

d a

nd

De

man

d

Ass

essm

en

t (H

ND

A)

An

exe

rcis

e th

at s

eeks

to

iden

tify

th

e b

alan

ce b

etw

een

ho

usi

ng

sup

ply

an

d d

eman

d, t

he

scal

e o

f n

eed

fo

r

affo

rdab

le h

ou

sin

g an

d t

he

dem

and

fo

r m

arke

t h

ou

sin

g, a

nd

th

e ex

ten

t to

wh

ich

aff

ord

abili

ty is

an

issu

e.

Ho

usi

ng

Op

tio

ns

A

cces

s to

ho

usi

ng

and

no

n h

ou

sin

g re

late

d a

dvi

ce a

nd

su

pp

ort

to

th

ose

wh

o h

ave

a h

ou

sin

g p

rob

lem

.

Ho

usi

ng

Re

new

al A

rea

Des

ign

ated

are

a o

f in

vest

men

t in

ho

usi

ng

in p

oo

r co

nd

itio

n.

Loca

l Dev

elo

pm

en

t P

lan

Th

is d

ocu

men

t se

ts o

ut

the

loca

l au

tho

rity

’s p

lan

nin

g p

olic

ies

and

pro

po

sals

fo

r la

nd

use

an

d d

evel

op

men

t, t

o

assi

st in

th

e ev

alu

atio

n o

f p

lan

nin

g ap

plic

atio

ns.

Low

Co

st H

om

e O

wn

ersh

ip

Ho

me

pu

rch

ase

sch

emes

so

met

imes

re

ferr

ed t

o a

s sh

ared

eq

uit

y sc

hem

es, t

hat

pro

vid

e an

aff

ord

able

ro

ute

into

ho

me

ow

ner

ship

.

Mai

n Is

sues

Rep

ort

A

n e

nga

gem

ent

and

co

nsu

ltat

ion

do

cum

ent,

it h

elp

s se

t th

e d

irec

tio

n o

f th

e fi

nal

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n b

y h

igh

ligh

tin

g

the

key

chan

ges

fro

m p

revi

ou

s p

lan

.

Med

ian

Th

e m

idd

le v

alu

e o

f an

ord

ered

set

of

valu

es.

Mid

Mar

ket

Re

nt

Inte

rmed

iate

ren

t p

rice

s b

etw

een

low

er

soci

al r

ents

an

d h

igh

er p

riva

te r

en

ts.

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ag

e

Mix

ed T

enu

re

A c

om

bin

atio

n o

f d

iffe

ren

t ty

pes

of

ten

ure

(e

.g. s

oci

al r

ente

d h

ou

sin

g an

d o

wn

er o

ccu

pie

d h

ou

sin

g ar

e d

iffe

ren

t

‘te

nu

res’

).

Pri

ori

ty N

eed

G

rou

ps

rep

rese

nte

d in

th

e p

rio

rity

cri

teri

a fo

r st

atu

tory

ho

mel

essn

ess

assi

stan

ce (

e.g

. ho

use

ho

lds

wit

h c

hild

ren

,

ho

use

ho

lds

wit

h a

ph

ysic

al o

r m

edic

al c

on

dit

ion

).

Pri

vate

Sec

tor

Ho

usi

ng

Gra

nt

Gra

nt

assi

stan

ce f

rom

loca

l au

tho

riti

es t

o t

he

ow

ner

s o

f p

rop

erti

es in

nee

d o

f im

pro

vem

ent

or

rep

air.

Rig

ht

to B

uy

Pu

rch

ase

of

soci

al h

ou

sin

g st

ock

at

dis

cou

nte

d r

ates

fo

r lo

ng

term

te

nan

ts.

Rig

ht

to B

uy

en

de

d in

Sco

tlan

d in

Au

gust

201

6.

Sco

ttis

h H

ou

sin

g Q

ual

ity

Stan

dar

d

(SH

QS)

A s

tan

dar

d o

f h

ou

sin

g w

hic

h s

oci

al h

ou

sin

g sh

ou

ld c

om

ply

wit

h b

y 2

01

5.

Sett

led

Acc

om

mo

dat

ion

A

cco

mm

od

atio

n b

ou

nd

by

a te

nan

cy a

gree

men

t, c

an b

e b

oth

in t

he

soci

al o

r p

riva

te r

en

ted

sec

tors

.

Shel

tere

d H

ou

sin

g

Ho

usi

ng

des

ign

ed t

o m

eet

the

nee

ds

of

eld

erly

peo

ple

or

oth

er g

rou

ps

wit

h s

pec

ial h

ou

sin

g n

eed

s. S

om

e fo

rm o

f

com

mu

nal

so

cial

are

a an

d a

war

den

ser

vice

is u

sual

ly in

clu

ded

.

Sin

gle

Ou

tco

me

Agr

eem

en

t A

gree

men

ts b

etw

een

th

e Sc

ott

ish

Go

vern

men

t an

d C

om

mu

nit

y P

lan

nin

g P

artn

ersh

ips

wh

ich

set

ou

t h

ow

eac

h w

ill

wo

rk t

ow

ard

s im

pro

vin

g o

utc

om

es

for

loca

l peo

ple

wit

hin

th

e co

nte

xt o

f th

e G

ove

rnm

ent’

s N

atio

nal

Ou

tco

mes

.

Soci

al h

ou

sin

g H

ou

sin

g p

rovi

ded

fo

r le

t b

y a

loca

l au

tho

rity

or

ho

usi

ng

asso

ciat

ion

.

Soci

al R

ent

Pro

per

ty r

ente

d f

rom

a s

oci

al la

nd

lord

. R

ents

are

usu

sally

ch

eap

er t

han

in t

he

pri

vate

re

nte

d s

ect

or.

Spec

ialis

t P

rovi

sio

n

Ava

ilab

ility

of

ho

usi

ng

that

mee

ts a

par

ticu

lar

nee

ds

gro

up

(e.

g sp

ecia

list

ho

usi

ng

for

old

er p

eop

le o

r p

eop

le w

ith

ph

ysic

al d

isab

iliti

es).

Stra

tegi

c D

evel

op

me

nt

Pla

n

A d

ocu

men

t u

sed

to

exp

lain

th

e St

rate

gic

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

nn

ing

Au

tho

rity

’s o

vera

ll vi

sio

n f

or

the

lon

g-te

rm a

nd

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

stra

tegy

nee

ded

to

del

iver

th

at v

isio

n.

Sup

po

rte

d a

cco

mm

od

atio

n

Ho

usi

ng

for

clie

nt

gro

up

s re

qu

irin

g ad

dit

ion

al m

anag

emen

t su

pp

ort

(e

.g. p

eop

le w

ith

lear

nin

g d

iffi

cult

ies,

yo

un

g

peo

ple

at

risk

).

Tem

po

rary

Acc

om

mo

dat

ion

Em

erge

ncy

acc

om

mo

dat

ion

pro

vid

ed o

n a

tem

po

rary

bas

is t

o h

om

eles

s ap

plic

ants

.

Tole

rab

le S

tan

dar

d

A t

erm

use

d t

o d

escr

ibe

pro

per

ties

wh

ich

mee

t th

e b

asic

min

imu

m h

ou

sin

g st

and

ard

.

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ag

e

Ver

y Sh

elte

red

Ho

usi

ng

Ver

y sh

elte

red

has

th

e sa

me

feat

ure

s as

sh

elte

red

ho

usi

ng

and

it o

ffer

s ex

tra

sup

po

rt t

o r

esid

ents

, in

clu

din

g at

leas

t o

ne

mai

n m

eal a

day

, ad

dit

ion

al w

ard

en c

ove

r, a

nd

sp

ecia

l bat

hro

om

fac

iliti

es.

Vo

id

Vac

ant

pro

per

ty.

Wel

fare

Ref

orm

C

han

ges

to t

he

Soci

al S

ecu

rity

an

d W

elfa

re B

enef

it e

ligib

ility

.

Wo

rkin

g ag

e gr

ou

ps

Po

pu

lati

on

gro

up

s ag

ed b

etw

een

16

an

d p

ensi

on

able

age

.

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Alt

ern

ativ

e Fo

rmat

s

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FREW

SHIR

E LO

CA

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SIN

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trate

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016 –

2021 -

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lan

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tco

me

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he

Sup

ply

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usi

ng

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asel

ine

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dic

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cy

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crea

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le h

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riva

te h

om

es e

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ye

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nu

ally

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men

t an

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usi

ng

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ices

, h

ou

sin

g as

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atio

ns,

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te d

evel

op

ers

1.2

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sure

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frew

shir

e’s

new

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iden

tifi

es s

uff

icie

nt

lan

d in

ex

isti

ng

pla

ces

to d

eliv

er t

he

ho

usi

ng

sup

ply

tar

gets

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ou

t in

th

is L

HS.

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ion

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rogr

amm

e ag

ree

d

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ion

s im

ple

men

ted

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goin

g R

C D

evel

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ou

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ctio

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p

rogr

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eld

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r h

ou

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g d

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op

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nt.

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ttis

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fu

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ou

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fect

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astr

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s id

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HIP

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con

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nd

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C D

evel

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me

nt

and

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ou

sin

g Se

rvic

es,

ho

usi

ng

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pri

vate

dev

elo

per

s,

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h G

ove

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y ag

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es

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eliv

er p

roje

cts

in t

he

exi

stin

g SH

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rogr

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e an

d d

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op

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roje

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me

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e s

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e o

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re it

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e an

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