Private Sector Housing in West London
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West London Private Sector Housing Group
The Private Sector Housing Strategy group oversees sub regional projects relating to private sector housing. The group (which consists of lead officers from the 7 West London boroughs) coordinates bids for funding from the GLA's Targeted Funding Stream for private sector renewal projects and develops joint working on private housing issues (decent homes, HMO licensing, HHSRS etc) across the sub region.
Chair: Amir Salarkia amir.salarkia@hounslow.gov.uk
West London Private Sector Coordinator: Anne Gray anne.gray@hounslow.gov.uk
West London Private Sector Housing Strategic Action Plan
Key Aims and Objectives of the Private Sector Housing Sub-Group
The Private Sector Housing Sub-Group will ensure that Private Sector initiatives across the sub-region reinforce:
• Working together on common objectives
• Delivering on joint projects and initiatives
• Improving our understanding of the private sector housing market and enhancing housing knowledge and capacity in the sub-region.
Our Achievements with the Private Housing Sector in 06-08
• Securing inward investment of £9million into the sub-region through central government funding streams and private partnerships.
• Completion of the WL Heatstreets Energy Efficiency Project resulting in 18,000 properties benefiting from energy efficiency measures in West London.
• 2,500 properties improved with heating installations through, the award winning,
Warmzone Project.
• 370 empty properties improved and brought back into use; with local authority nomination rights.
• 450 properties improved with the Better Homes Grant; with local authority nomination rights.
• HMO Licensing information pack developed for the sub-region
• Housing Stock Projections Report (BRE) produced for baseline information on the private sector:
BRE Stock Projections Survey for West London March 2006• HHSRS Training across the sub-region in response to HA 2004 duties.
• PSH LOCATA monitoring database developed for sub-regional projects.
• West London HMO IMO/EDMO contract specification developed and agreed by boroughs.
Last updated: 28 June 2010