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What's New
Borough/RSL liaison groups
We have completed a review of how boroughs liaise with RSLs. The review finds that borough level liaison groups work reasonably well but also identifies some good practice that could be adopted.
SELHP Strategy
The partnership's strategy for 2010-14 has been finalised.
Overcrowding and under occupation
Since completion of the main Strategic Housing Market Assessment (see below) 3 further reports have provided further analysis:
Overcrowding and under occupation in the private rented sector
Overcrowding and under occupation in the social rented sector
Profile of households requiring and occupying larger homes in the social rented sector
Shared ownership
A summary of housing association shared ownership (New Build HomeBuy) sales in SE London for the last 5 years suggests that the average income of purchases has not increased significantly but that the proportion of purchasers who are existing social housing tenants has continued to decrease.
Rough sleeping
An interim SELHP action plan has been developed aimed at ending rough sleeping by 2012. It includes a PrOMPT audit to identify the pathways into rough sleeping and the points in the journey where intervention would have helped. The Audit is due to take place in SE London in Sept 2010.
Action Plan 2010-11
The partnership's Action Plan for 2010-11 has been agreed.
Activity in 2009-10
The partnership's activity in 2009-10 is summarised by a one page review, also by an annotated version of the 2009-10 action plan showing progress against targets.
Housing Market Bulletin
Our latest bulletin covers the 6 months up to March 2010. The overall picture is of increases in house prices and decreases in rent levels.
SE London New Homes Show
A new homes show, highlighting the availability of low cost home ownership schemes,was held on May 1st at Blackheath Concert Halls. A flyer provides more details. About 350 people attended.
Adaptations protocol
Following a review some revisions have been made to the protocol betwen boroughs and housing associations about the provision of adaptations to housing association homes
SE London Strategic Housing Market Assessment
The Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) consists of a number of different reports. The following have now been published - though please note that they have yet to be endorsed by LB Bromley.
13 'sub group' reports have also been published - please refer to our Strategy page for these.
A commentary for Planning Officers has been produced by the SELHP Co-ordinator.
Following the completion of the main SHMA reports we have also:
Summarised the housing requirements of older people
Private Sector Housing Stock Condition
BRE (the Building Research Establishment) has produced a report modelling the condition of private sector stock in SE London.
To accompany the report a Questions and Answers paper has been produced (by SELHP's Private Sector Co-ordinator).
The Value of Housing to Well Being and Health seminar was held at the Civic Suite, Lewisham on 17th March. Visit our strategy page for copies of the agenda and presentations.
Homes Out of London
The partnership is working with Town & Country HA to offer housing opportunities in the Folkestone area to social housing tenants who currently under occupy larger homes. More details can be found on our flyer or by clicking here.
Local Housing Allowance
In January we completed a review of the Local Housing Allowance in SE London. More details can be found on the dedicated Local Housing Allowance page.
Review of SELHP
In December 2009 Shared Intelligence completed a review of the partnership.
2009 SELHP Conference
The 2009 SELHP Conference was held on November 24th at Lewisham Civic Suite. The presentations and papers used at the event - and a feedback form - can be found on our Conference 2009 webpage.
In November the partnership ratified simple reciprocal arrangements for re-housing households fleeing domestic violence. The arrangements follow on from a Joint Working Agreement that was adopted earlier in the year.
The latest SE London Housing Market Trends Bulletin covers the first two quarters of 2009-10.
A (joint SW and SE sub regional) South London Overcrowding Best Practice workshop was held on November 13th in Croydon. Click here to see the presentations.
As a result of a customer led review of homelessness services in all 5 SE London boroughs, the boroughs have agreed some minimum standards for housing options centres.
The partnership's Wheelchair Homes Design Guide has been revised. The requirements of the guide are identical to the Greenwich guide.
Boroughs are working with an agency called Off the Streets and into Work (OSW) to promote the Career Move scheme that uses coaching to help homeless people address barriers to work
Our Think! Before You Leave Home booklet has had some minor amendments. Copies of this 3rd edition have now been printed.
The SE London Inter Borough Nominations Protocol was revised in 2009. A brief one page guide summarises this.
Links to CLG documents and consultation papers can be found on our Strategy Group page.
