Q-H2-1: What is the best way to significantly increase the supply of affordable housing across South Warwickshire?
To discourage births. By doing this, it will reduce the population. If the population reduces, the price of houses will fall and they will become more affordable. Discouraging births is much cheaper and more sustainable than building new houses.
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Built sheltered houses.
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Such housing sites should be supported outside village boundaries allowing residents to down-size, but stay in their local communities. This would have the added benefit of releasing otherwise locked housing onto the open market.
Reconsider if Affordable Housing policy is fit for purpose and build more houses. The Affordable Housing policy, within the context of wider planning policies, only results in the distorting cross-subsidising of housing and doesn’t actually address the housing affordability generally, nor help those who aren’t able to get their foot on the ladder. The policy also adds additional costs to planning applications, negotiating and where necessary providing viability assessments, as well as creating delays. The fundamental issue is that housing demand greatly exceeds supply and until this is addressed housing will remain less affordable than houses otherwise would be.
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Incentives for private landlords
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Housing for older people should be located closer to their needs such as shops and health facilities but need not be located close to schools and offices. Out of town developments such as Austin Heath on Warwick Gates are examples of poor location.
Build more homes to higher densities, whilst requiring a greater proportion to be designated as such.
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Local Authority and Housing Association new build is the best for affordable housing with more being provided in rural areas than in urban sites due to need and lack of efficient cost-effective public transport provision in the rural areas.
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The specialist needs for older people should not be clustered in towns but spread across the whole of South Warwickshire according to Social Services defined need.
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More properties on a single level or bedroom/bath facilities on round floor. More village hopper transport. More meals on wheels provision.
Make it a requirement that development of more than 10 houses include a 30% allocation of affordable housing.
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Housing needs should be considered locally.
Design bespoke settlements with sustainable infrastructure integrated from the outset. Otherwise very small pockets of housing that can be integrated into existing communities including the type of houses needed in that area.
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Continue to build larger areas but please don't ruin smaller towns like henley in arden.
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Firstly retain the existing supply by preventing Housing Associations selling off properties in villages. In Avon Dassett there is a long standing need for affordable housing and a Housing Association operated three properties in the village. When these became vacant they were sold and there was nothing to stop that as the housing need was not large enough (6 or more). Secondly, group the needs of smaller communities (the 20 minute model) to establish the combined need. Its easier to meet on a larger scale Use town centres and brownfield sites.
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Older people often enjoy being close to families so Granny Flats and annexes (with incidental use) should be encouraged Often there are social and safety benefits of older people being together in specialist (retirement) type accommodation. These developments should be encouraged when close to transport, shopping and healthcare facilities
Focus on rental accommodation properties and not shared ownership or shared equity and ensure the open market homes include the right mix of houses - ie both 1, 2 and 3 bedroom properties not just 4 and 5 bedroom homes in order to attract younger home owners to the villages and towns in South Warwickshire.
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Increase the number of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom properties and in terms of affordable housing avoid shared ownership and focus on the increasing the number of rental properties.
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Increase the number of bungalows built as part of developments.
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Make the developers build it!
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Investment in services for older people.
Allow use of unused space above retail units for affordable housing for single people. Any property or piece of brown land that is left unused/undeveloped for 12 months should become the councils to develop to provide suitable affordable housing - kept under Council control so as to benefit both the look and profitable of these properties
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More affordable bungalows allocated in developments and some to be gifted to the council to rent out to those in need 60+ only
By the government & councils building affordable to buy or rent homes. If it is left to private companies then only the profit margin is important. Housing needs are also evolving and this needs to be addressed in the designs, with more people working from home more space is required for dedicated office type space within house holds and ways to subsidise green energy implementation for those house's where they are a primary work location to reduce energy costs. Primarily family homes that are fit for purpose in the 21st century with affordable costs. Then a more diverse range of flats, bungalow's & smaller houses for people with different needs.
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Ensure easy access to amenities. e.g. build suitable accommodation closer to shops and public transport
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Ensure easy access to the amenities
Use brownfield sites and control the developers who just want to build more big houses with small plots to maximise their profits whilst destroying the environment, building eyesores and ruining our countryside and the ethos and identity of our towns.
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HAVE A PLAN TO BUILD THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF FORECAST AFFORDABLE HOMES IN REQUIRED AREAS IN SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE
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A PLAN BASED ON FUTURE ESTIMATES OF OLDER PEOPLE CARE AND HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
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More single storey, smaller housing. Better access to community based social care. Grants for refurbishment, so older people can stay in their own homes for longer. Better access to primary healthcare and increased numbers of community nurses and healthcare professionals to provide home visits for house bound older people.
You can't really supply affordable housing unless you really look at the area as a whole e.g. build in areas that already have the transport and infrastructure to support additional housing. Don't build in areas that are in the middle of the countryside because it cannot cater to need.
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More stay-at-home care and care home provisions will require more help from central government to pay for buildings and staff. Not just a South Warwickshire issue, so don't know what you can do without more help from central government
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Encourage a range of rented and privately owned houses. Prevent development of rough areas and inappropriate mixes of housing types. Provide enough open space and preserve existing environments.
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Allow bungalows and have better bus links.
Important to have a localised approach to deliver housing of the right type in the locality it is needed rather than elsewhere in the district - especially true of social and affordable housing. Need to encourage alternate housing providers to meet local need eg Council, housing association, community led trusts.
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A proportion of homes built should comply with Lifetime Homes standards. A new policy to protect existing bungalows and prevent them being converted to 2 storey homes. A policy that a proportion of new homes should be bungalows - Alcester NDP policy HBE4 A proportion of CIL receipts to be ringfenced to adapt existing homes to the needs of the elderly
allow the local authority and housing associations to build affordable homes for rent that are not subject to the right to buy so they stay as affordable housing stock for rent into the long term.
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