Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

Councillor Brown introduced the Private Sector Stock Condition Survey 2016 report which summarised the key findings from the 2016 private sector stock condition survey. 

            The survey was based on a sample of 1,223 dwellings and provided a benchmark of housing condition in Flintshire compared to a 2010 survey and the wider Wales or England context.  The stock had improved in condition since the 2010 benchmark survey with the greatest incidence of poorer quality dwellings being in the growing private rented sector. 

            The private rented sector had grown in significance in Flintshire and had a number of key areas of concern:

·         Almost 40% of tenants had been living at the address for less than 2 years; with a consequent impact on the stability of households and on community cohesion;

·         Private rented homes were more likely to be in a poor condition with 25.4% in a non-decent condition compare to 18.1% for Flintshire as a whole; and

·         Private rented homes were likely to be more energy inefficient with an average Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) rating of 56 compared to 59 for Flintshire as a whole.

The Council would continue to seek external funding to deliver improvements to the condition and energy efficiency of the private sector housing stock in the most deprived areas of Flintshire.

RESOLVED:

That the key points arising from the 2016 private sector stock condition survey be reviewed.