Areas of Work: Housing, Regeneration Strategy and Investment Framework
Housing and regeneration play an important role in supporting the city region’s economic ambitions and place making role. In order to address the differing problems and challenges accross the city region, the Partnership has developed the LCR Housing and Regeneration Strategy and Investment Framework.
The Strategy has five key aims:
- Accelerate the delivery of sustainable communities, housing growth and move towards a low carbon economy.
- Deliver balanced housing supply across the city region reflecting economic growth aspirations and regeneration priorities.
- Extend housing choice and affordability across the city region through innovative approaches, reflecting distinctive place characteristics, market needs and economic ambitions.
- Align city region strategies and resources to achieve innovative and efficient solutions to housing and regeneration challenges and growth aspirations.
- Target housing and regeneration investment to achieve more economic outcomes for the city region.
The Investment Framework has four intervention themes that help identify priority projects and programmes and take forward delivery:
- Theme 1 – Accelerating Strategic Growth
Has a clear focus on facilitating the delivery of economic growth and competitiveness objectives. - Theme 2 – Promoting Eco-living
Supports the accelerated delivery of the city region’s four Urban Eco Settlements, trailing of new eco-technologies and the promotion of innovative, delivery models for design and ‘eco’ innovation. - Theme 3 - Delivering Strategic Urban Renewal
Focuses investment to accelerate the regeneration of major strategic urban renewal areas across the city region. - Theme 4 – Supporting Rural Economic Renaissance
Focuses on the development of sustainable rural communities that support the city region growth agenda (i.e. responding to the challenges facing our rural areas with a focus on access to affordable housing).