Winchester Housing Board

Winchester Housing Board is a multi-agency strategic group that aims to develop a shared approach to addressing housing related issues in the area. Its membership is drawn from a wide range of public and voluntary sector organisations and it has links to the private sector.

It has the formal roles of setting the housing agenda for the Community Strategy and supporting the Local Strategic Partnership, and has an informal role of providing housing input into a range of other housing related strategies developed by member organisations.

It focuses on three main areas:

New Homes: e.g. acting as a champion for new affordable housing and influencing the nature of new market housing.

Existing Homes: e.g. influencing the strategies aimed at improving the quality of homes in the private, voluntary and public sectors.

Inclusive Society: e.g. influencing the strategies and policies aimed at preventing homelessness and at ensuring fair access to affordable homes.