Delivery Plan Priority A

Homes for Bolton is the name used by a number of Housing Service providers in Bolton, these Housing Service providers are members of a partnership called Bolton Community Homes. This partnership was established in 1992 and is an independent strategic housing, regeneration and service provider company limited by guarantee.

Bolton Community Homes is one of a number of partnerships which make up the Local Strategic Partnership for Bolton (known as the Bolton Vision Partnership).

Registered at Companies House and with a Board of Directors, Bolton Community Homes represents a wide ranging cross sector partnership of the local authority, housing and regeneration service providers, service users and developers in the Bolton area.

Collectively, individual Company Members of Bolton Community Homes:

Manage and maintain over 25,000 homes.
Provide support to numerous service users in supported and temporary housing
Directly employ over 1300 people in the Bolton area.
Lead on the delivery of a wide range of regeneration initiatives.
Contribute to the identification of regional objectives.

Bolton Community Homes links with the Councils Regeneration and Development and Adult Services Directorates bringing together economic, physical regeneration and community services.

In addition to representation on Bolton Community Homes' Board, the council has a management and operational relationship with Bolton Community Homes Officers through the Chief Housing Officer.

Housing Strategic Priority A:	To provide housing that is affordable and offers choice whilst meeting the needs and demands of the future.
Links to Community Strategy Aim:	Strong and Confident Bolton

	Task	Sub tasks/Milestones	Outcomes	Target	Lead
1	Develop Affordable Housing Plan - Links to New Build / Transforming Estates	New Affordable Supplementary Planning Document implemented	Increase affordable sustainable provision on new sites	150 new homes per year 20% provision on site Affordable housing threshold 15 units on new developments	Dominic Conway
2	National Affordable Housing Programme submission	Identify sites BCH & Exec Member Reports Submit bids	Increased provision of rented and intermediate housing delivered with Housing Corporation grant funding.	Bolton's Allocation proportional to regional allocation Match NAHP 2006/08 allocation (£4.8m 64units)	Cheryl Foster
3	Continue to Increase and develop sustainable Town Centre living	Establish Town Centre RSL zoned areas Complete Town Centre living survey Negotiate on site provision for affordable housing in town centre	Coordinated approach to town centre development and management.	20% provision on site sustainability and occupancy measure to be developed	Dominic Conway
4	To support Bolton's Housing Environmental Strategy	New build developments maximise sustainability measures in design & construction Develop an exemplar Sustainable Homes scheme	BCH schemes will meet level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes Delivery of pilot scheme	100% of schemes meet level 3 of Code for sustainable homes 8 homes developed utilising renewable energy technology	Cheryl Foster