Delivery Plan Priority C

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 C:	To improve the quality of private sector housing
Links to Community Strategy Aim:	Strong and confident

	Task	Sub tasks/Milestones	Outcomes	Target	Lead
1	Support the regeneration of targeted areas	Northern Housing Challenge Fund bid to be submitted to Housing Corporation in Autumn 2007	Regeneration of Union Road/Yate street neighbourhood. Leverage of funding/resources to tackle area in decline New form of tenure enabling community to share equity in home/area.		Great Places - Peter Bojar BCH - Dominic Conway Bolton at Home - Glenys Campbell/Paul Thomson
2	Returning empty properties back into use	IVHA pilot scheme to purchase empty properties (Great Lever) Support the delivery of the Empty Property Strategy	Reduction in empty properties Increased provision of homes Reduces blight pf vacant homes in targeted areas	Number of Private Sector dwellings that are returned into occupation or demolished as a result of action by the LA to 89-2007/8, 90 in 08/09 and 91 in 09/10 (as per Bolton Plan targets)	Empty Property Group - Glenys Campbell IVHA
3	Further develop links with private rented sector (BARLO)	Support the Review of PRS delivery model Support the review of the landlord accreditation and management standard	Improved quality of Private Rented Sector provision Increased choice of tenure to meet housing needs across the Borough	450 PRS properties inspected per year. Increase in the number of accredited landlords	Cath Conniffe