Master presentation - part 3
Argyll and Bute Council · 16 September 2024
Back to Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership - Full Partnership — 16 September 2024 and its agenda
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Lunch Lunch available in café
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Housing Douglas Whyte Team Lead – Housing Strategy, Argyll and Bute Council
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Community Planning Partnership 16th September 2024 Housing Douglas Whyte Team Lead – Housing Strategy Argyll and Bute Council
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Argyll & Bute Housing Emergency 2023 What issues resulted in the Housing Emergency declaration in Argyll & Bute? 3,290 people on housing waiting lists in 2023 (up 8% on 2022). Argyll & Bute has 5% less social housing than average £206k average housing price in 2022. This is 7 times average income levels in Argyll & Bute 11% of all homes in Argyll & Bute are either second homes (6%) or empty (4%) 43% of property sales are made to households living out with Argyll and Bute 131 private housing completions outside Helensburgh in the last 5 years on sites of 5+ units 17% of the expected rate (780) 22% increase in 2022 construction costs 2022 (BICS) with island costs significantly higher 28% Increase in the number of households presenting as homeless in Argyll & Bute, in total 511 households 75% of employers who responded to the workforce housing survey said a shortage of housing was a barrier to recruiting or retaining staff The Housing Emergency in Argyll & Bute is driven by a complex range of issues with the scale of housing shortage and housing system pressure evident in the following statistics:
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Workforce Homes: Key Issues • The working age population in Argyll & Bute is projected to decrease by almost 30% by 2028 • 2/3 households believe young people are leaving their communities due to a lack of housing • 77% of employers report that a shortage of housing is a contributing factor in recruitment and retention issues, with over 400 posts affected across 67 employers (6 posts per business) • 90% of employers expect there to be a problem recruiting or retaining staff in the future • 52% of employers have considered providing housing but discounted this because of financial constraints, a lack of homes to purchase, too much competition in the housing market • Public sector employers report recruitment pressures impacting on the delivery of essential services
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Affordable Homes: Key Issues • There are c. 8,800 units of social housing, 18% of all stock which 5% lower than Scotland • Social rented stock has increased by just 3% (262 units) over last 5 years • Total vacancies in social housing have reduced by 20% since before the pandemic • There is 6 applicants for every available social let in Argyll & Bute (10:1 in Coll & Tiree) • In 2022/23, homeless applications were up by 28% on 2021/22, at 511 applications • Whilst the SHIP programmes the delivery of 1,000 affordable housing units between 2023-28, there has been 3 consecutive years of underspend in the programme • Home Argyll identifies significant demand for intermediate housing with limited delivery in the SHIP
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Existing Homes: Key Issues • Over 15% of Argyll & Bute’s existing stock is not being utilised as a main residence including empty homes (4.4%), second homes (5.9%) and Short Term Lets (4.9%) • A&B records the highest level of second home ownership in Scotland • 50% of households in Argyll & Bute cannot afford to access the housing market, with 43% sales to households from out with the area • For the first time in two decades, the private rented sector in Argyll & Bute is shrinking • There is a mismatch between households and homes in the social housing sector with 56% requiring a 1-bedroom property (2,284) and just 268 1-bedroom homes available
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Market Homes: Key Issues • In 2022/23, the average house price in Argyll & Bute (£219k) exceeded the Scottish average (£216k). • House prices have increased by 26% in the last 4 years • Just 1 in 4 households in Argyll & Bute can afford the average house price • Rural house prices are 24% higher than urban areas with just 1% sales in rural areas • In 2021/22, Argyll & Bute recorded the second lowest level of new housing completions of any local authority in Scotland at 31 completions per 10,000 households • Argyll & Bute is the most expensive place to build in mainland Scotland (AHIP grant rate adjustment) • Skills shortages and building site constraints are barriers to market housing development
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Housing Emergency The Council declared a Housing Emergency in June 2023 Actions:- • The intention to update the Local Housing Strategy • The intention to hold a Housing Summit with Stakeholders • Set up an operational officers group to explore and develop options across Council departments
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Housing Summit October 2023 – 2 surveys launched • 688 responses to the community survey • 72 responses to the workforce survey 92% of respondents felt that their communities were negatively impacted by the housing shortage Over 90 partners from public, private third and community sectors attended the Summit in November 2023
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Council Operational Group Set up to co-ordinate efforts within the Council • Planning • Roads • Economic Development • Housing
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Housing Emergency Action Plan Agreed at Council on 20th June 2024
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Enable the Delivery of More Market Homes • Implement a more flexible approach to roads design requirements on development sites • Dramatically increase the number of college places for construction skills development in Argyll and Bute • Enable the delivery of fixed price market housing for principal occupation
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Enable the Delivery of More Affordable Homes • Evidence the demand for intermediate housing to enable an RSL development pipeline and deliver more MMR and low cost homes for sale • Create funding mechanisms for Community Housing Trusts to finance feasibility studies and other pre development costs • Freedom to use Scottish Government housing funding more flexibly and as an allocation within local administrative control
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Enable the Delivery of Workforce Homes • Deliver seasonal and temporary workforce accommodation using short term occupancy agreements • Develop a strategic approach to evidencing the need for workforce housing in the public sector • Deliver emergency workforce housing options including the use of modular, temporary and tiny homes
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Make best use of Existing Homes • Create more choice and flexibility within the HOMEArgyll common housing register policy to address identified housing pressures • Introduce short term let control areas in pressured housing market areas • Double the Council Tax on Second Homes • Develop a better range of housing options for older people to encourage movement in existing housing stock
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Thank you Any Questions? Douglas.whyte@Argyll-bute.gov.uk
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Housing Discussion
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Break Tea and coffee available in café
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Community Wellbeing Mahailia Kateryna, Wellbeing Development Manager, Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface Sam Campbell, Health Improvement Principal, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership
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Community Wellbeing Outcome September 2024
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Health Policy - National to Local Scotland wide NHS Highland Argyll & Bute CPP
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Create healthy and sustainable places and communities. Create a health and care system that delivers equity, prevention and early intervention. Promote health and wellbeing and reduce health harming activities. Improve the social and economic factors that create health and reduce inequalities. Proposed Framework for Scotland – SG, Cosla, PHS, HB A PREVENTION FOCUSSED SYSTEM Social & Economic Factors Equitable Health & Care Healthy Living Places & Communities Social & Economic Factors Healthy Living Equitable Health & Care Increased Healthy Life Expectancy & Reduced Health Inequalities Whole System Approach Resources & Governance Evidence & Sharing Knowledge
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Developing the Population Health Framework Increased Healthy Life Expectancy & Reduced Health Inequalities We will prioritise creating & maintaining good health and preventingill health We will change systems and environmentsto support individuals to stay healthy We will deliver through a whole system approach - nationally and locally We will focus support on the people and communities who need it the most National Improvement Programmes Social & Economic Factors Places & Communitie s Healthy Living Equitable Health & Care Prevention Focussed System Drivers
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Strategic Drivers of Health Improvement Domains of Public Health Practice
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Health Improvement integrated in strategy delivery •Argyll and Bute Joint strategic plan •NHS Highland – Together We Care Strategy •Scotland Public Health Priorities •Living Well •Alcohol and Drug Strategy
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• Social prescribing, income maximisation, smoking cessation services, green prescriptions • training provision on adult, children and young people MH and suicide prevention, sexual health, money counts • Capacity building through programmes such as health behaviour change and training in EQIA • Support engagement with communities improving relationships and trust • Provide evidence based health information, guidance and advice though resources, training, information sharing; surveillance, health equity reporting, audit Areas of work by Public Health Dahlgren and Whitehead 1991 Rainbow Model – Determinants of Health
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Living Well Partnership Living Well Preventi on Board Healthy Weight Information and Support Self Management Physical Activity Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Connection: Nature and Community Culture and Creativity Living Well Board Community Rehabilita tion Community Assets
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• The community rehabilitation and well-being group have now progressed to recruitment of the staff • The postholders will be delivering physical activity and behavioural change programmes based on tiers 1 and 2 of the Physical Activity Referral Standards • They will be based within the locality physiotherapy departments but will have project oversight and support from the Lead AHP and LOHO • The rehabilitation and wellbeing service will be delivered within the community utilising the facilities, and where needed the staff expertise, of LiveArgyll • The work of the community assets group will be vital for the community rehabilitation and well-being practitioners as they will need to have a referral pathway into the assets for tiers 3 - 5 Community Rehabilitation
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Community Assets for Living Well Asset Mapping and Development: Health Walk Development Information and Support: One Front Door to Wellbeing Coproduction and community: Art of Hosting methodology Community Assets For Living Well Intentions : •Identifying the existing assets and resources within local communities to support the Living Well intentions •Recognising the power of local people in making their communities good places to live •Supporting community action on shared priorities for Living Well
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June 2024 Art of Hosting Workshop .
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Community Wellbeing Discussion
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Next steps and close Pippa Milne Chief Executive of Argyll and Bute Council Chair of Argyll and Bute CPP Management Committee
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