Intro to next priority session: Housing (Iona Campbell)
Argyll and Bute Council · 6 June 2025
Back to Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership - Management Committee — 6 June 2025 and its agenda
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Private Sector Settlement Officer COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FRIDAY, 6TH JUNE 2025
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Bute • Helensburgh • Islay • Oban • Mull • Campbeltown • Iona • Dunoon • Tiree • Lochgilphead • Seil … Classification: OFFICIAL What is a Private Sector Settlement Officer? Part of the Council’s Housing Strategy Team Funded through the Scottish Government’s Addressing Depopulation Fund Two-years of funding over 2024/25 - 2025/26 Primary aims of the project are to: 1. Provide support to landlords to mitigate the anticipated reduction of the private rented sector 2. Support the delivery of alternative tenure opportunities, alongside partners 3. Support the delivery of actions to address depopulation and combat the Housing Emergency
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Bute • Helensburgh • Islay • Oban • Mull • Campbeltown • Iona • Dunoon • Tiree • Lochgilphead • Seil … Classification: OFFICIAL How does it link with the Community Planning Partnership? The Argyll and Bute Outcomes Improvement Plan (ABOIP) identified Housing as one of 3 key outcomes. Action Links Working in effective partnerships to ensure that everyone living and working in Argyll and Bute has access to affordable, warm homes of the right size, in the right place with access to the services, amenities and economic opportunities that communities need to thrive • Work to preserve the private rented sector in Argyll & Bute • Work to encourage those living in Argyll & Bute, or looking to move to Argyll & Bute, to use HOME Argyll to register their housing need and demand • Research being undertaken to track housing options and investigate workforce housing options
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Bute • Helensburgh • Islay • Oban • Mull • Campbeltown • Iona • Dunoon • Tiree • Lochgilphead • Seil … Classification: OFFICIAL Aim Links Ensuring that plans and policies are informed by communities’ needs and aspirations, especially those facing the greatest inequalities in housing related outcomes • Liaising with the Community Housing Network and community groups to quantify local need and demand for housing • Exploring alternative tenure opportunities for those with difficulty accessing housing Working with partners and communities to ensure that everyone has the ability to have a say in shaping what housing looks like for their place • Research project being undertaken to gather the views of underrepresented and hard-to-reach groups in relation to the Housing Emergency Reviewing partners’ land and property assets to ensure resources are used effectively to support the provision of housing for key workers and others • Links with Empty Homes Officer – HSCP, to identify housing opportunities for workers. • Research project will aim to design and coproduce workforce housing options Working together to identify opportunities for the prevention of homelessness through early intervention • Work to reduce homelessness risks associated with largescale reduction of the PRS
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Bute • Helensburgh • Islay • Oban • Mull • Campbeltown • Iona • Dunoon • Tiree • Lochgilphead • Seil … Classification: OFFICIAL How can CPP Partners help? Encourage employees and community groups to use HOME Argyll to register interest in alternative tenure opportunities Engage with the upcoming survey work around the Housing Emergency and Workforce Housing Options Help us to advertise the work being carried out to engage with younger and working-age households as part of the upcoming research Signpost clients, employees and community groups to these services
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Bute • Helensburgh • Islay • Oban • Mull • Campbeltown • Iona • Dunoon • Tiree • Lochgilphead • Seil … Get in Touch Contact Iona Campbell Phone – 01436 658 801 E-mail – iona.campbell2@argyll-bute.gov.uk