Strategies and Policies

The Empty Homes Strategy provides information on the extent of the problem from the national, regional and local perspective, and describes the Council’s plans for working with others to bring empty properties back into use.

The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment which enables greater independence.

We are developing a new Housing Strategy for North Norfolk which will identify priorities for the investment of our resources over the coming years.  Read about and download the Discussion Document here.

This guide provides information on what affordable housing is, how the need for affordable housing is identified, and how it is provided and managed.

The Strategic Housing Market Assessment promotes an approach to assessing housing need and demand which can inform the development of local development documents and regional spatial strategy planning policies for housing.

The Choice Based Lettings Policy and Housing Register Policy sets out clear guidelines to ensure that affordable housing is allocated fairly and according to the applicants’ need for housing.

Our Homelessness Strategy aims to tackle homelessness prevention in its widest sense - providing customers with a personalised housing options advice, working in partnership with supporting services and other agencies to tackle the root causes of homelessness and housing need.