7. Priority 3: Homes
We will expand our own council housing, do all we can to fight homelessness, and we will engage communities and the city’s key partners and developers in delivering the homes which Exeter needs, whilst protecting our valuable green spaces.
The outcomes we want are:
- better quality, energy efficient and more affordable homes to buy or rent, with new housing developments well integrated into existing communities
- fewer people will be homeless or in temporary housing and the number of people on the social housing waiting list will reduce.
To achieve this our strategic efforts will focus on working in partnership to deliver the Exeter Plan; secure investment for building more social housing and in reducing rough sleeping and the number of people in temporary accommodation; enabling more people to find sustainable housing.
We currently have 3,584 applicants on the Housing waiting list
Council tenants’ satisfaction with service stands at 70%