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Liverpool City Council published a draft housing strategy to 2030 for consultation in 2024. The figures below come from press coverage of that draft, so check the council's final strategy for current numbers.
The targets
The draft aimed to support 2,000 new homes a year and to enable partners to build at least 8,000 new homes by 2027, with 20% affordable. It sought to double the affordable share, which had been 11% of the 10,700 homes built over the previous five years. The strategy was to shape a housing programme of more than £1bn.
The starting point
The council described a city forecast to gain 40,000 households over 20 years. More than half of residents (52%) lived in private or social rented homes. About 20% of properties, around 44,000, did not meet the decent homes standard, and 18% of households were in fuel poverty. Housing was responsible for 33% of the city's carbon emissions. The council was writing to the owners of more than 8,000 empty properties.
Four priorities
- Quality homes that meet needs and aspirations.
- Better homes and neighbourhoods, including improving rented homes and bringing empty homes back into use.
- Healthier lives and sustainable homes, with retrofitting prioritised for low-income households in the worst-rated properties.
- Access to suitable homes, with a focus on ending homelessness and rough sleeping.
Leadership in the words of the council
Council leader Liam Robinson said housing "is the foundation for building a better quality of life." The cabinet member for housing, Sam East, called housing "the cornerstone of peoples' lives."
Reading the numbers
Notice how the strategy mixes supply (new homes), quality (decent homes, retrofit) and access (homelessness). Capital is only one input. The strategy also depends on planning, partners and the people who run the programme.