Agenda

To be presented by the Lord Mayor and Judge Griffith-Jones, Honorary Recorder

From the Joint Cabinet Members Meeting (Children and Young People) and (Policing and Equalities), held on 1^st July 2014.

Report of the Executive Director, Place

Report of the Executive Director, Place

Report of the Executive Director, Resources

Report of the Assistant Director for Legal & Democratic Servicesand Monitoring Officer

(a)  Written Questions – There are no written questions

(b)  Oral Questions to Chairs of Scrutiny Boards/Chair of Scrutiny

Co-ordination Committee

(c)  Oral Questions to Chairs of other meetings

(d)  Oral Questions to Representatives on Outside Bodies

(e)  Oral Questions to Cabinet Members and Deputy Cabinet Members on any matter

“When determining strategic housing needs and before publishing its local plan, Coventry City Council will:

i) Consult with and take into consideration the views of all interested parties.

ii) Engage with and give material consideration to Residents' Groups and local Parish Councils to ensure that their views are fairly represented in the plan.

iii) Continue the principle of developing appropriate Brownfield sites before any urban sprawl into the Greenbelt.

iv) Appreciate the significant difference between urban, semi-rural and rural living and have a differential policy regarding housing densities depending on their designation.

v) Ensure that executive and aspirational housing developments (houses in the higher tax bands) are given priority because of the shortage of such housing stock in the City

vi)  Introduce a policy to support an Article 4 Direction to control on an area by area basis the number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMOs)”

“This Council notes that:

By supporting the Yes to Homes campaign we show that we are committed in Coventry to building more of the right type of homes, in the right place, at the right price to meet the increasing demand and need for our growing City.

It is vitally important we create more homes for local people to buy or rent.  The city is facing a housing crisis, we have low wages and high house prices, 14,000 people on the waiting list, the population is growing faster than anywhere outside of London, and the cost of living is going up.  People are finding it incredibly difficult to get on the housing ladder.  We need to build more affordable homes, in particular so younger people can afford to move out of their parents' houses and live in a flat or house in their own city.”