Housing Policy
Regional housing policy is set out in the Regional Spatial
Strategy and Regional Housing
Strategy, which will be combined with the Regional Economic Strategy in
the new single Regional Strategy, known as RS2010. The NWDA has
joint responsibility with 4NW in preparing the single Regional
Strategy for the Northwest. The NWDA works at a strategic level to
influence housing policy.
Housing Renewal Programme
The NWDA is involved in the Government’s £2.2 billion Housing
Market Renewal programme, which is overseen by the Homes &
Communities Agency and set to run until 2011. Housing
is being improved in specified "pathfinder" areas through a
combination of housing stock refurbishment, clearance and
replacement. The Pathfinder areas in the Northwest are:
Manchester/Salford, Merseyside, Oldham/Rochale and East
Lancashire.
Manchester Salford Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder covers the
Harpurhey, Cheetham, Lower East Corridor and Moss Side areas of
Manchester, and the Seedley/Langworthy, Higher Broughton, Lower
Broughton and North Irwell areas of Salford. NewHeartlands covers
the Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral areas of Merseyside.
Oldham Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder covers the
northeast of the Greater Manchester conurbation. Elevate East
Lancashire covers a large part of the urban areas across Pennine
Lancashire, within the boroughs of Burnley, Blackburn with Darwen,
Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale.
The NWDA is also supporting a housing renewal initiative in
Furness and West Cumbria, which is being delivered by West Lakes
Renaissance Urban Regeneration Company.