Cambridge Sub-regional Housing Board (CRHB)
The Cambridge housing sub-region
Cambridge is one of nine housing sub-regions across the East of England.
The sub-region works together to develop collaborative approaches to strategic housing issues and the delivery of housing growth targets. To do this, a board of senior officers from each of the seven local authorities and partner agencies meets monthly.
The vision
The Cambridge sub-region's housing investment priorities are to:
- Meet the challenge of significant housing growth to create mixed, balanced and sustainable communities across the sub-region while respecting our environmental assets and existing communities.
- Plan for and respond to the sub-region's changing demography, particularly the needs of a growing number of older people.
- Invest in rural homes to support vibrant, sustainable communities.
- Respond to the diverse and changing needs of our communities including migrant workers, Gypsies and Travellers and hard-to-reach groups.
- Tackle both housing and support issues for people who are most vulnerable.
- Make best use of existing homes and extend housing options by improving housing conditions, reducing risk, updating sheltered housing and bringing empty homes back into use - focusing on those who are vulnerable and live in private housing.
- Prevent and tackle homelessness, help reduce deprivation and improve health and social inclusion.
All these priorities are important for our housing agenda, though the first is a "headline" for the Cambridge sub-region.
Membership
The following organisations or interest groups will each have a representative on CRHB. The Chair of CRHB will be appointed from the local authority housing representatives.
Read the full terms of reference here.