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.
Members of the CRHB can submit their reports to the Housing Board by an email to Sue Beecroft.