Reviewing progress towards our Housing Strategy’s ambitions

At the Cabinet meeting on Thursday 16 July, councillors will be reviewing the progress made delivering the ambitions set out in the Brighton & Hove Housing Strategy 2024 to 2029.  

The 'Homes for Everyone' Housing Strategy 2024 to 2029 outlines the work being done to help tackle the city’s housing challenges, focused around 5 key priorities:  

  • Improve housing quality, safety, and sustainability  
  • Build the homes our city needs  
  • Prevent homelessness and meet need for housing  
  • Promote improved health and wellbeing for all  
  • Provide resident focused housing services 

Improving housing quality 

In 2025/26, we invested more than £44 million improving council homes, including increasing our investment in damp and condensation. 

Prior to Awaab’s Law coming into force, we completed more than 1,100 damp and mould jobs between July and September 2025, with technicians identifying root causes and setting out clear follow-on works and timescales.  

We’ve also updated our Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy to align with new national legislation under the Renters’ Rights Act, which increases protections for people in privately rented homes and give councils stronger powers to support tenants and enforce landlords compliance. 

Building homes 

A core aim of the Housing Strategy is to deliver at least 2,000 affordable homes by 2029 by increasing our own supply and working with Registered Providers and developers. In the first 2 years of the strategy, 684 affordable homes have been delivered throughout the city. 

Building work has begun on our largest affordable housing schemes – 222 new council-rented homes at Flintfield Drive in Moulsecoomb and the latest Homes for Brighton & Hove development of 306 council-rented and shared ownership homes in Sackville Road in Hove.  

Preventing homelessness 

We’ve built on our Homelessness Transformation Strategy which aims to improve the support available for people facing homelessness. This increased support has resulted in more than 500 households being helped to avoid becoming homeless in 2025/26. 

A key aim is to reduce the number of households in temporary accommodation, to ensure residents have access to stable housing.  

While local and national housing pressures have led to an increasing demand for temporary accommodation, we have introduced a range of measures to improve the quality of temporary accommodation available for people who need it, increased the number of council-owned temporary accommodation and improve outcomes for families facing homelessness. 

Our Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy sets out a 5-year plan focused on preventing homelessness, improving temporary accommodation and providing joined-up support.  

Improving health and wellbeing  

In 2024/25, we invested £4.53 million delivering 131 Disabled Facilities Grants and 347 adaptations to council homes, while in 2025/26 we spent a further £4.49 million on 171 Disabled Facilities Grants and 232 council home adaptations to enable residents to stay living in their homes as long as possible.  

Targeted actions 

Councillor Gill Williams, Cabinet Member for Housing, said: “We’re very proud of the progress we’ve made throughout the first 2 years of our Homes for Everyone housing strategy. These achievements include increasing our stock of affordable housing, tackling damp and mould in existing homes and early interventions to prevent homelessness.  

“The introduction of the Renters Rights Act in May increased protection for tenants in the private rented sector and our powers to take action. 

“Having good quality, affordable and appropriate housing is crucial to supporting residents’ health, wellbeing and independence.   

“There is still more work to be done, so we’ll be taking forward a series of targeted actions for 2026/27 to build on this success and help us achieve our goal of accessible, affordable and high-quality homes for everyone in Brighton & Hove.” 

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