- Most respondents choose not to leave further comments on the objectives (70%)
- The most frequent comment, made by 4% of the total sample, is that the objectives don’t focus on the housing crisis and the needs of the homeless enough; the same proportion are angry about the number of HMOs in the city, student housing and perceived high levels of immigration
Further comments on the objectives
Summary
Do you have any (other) comments to make about the draft strategic objectives?
Base: Total sample (582)
| wdt_ID | Key themes | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Housing needs of the homeless, families and local people should be at the forefront of the objectives | 4 |
| 3 | No HMOs/student housing/immigrants | 4 |
| 12 | More controls/penalties for private landlords/owners | 3 |
| 13 | Good to be looking at this issue/positive about the strategy | 3 |
| 14 | Negative about the council and/or the survey | 2 |
| 15 | The Council is bullying owners | 2 |
| 16 | Action not words needed | 2 |
| 17 | No council/tax payer money to be used to assist property owners | 2 |
| 18 | Work with others e.g. residents, charities, relevant professionals | 2 |
| 19 | Support and incentivise empty home owners | 2 |
| 20 | Objectives are too vague/not bold enough | 1 |
| 21 | Compulsory purchase/other ways for the Council to take on housing stock | 1 |
| 22 | Commercial properties and the Council's own portfolio should be within remit | 1 |
| 23 | New homes will still be needed/stick with the Local Plan | 1 |
| 24 | Have an option to report an empty house on the council website | 1 |
| 25 | Other e.g. owners of classed buildings should be assisted, need to make being a landlord more attractive, sort out other issues first, incentivise those in bigger houses than they need to make them available for others | 5 |
| 26 | Na/no comment | 70 |
“I am extremely disappointed there is no single mention of social housing. Or indeed the crisis in the property ‘market’ that makes it so unaffordable for the vast majority of our population.”
“Something needs done to tackle the housing epidemic we currently have stop landlords breaking large homes into hmos and allow more families to flourish,”
“What measures/penalties are there to ensure owners positively engage in this process.”
“Good luck, I hope this is something that will help local residents looking for affordable larger housing in the current climate. This remains to be seen.”
