performance generally

These are the detailed descriptors for the Strategic Approach to Housing KLOE

Under the new arrangements, the descriptors and evidence are only given in detail for Fair and Good levels of attainment.  The Audit Commission does not want to constrain innovation by dictating what should be considered as "Excellent"

The references to empty homes occur under KLOE 1.3 on page 8 and, more significantly, under KLOE 3.2 on page 17.

KLOE 3.2 is "There is an effective approach to improving the quality and use of existing housing and promoting sustainable neighbourhoods".

The descriptor for a Good rating is as follows:

"The council is making best use of existing housing through well-integrated investment programmes, effectively tartgeting of high-quality advice, grants and loans, use of enforcement powers, and good use of its own and external funding to address affordable warmth issues and meet Home Energy Conservation Act targets.  As a result, it is successful in reducing the levels of empty homes, tackling fuel poverty and improving private sector housing conditions. ..."

This is the actual KLOE (see separate document for the descriptors).

Empty homes is referenced in section 3.2 on page 6.

Jointly produced with the IdEA, this 28-page guide is probably the best overview of empty homes work for the local authority practitioner currently available.

This is the government's position at the beginning of the 3-year HPDG funding programme.  (There was further consultation after this for years 2 and 3 of the programme).

This is the government's response to the Lifting the Burden task-force recommendations - including the recommendation to remove BVPI64 immediately.  As BVPI64 has now gone, this mainly of historical interest. But in its response here, the government refused to remove the indicator saying it was needed to ensure local authorities took responsibility for empty city centre flats.

(The LGA taskforce had made a big play about empty city centre apartments unfairly pushing up their empty homes figures....).

This important document is the first part of the NAEPP Empty Homes Strategy Toolkit.  It is in the form of an Excel workbook containing a number of related worksheets. The two key components are:

• an analysis of national council tax data since 2004 when the new discount arrangements were introduced
• recommended categories for analysing council tax data to provide a strategic overview of empty homes in an area

The analysis of council tax data nationally - showing for example the % of overall dwelling numbers in each category - allows local figures to be compared with national figures.

The key table will be that for overall dwelling stock and empties.  But there is also an analysis of exempt properties.  HSSA categories are taken into account with the analysis of exempt properties and the HSSA definitions are provided.

Please do not distribute this further. It is for paying members of NAEPP only.

These are the first drafts of the NAEPP Performance monitoring Guidance and spreadsheet released May 2009 and superseded by the July 2009 version.