January 26th 2024
Survey of all York’s council homes begins ahead of transformational improvement programme
Research will gather the information needed to plan and fund an improvement programme which regularly invests £10m per year in the modernisation of the council’s 7,400 homes.
The City of York Council has announced they are about to start looking at every single one of their council properties through a stock condition survey to ensure nobody is left living in an unhabitable environment.
Data on all the homes will be used to understand which properties need reroofing, for example, or need new doors. In addition, the survey will also help develop efficient programmes of work and will be used as evidence for funding applications to assist greater levels of investment.
Councillor Michael Pavlovic, executive member for housing at City of York Council, said: ‘York’s council homes have been built over the past 100 years in many different styles and use a range of construction methods. All the information we gather from this survey, will be used to plan how a comprehensive programme which details how the homes can be modernised.
‘This is the first time we have surveyed all of our housing stock in one project and is a major exercise, which requires access to every home. We want to thank our customers in advance for their support with this work and allowing access to their homes for the surveyors. It will all help us improve the way we work and, ultimately, the quality of the homes we provide.’
In addition, information from the survey will help improve services and support local residents on a day-to-day basis. By knowing more about the condition and fittings in residents’ homes, they can be repaired more promptly and efficiently. Any major health and safety issues that are identified will be addressed straight away.
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