Private Sector Housing Services Policy

The Private Sector Housing Policy determines the range of services that we provide to homeowners, landlords and tenants living in private sector housing in Sheffield.

Private Sector Housing Services Policy Objectives

The objectives of the Private Sector Housing Services Policy are:

To promote a healthy and efficient private housing sector across the city
To provide everyone with the opportunity to live in a decent home adequate for their need
To encourage owners to take fair responsibility to invest in their neighbourhood and in their own properties
To reduce the number of vulnerable people living in non-decent private sector housing
To improve the physical quality and standard of management of houses in the private rented sector and promote it as a tenure of choice
To create healthier communities and sustainable neighbourhoods

The Private Sector Housing Services Policy aims to achieve these objectives by providing a balance of services:

People-based services – to help vulnerable people to live independently in their own home and provide fair access to everyone to a choice of quality private sector housing.

Area-based services – to target investment and regeneration schemes in the most deprived areas of the city to create successful housing markets and support the regional economy.

Property-based services – to improve the conditions and standards of private sector housing stock and deliver decent private sector homes in sustainable neighbourhoods across the city.

Policy Review

We recently carried out a detailed review of the Private Sector Housing Services Policy to improve the services we provide to people living in private sector housing and a new Policy has been developed.

Thank you to everyone who was involved in consultation for the new Private Sector Housing Services Policy. The outcomes of the consultation process are summarised in the report available to download at the bottom of this page. The new Policy will soon be available to download from this page.

Although the consultation period for the Policy review is now over, you can still tell us what you think about the Private Sector Housing Service. We welcome and value your views and any suggestions you may have on how we could improve our services.

If you would like to give us your views or suggestions, or if you would like more information about the Private Sector Housing Services Policy, write to:

Private Sector Housing, 3rd Floor, Howden House, 1 Union Street, Sheffield, S1 2SH

Downloads

Policy Consultation Report (Word, 89kb)

A summary of the feedback and outcomes of the Policy consultation process. (89 KB)