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Website URL: http://www.eshg.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7550

Welcome to the East Sussex Housing Group Web-site

Who are we: We are a group of Local Authorities and partners, working together on a variety of projects to achieve the County's housing objectives. We are primarily made up of the East Sussex District and Borough Council Housing Officers and East Sussex County Council, although our sub-groups include members from a number of partner organisations.

What is our Vision: We take our vision from 'Pride of Place' – the East Sussex Community Strategy, which states its vision as: to create places where everyone can prosper, be safe and healthy, and live in a high quality environment.

What do we do: The purpose of the Housing Group is to work together to meet the strategic housing objectives of the member organisations. We aim to achieve this by:

Improving provision of housing services in the County through
sharing knowledge, expertise and resources
Managing shared resources for the benefit of all the partner organisations
Developing an excellent understanding of housing demand, needs and
conditions across the County
Creating efficiencies through joint working where possible
Lobbying for the interests of the County on housing issues
Developing collaborative working across the County

How will we meet our objectives: The main ESHG group is made up of Senior Housing Managers; beneath this group sit a number of operational groups, each with their own work plan designed to develop and deliver actions to meet agreed objectives. The sub-groups, and their objectives are:

Housing Delivery Group focusing on delivery of housing and affordable housing to meet the needs of East Sussex residents
Housing Policy & Improvement Group focusing on improving delivery of housing advice, options and homelessness services to residents of East Sussex
Housing Management Group including officers from East Sussex Housing Associations, focusing on improving delivery of services to tenants of social housing in East Sussex
BEST (Brighton & East Sussex Together) including officers from East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Local Authorities, focusing on private sector housing renewal in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove

Latest News
Housing Benefit event takes place in Battle
A recent event hosted by East Sussex Housing group and aimed at informing advice agencies, landlords and councillors of changes in Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance proved a success with 100% of delegates stating they felt it met their objectives and the programme was either good or excellent.
(13/12/2011)
Move to stop the decline of the English village explained in film
Two East Sussex councils have jointly produced a film where local people explain why it is vital to build new affordable houses to allow young adults and key workers to stay in the communities in which they grew up.
(13/12/2011)
Tenants Move Into First New Build Council Homes In 20 Years
Residents will get the key to their new front doors on January 21st as Eastbourne Borough Council officially hands over the first four newly built Council properties in more than 20 years.
(13/12/2011)
Upcoming event to inform on changes to Housing Benefits and Local Housing Allowance
If you work with tenants, whether Council, Housing Association or those privately renting, you may be the first port of call for advice on the changes.
(13/12/2011)

	ESHG host event for Registered Providers East Sussex Housing Group hosted an event for its Registered Provider partners in order to share its housing priorities for the County.
	(13/12/2011)