Perth and Kinross Council has launched a public consultation on its new Local Housing Strategy (LHS).

The draft LHS sets out the local authority's priorities and plans for housing and related services between 2016 - 2021.

Its four strategic housing objectives include:

• Supply of Housing and Place-Making - To create more affordable homes and manage existing stock to create homes in the size, type and location people want to live, with access to suitable services and facilities which encourage community integration.   

• Neighbourhood Services and Homelessness - To promote safe and secure communities for residents of Perth & Kinross with access to good quality, affordable accommodation, with the necessary support in place to sustain them in their homes and prevent them from becoming homeless


• Specialist Provision and Independent Living - To support people to live independently at home for as long as possible with help from the community and local support networks

• House Condition, Fuel Poverty and Climate Change - To support residents of Perth and Kinross to live in warm, dry, energy efficient and low carbon homes which they can afford to heat.

Head of Housing and Strategic Commissioning, Lorna Cameron, said the council will take into consideration a "variety of different views" on the draft LHS.

"The LHS is a very important document for the delivery of our housing services, and we would like as much input as possible from interested parties," she said.

A final copy of the strategy will go before the Housing and Health Committee for approval in May 2016.

To view the draft LHS document, visit here.

(LM/CD)