Planning services and standards for Housing in Waltham Forest

• Decent Homes
  A ten-year local and central government target to improve the quality of all social housing
  
  
• Empty Property Strategy
  Aimed at reducing the number of long-term empty properties, and increasing the supply of affordable, decent housing
  
  
• Home Energy Conservation Act, 1995
  Improving the energy efficiency of our housing stock and working to reduce domestic carbon dioxide emissions
  
  
• Homelessness Strategy, 2007-2012
  
  
• Housing Strategy Statement, 2006-2010
  
  
• Housing Options Apprasial
  
  
• Supporting People strategy
  
  
• Public Allocations Scheme, 2007
  This explains how the Council's policy on allocations works and how to understand the priority your application will receive
  
  

For Ascham Homes tenants

Ascham Homes is a not-for-profit company set up in May 2003 to deliver housing services to all council tenants and leaseholders in the Borough. It is wholly owned by Waltham Forest Council but operates independently. It aims to provide one of the best housing services in the country.

• Service standards for Ascham Homes tenants