Waltham Forest Council is undertaking a review of its Housing Asset Management Strategy, with discussions held at the Housing and Inclusive Economy Scrutiny Committee meeting on 27 November 2025. The strategy aims to ensure homes meet legal safety standards, improve energy efficiency and address estate regeneration.
The review encompasses a broad range of considerations, from ensuring homes meet legal safety standards to improving energy efficiency and addressing estate regeneration. The Draft Housing Asset Management Strategy 2026-2031 outlines the council's approach to managing its housing assets over the next five years.
Key priorities of the strategy include:
- Safety & Compliance: Ensuring homes meet all legal safety standards, with a focus on fire, gas, and electrical compliance.
- Decent Homes: Achieving and maintaining the Decent Homes Standard, ensuring homes are warm, safe, and in good repair.
- Planned Maintenance & Repairs: Delivering a proactive and efficient repair service, alongside long-term investment in building upkeep.
- Sustainability & Retrofit: Reducing carbon emissions through energy efficiency, fabric-first upgrades, and retrofit programmes.
- Estate Regeneration: Investing in neighbourhoods, addressing poor-quality stock, and creating better homes and places. The committee is scheduled to discuss the Avenue Road Regeneration project. More information can be found in the Avenue Road Regeneration Cabinet Report Dec 2025 Final.
- Asset Data: Building a robust and dynamic asset database, supported by a rolling stock survey programme.
The strategy also considers sustainability and equality impacts. A Sustainability Matrix and an Equalities Impact Screening Report are included in the review to ensure the strategy aligns with the council's broader environmental and social goals. Resident feedback was also considered, as detailed in the Resident Consultation You Said We Did Response. The specific findings and their influence on the final strategy can be found in the resident consultation feedback document.
