Policy & Strategy

How we can help you:

Savills has extensive experience of working with local authorities, housing associations, residents and other agencies to produce acceptable, practical, viable and deliverable solutions to meet a wide range of challenges and deliver improvements to services. We have an impressive record of creating innovative yet practical solutions which best meet the individual, local needs and requirements of each client.

Our Expertise:

Housing is at the centre of the political agenda, with a clear acknowledgement that it is key to shaping the future opportunities of communities, their economic well-being, access to wealth and enterprise, the take up of educational opportunities, etc.

This change in the political dynamic creates a new and enhanced role for strategy makers matched by a responsibility to shape the future prospects of communities, including the adoption of a partnership approach to work across borough boundaries.

Making sense of this and then setting out deliverable forward strategies is, therefore, of increasing importance and will be affected by a continued pressure to deliver costs and efficiency savings, the drive to empower communities further, the new regulatory standards, the inspection regime and future changes in national housing finance.

We have successfully delivered policy and strategy for housing organisations, including:

• Sub-regional choice Based Lettings systems
• Sub-regional housing strategies
• Housing business plans

We  work with local authorities to evaluate their investment options and to support the development of robust business plans. We ensure that the options that we recommend are fully compatible with the likely expenditure profile that the authority will have and provides a solution suitable for all stakeholders in the area. The reform of national housing finance introduces huge opportunities for local authorities to get the best out of their housing strategies and business plans.  It also brings risks that need careful management.  Savills can provide all the expertise needed to assist a local authority in preparing itself for the brave new world of self financing, including business planning, stock condition assessment and asset management strategies.