Sheffield City Council has set out its goal to build more homes to meet people's needs as part of a new ten year strategy.

The strategy, which will go before a Cabinet meeting later this month, will look to increase housing supply and make development more cost effective.

The strategy sets out a range of actions that are needed to help deliver the Sheffield Local Plan house building target. Its goal is to work towards the development of an additional 20,000 new homes by 2026. Many of the projects identified in the strategy aim to speed up housing delivery and are funded using a Government grant that is paid for each new home that is built.

By 2031, the Government estimates that Sheffield’s population could be around 628,000 and 46,000 new households could have formed.

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Sheffield's housing stock currently contains a high proportion of semi-detached homes built in the 1950s and 60s and terraced properties built before 1945. Private house building in the city over the last five to seven years has been dominated by apartments and in the coming years the Council is looking to influence new developments to provide a mix of homes for rent and for sale in Sheffield’s neighbourhoods. Part of this will involve allocating more land for housing in areas of the city where demand for housing is higher.

The strategy also aims to make best use of existing homes in the city, focusing on helping young people to obtain and run a home, and supporting older or vulnerable people to live independently.

Councillor Harry Harpham, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Homes and Neighbourhoods at Sheffield City Council, said: "This is an exciting plan for the area. In Sheffield we are working towards creating a city that is a 'Great Place to Live'. By this we mean a city with desirable neighbourhoods that offer a range of affordable and quality homes that meet people’s needs, along with a strong sense of local identity and attractive well used and popular public spaces and facilities.

"Sheffield's population is growing. Our emphasis will be to accelerate housing supply by making development more economically viable, increasing the demand for new homes by enabling more people to buy on the open market and reviewing the supply of land capable of delivering new housing development."

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