2021 Manifesto FINAL DRAFT - Flipbook - Page 53
Housing
I WILL:
• Make the provision of more social and affordable housing
one of my greatest priorities.
• Bring together community groups, local politicians and the
housing industry to achieve this.
• Commission an exploratory report into the future housing
needs for the West Midlands to address the changing nature of
our community.
• Work with the WMCA, local authorities and the public to curb
any further release of Green Belt land for housing.
• Support the establishment of alternative methods of
construction and brownfield site reclamation.
• Work with the WMCA, local authorities, community groups and
housing organisations to bring more compact and sustainable
communities to the West Midlands.
• Ensure that any land released by the WMCA for housing has
covenants in place to promote sustainable construction and
cycle storage facilities.
• Push for small developers, self-builders, Community Land Trusts
and housing co-ops to be supported, to end the dominance of
a few big development companies.
• Support Community Land Trusts, a mechanism to provide
genuinely affordable housing in perpetuity, both for rent and
ownership.
• Use CPOs to bring sites into use.