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Housing advice and homelessness
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Housing Strategy and Enabling
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Sustainability in housing
In July 2019, East Suffolk Council unanimously voted to declare a climate emergency. Environmental sustainability is essential in the creation of homes and communities in which people want to live and work. Lowering our carbon footprint will help our tenants save money and deliver lasting environmental, social, and economic benefits.
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Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a new single payment for working age people who are looking for work or on a low income. It replaces Housing Benefit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Income Support, Income based Jobseekers Allowance and Income related Employment and Support Allowance.
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Housing Offence Data
Investigating Housing Offences
From 2025, this page will include a list of enforcement action taken by the council for the failure to licence properties and breaches of housing legislation, including landlord and tenant law. This covers Civil Penalty Notices (CPNs) and prosecutions, but we will also update on alternative enforcement action in addition to this, in the future.
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Former council offices back on the market
East Suffolk Council is ready to restart the process of marketing its previous office site to provide much-needed housing to a popular area.
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Supporting older people’s housing needs
Residents in East Suffolk are invited to have their say in a survey to help shape a new housing strategy which addresses the needs of older residents.
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Affordable housing
Types of affordable housing
Affordable housing are homes delivered to meet the housing needs of local residents who are unable to meet the cost of private rental or home ownership via the open market. A mix of flats, maisonettes, houses and bungalows are provided for rent, either as social rent (50% open market rents) or affordable rents (80% open market rents). In addition, low cost home ownership models include shared ownership, shared equity and discount open market homes.
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Community Led Housing
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Bringing empty properties back into use
The number of long-term empty properties in East Suffolk has fallen by over 23% over the past 12 months as Council continues its work to tackle the issue.
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