Pan-London skills mapping programme, council-led housing delivery

This project was led and managed by the London Housing Directors’ Group in collaboration with the North London Housing Partnership. It was supported by London Councils and commissioned by LB Islington as the North London Housing Partnership’s host borough.


Housing Advisers Programme case study

2019/20 cohort


What went in

  • Priority area addressed: skills shortages in borough housing delivery operations.
  • Budget: £45,316
  • Other resources needed: Joint funding from the London Housing Directors’ Group.
  • Time taken to achieve outcome: Report commissioned in December 2019 and presented in June 2020.

What came out

  • Deliverables: A final report identifying skills and training gaps and detailing collaborative options for improving the borough skills deficit.
  • Indication of success: The project ensured wide involvement and buy-in from key stakeholders across the boroughs to both determining the scale of the problem and possible solutions.
  • A statistic to evidence the above: survey responses covering 29 of London’s 33 local authorities and 20 face-to-face or telephone interviews with senior housing delivery officers. Just 3% of survey respondents did not see a need for cross-borough collaboration on skills development.


Contact

Alex Sewell (Special Projects Lead, London Councils)

[email protected]


The report has not been published online as it is an internal report but is attached for sharing with the programme.