Housing Area Panels

Area Panel meetings

Housing Area Panel meetings provide a space where residents and council staff come together to talk about housing matters that affect your daily life. These meetings happen 4 times a year. They create good opportunities for talking and solving problems together. 

How we build community through partnership

These meetings are based on the idea that the best solutions come from working together. 

Local tenants, leaseholders, elected resident representatives, council housing staff, and councillors all bring their different views to the table, creating a place where: 

• everyone's voice is respected and heard
• different viewpoints lead to better solutions
• shared problems can be tackled together
• understanding each other builds stronger communities and services
• making decisions together leads to better results for all 

What we discuss at these meetings

These friendly meetings look at important parts of housing management.

Conversations include:

• checking how services are working to make sure they meet residents' needs
• talking about how money should be spent based on what the community wants
• planning major repairs with input from residents
• developing rules that take into account residents' real-life experiences
• improving services based on feedback from everyone

The ideas and decisions from these meetings are shared with the lead councillor for housing and wider council cabinet, making sure that what residents think directly shapes council policy and how housing is managed. 

Everyone's input is valued

At these meetings:

• all council housing tenants and leaseholders are welcome and encouraged to attend
• resident associations can choose representatives to bring forward group concerns
• meeting papers are provided to help everyone take part fully
• travel costs can be covered to make sure everyone can come 

Join the conversation

Find the minutes from recent meetings:

• Central Area
• East Area
• North Area
• West Area 

Resident only meetings

This meeting is for residents, organised by residents.

They take place in the North, East, Central and West areas, and are organised by representatives from Residents’ Associations.

They are an opportunity to:

• meet people from other Residents’ Associations 
• share information
• look at joint solutions to problems
• contribute to the development and improvement of council housing policies and procedures 

Items from this meeting that deal with council housing issues can be put forward for inclusion on the agenda of the following Area Panel meeting.

Councillors and housing officers do not attend Resident Only meetings.

If you are interested in coming along, contact your local Residents’ Association. 

If there isn’t one in your area, contact the Community Engagement officer for your ward or the Resource Centre  

Contact the team

To find out more about any of our Housing Area Panels or how to get help with travel expenses to a meeting, contact the community engagement team.