Housing strategies, policies, performance reports and other supporting documents

Read Brighton & Hove City Council's Housing Strategy 2024 to 2029.

Read Brighton & Hove City Council's Housing Strategy Action Plan 2025.

Read our Tenants and Leaseholder Engagement Strategy.

Learn more about our housing performance.

We're committed to improving our services to residents. You can see whether we're meeting our targets and whether our performance is improving by looking at our quarterly performance reports.

Our annual reports to all council tenants and leaseholders on our performance as your landlord.

Read the Regulator of Social Housing's findings report and the learn more about actions we're taking.

Our Survey of Tenants and Residents (STAR) asks council tenants their opinion on council landlord services.

What to do and who to contact if you need repairs to your council home.

Your guide to being a tenant of Brighton & Hove City Council.

Find information on how we support, communicate and work with council tenants.

Find out more about the rights and responsibilities of both council property leaseholders and the council as a leasehold manager.

Read the terms and conditions for purchasing a council owned car space, garage or multi-use storage space licence.

Read our Transfer Incentive Scheme and Transfer Support Scheme policy.

This self-assessment should be completed by the complaints officer and discussed at the landlord’s governing body annually.

This policy sets out Brighton and Hove City Council's approach to the buying back of properties previously sold under the Right to Buy.

Read our Brighton & Hove housing allocation policy.

A report on the number of complaints the Housing Service has had over the year, how this compares to last year and how they were dealt with.

Find out what changes can be made to your council home if you or someone living in your property has a disability.

This document explains standards and conditions set by the council for licensed HMOs.

Read the Selective licencing conditions for landlords.

Read the notice of Designation of Areas for Selective Licensing.

Read the notice of Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing.

This document contains the conditions that could form part of a property licence for a Selective Licensing Scheme.

Find more information on our Proposed Licensing Scheme Fees.

Read our policy to find out how we regulate standards in private rented housing and tackle empty homes in Brighton and Hove.

This policy relates to offences prior to 1 May 2026 and will be available until 31 October 2026.

How we will engage with residents on matters of building safety for our high-rise buildings.

Download structural survey reports for large panel system blocks.

Learn more about health and safety in council owned homes.

This strategy sets out a strategic framework to inform work plans, engagement with communities and the citywide response to homelessness and rough sleeping.

How we deal with anti-social behaviour in council housing.

This statement sets out Brighton & Hove City Council's flexible eligibility criteria for the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) scheme which runs until 31 December 2026.

Read Brighton & Hove City Council's yearly progress report on issues relating to energy efficiency and energy conservation in its administrative area.