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Welcome to the Barnsley MBC Strategic Housing Service web pages where you will find information covering a range of housing matters.

The Barnsley MBC Strategic Housing Service aims to ensure that housing needs and aspirations are met by enabling access by all to a home that is well maintained, warm and affordable in a peaceful and secure environment.

The functions of the Service are:

• Assessment of housing needs
• Strategy and policy development to meet assessed housing needs
• Housing regeneration planning and delivery
• To facilitate an increase in the supply of affordable and market housing
• To facilitate the provision of accommodation to meet a variety of supported and specialist housing needs
• Private sector improvement works (including adaptations works for the disabled)
• Facilitating the return to use of empty homes, especially in the private sector
• Encouraging and supporting improvement in housing conditions and management standards in the private rented sector
• Improving home energy efficiency
• Working with Berneslai Homes to ensure that council housing is well managed and maintained
• Administration of the Right to Buy scheme

Council housing in Barnsley is managed on behalf of the Council by Berneslai Homes. If you are a council tenant and have a query regarding service delivery or if you are interested in renting a council house you should visit the Berneslai Homes website for more information. If you are already a council tenant and interested in buying your home go to the Right to Buy page for more information.

If you are an owner-occupier, rent from a private sector landlord or perhaps are a private sector landlord, information on the following may be of interest to you:

Grants and loans to help meet the cost of property improvements
Housing regeneration projects
New affordable housing
New housing for people with support needs
Private sector landlord accreditation scheme
Private sector housing enforcement

If you are a member of the gypsy and traveller community information on our gypsies and travellers page may be of interest.

How to contact the Barnsley MBC Strategic Housing Service:

Contacts:

Write:

Strategic Housing
PO Box 603
Barnsley
S70 9FD

Tel:

Complaints	01226 772742
Energy Efficiency	01226 772798

General Enquiries (FAX NUMBER)	01226 772995
Grants Agency (for disabled facilities grants)	01226 772466
Grants Agency (for private sector grants)	01226 772478
Housing Association Programme	01226 772718
Green Corridor Housing Renewal	01226 773290
Housing Market Renewal	01226 772791
Housing Policy and Research	01226 772778
Landlord Accreditation	01226 772479
Private Housing Conditions	01226 772473
Right to Buy	01226 772181
Council Housing waiting list	01226 775555