The Local Housing Strategy (LHS) sets out East Ayrshire's overall approach to housing in East Ayrshire. It brings together previous strategies on homelessness, housing support and fuel poverty.
What the strategy is based on
The strategy is based on the East Ayrshire Housing Needs and Demand Assessment (HNDA) which is a comprehensive assessment of housing need across East Ayrshire.
A Housing Market Partnership group met regularly throughout the development of the HNDA to inform its content. The HNDA was confirmed as “robust and credible” by the Scottish Government’s Centre for Housing Market Analysis in February 2025.
Approval process
The East Ayrshire Local Housing Strategy 2025-2030 (PDF 2.61 MB) was submitted to the Scottish Government for a peer review and feedback was received.
It was approved by full Council on 22 October 2025.
Our vision and strategic priorities
The LHS focuses on delivery of our vision “Providing communities with warm, safe affordable homes".
To achieve this vision, we have four strategic priorities:
- Priority 1 – deliver more homes at the heart of great places
- Priority 2 – promote affordability, choice and independent living
- Priority 3 – ensure all homes are warm, affordable and energy efficient
- Priority 4 – people have access to a person centred housing options service and where possible, homelessness is prevented
Each priority includes a set of outcomes, actions and accompanying indicators and timescales to measure our success in achieving these.
The Housing Contribution Statement links the strategic aims of both Housing Services and the Health and Social Care Partnership.
An Equality Impact Assessment was completed as part of the strategy development process.