Local Housing Strategy 2025-2030

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Consultation has concluded. The Local Housing Strategy is approved and published on our website. 

Have Your Say on Moray’s Draft Local Housing Strategy 2025–2030

Over the past year we’ve been working with local people, communities, and partners to shape a new housing strategy for Moray. This strategy will guide how we plan, build, and improve homes and housing services over the next five years.

The development of the strategy has been led by a multi-agency LHS Steering group with representatives from the Council, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).

To develop the draft strategy, we've:

  • Collected evidence through the Housing Need and Demand Assessment 2023

  • Gathered community and resident feedback on the housing issues that 'matter most' through an initial early engagement survey.

  • Held a development conference with partners and stakeholders attended by representatives from the public, private, third and community sectors.

  • Held workshops with subject matter experts from across the Council and partner organisations.

We're now asking for your views on the priorities and actions included in the draft strategy, available in the documents section of this page.

The consultation runs from 18 September to 14 November 2025. Your feedback will help shape the final strategy, which will be agreed in March 2026.

This is your chance to influence the future of housing in Moray.

Read our Housing Engagement Privacy Notice. It tells you how we handle your personal information in line with Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR.

Have Your Say on Moray’s Draft Local Housing Strategy 2025–2030

Over the past year we’ve been working with local people, communities, and partners to shape a new housing strategy for Moray. This strategy will guide how we plan, build, and improve homes and housing services over the next five years.

The development of the strategy has been led by a multi-agency LHS Steering group with representatives from the Council, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).

To develop the draft strategy, we've:

  • Collected evidence through the Housing Need and Demand Assessment 2023

  • Gathered community and resident feedback on the housing issues that 'matter most' through an initial early engagement survey.

  • Held a development conference with partners and stakeholders attended by representatives from the public, private, third and community sectors.

  • Held workshops with subject matter experts from across the Council and partner organisations.

We're now asking for your views on the priorities and actions included in the draft strategy, available in the documents section of this page.

The consultation runs from 18 September to 14 November 2025. Your feedback will help shape the final strategy, which will be agreed in March 2026.

This is your chance to influence the future of housing in Moray.

Read our Housing Engagement Privacy Notice. It tells you how we handle your personal information in line with Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR.

Consultation has concluded. The Local Housing Strategy is approved and published on our website. 

  • What you told us and what we're doing

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    What we asked

    We asked local residents, partners and organisations to review the draft Local Housing Strategy (LHS) 2025–2030, which sets out how we plan to address housing need, prevent homelessness, improve housing quality and support wellbeing across Moray.


    What you said

    We received 70 responses, a significant increase from the previous LHS review (15 responses).

    The feedback was generally positive, with strong support for all four LHS priorities:

    • Priority 1 - Building more homes: 66% agreed or strongly agreed (there was a higher rate of neutral ‘neither agree nor disagree’ responses for this priority)
    • Priority 2 - Making better use of existing homes: 96% agreed or strongly agreed
    • Priority 3 - Housing’s role in improving health and wellbeing: 79% agreed or strongly agreed
    • Priority 4 - Improving property condition and affordable warmth: 91% agreed or strongly agreed

    Comments highlighted the need for:

    • More accessible and smaller homes
    • Reducing under‑occupancy
    • Warm, energy‑efficient homes
    • Better support for specific needs, including mental health and ageing populations


    What we did

    We reviewed all comments. As the consultation showed strong support for the draft strategy, only minor changes were required. These included:

    • Adding reference to the Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan
    • Updating the action plan to remove a carbon credits action that received low support
    • Adding detail on specialist housing for people with mental health needs


    What’s new in the strategy

    The final Local Housing Strategy sets out how we will:

    • Increase housing supply across all tenures
    • Make better use of existing homes and prevent homelessness
    • Strengthen partnership working to support health and wellbeing
    • Improve property condition and energy efficiency across homes in Moray

    It also reflects:

    • A new two‑year partnership with Aberdeenshire Council to deliver an Empty Homes Service
    • Updated actions shaped by recent consultation feedback


    Next steps

    The Local Housing Strategy 2025–2030 was approved for implementation by elected members at the Housing and Community Safety Committee meeting on 12 March 2026. You can read the report presented to Committee here.

    The strategy will begin immediately following approval.

    We’ll:

    • Share updates with tenants, partners and stakeholders
    • Publish the final strategy and action plan on our website
    • Begin delivering the actions set out for the 2025–2030 period
    • Continue working with partners to support delivery and monitor progress

    The final Local Housing Strategy has been published on our Housing Strategy webpage.


    What we asked

    We asked local residents, partners and organisations to review the draft Local Housing Strategy (LHS) 2025–2030, which sets out how we plan to address housing need, prevent homelessness, improve housing quality and support wellbeing across Moray.


    What you said

    We received 70 responses, a significant increase from the previous LHS review (15 responses).

    The feedback was generally positive, with strong support for all four LHS priorities:

    • Priority 1 - Building more homes: 66% agreed or strongly agreed (there was a higher rate of neutral ‘neither agree nor disagree’ responses for this priority)
    • Priority 2 - Making better use of existing homes: 96% agreed or strongly agreed
    • Priority 3 - Housing’s role in improving health and wellbeing: 79% agreed or strongly agreed
    • Priority 4 - Improving property condition and affordable warmth: 91% agreed or strongly agreed

    Comments highlighted the need for:

    • More accessible and smaller homes
    • Reducing under‑occupancy
    • Warm, energy‑efficient homes
    • Better support for specific needs, including mental health and ageing populations


    What we did

    We reviewed all comments. As the consultation showed strong support for the draft strategy, only minor changes were required. These included:

    • Adding reference to the Cairngorms National Park Partnership Plan
    • Updating the action plan to remove a carbon credits action that received low support
    • Adding detail on specialist housing for people with mental health needs


    What’s new in the strategy

    The final Local Housing Strategy sets out how we will:

    • Increase housing supply across all tenures
    • Make better use of existing homes and prevent homelessness
    • Strengthen partnership working to support health and wellbeing
    • Improve property condition and energy efficiency across homes in Moray

    It also reflects:

    • A new two‑year partnership with Aberdeenshire Council to deliver an Empty Homes Service
    • Updated actions shaped by recent consultation feedback


    Next steps

    The Local Housing Strategy 2025–2030 was approved for implementation by elected members at the Housing and Community Safety Committee meeting on 12 March 2026. You can read the report presented to Committee here.

    The strategy will begin immediately following approval.

    We’ll:

    • Share updates with tenants, partners and stakeholders
    • Publish the final strategy and action plan on our website
    • Begin delivering the actions set out for the 2025–2030 period
    • Continue working with partners to support delivery and monitor progress

    The final Local Housing Strategy has been published on our Housing Strategy webpage.


    Consultation has concluded. The Local Housing Strategy is approved and published on our website.