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The Council adopts a strategic approach to affordable housing delivery and management.
First Homes is a new type of affordable home ownership. First Homes is designed to help first time buyers who wish to get onto the property ladder but are unable to afford a home at full market value. A First Home must be offered at a minimum of 30% discount on the market price.
Fareham falls under the transitional arrangements for the inclusion of First Homes in the Local Plan, due to the advanced stage of the emerging Local Plan. It is therefore not required to reflect the First Homes policy requirement, as per the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 May 2021.
Fareham Borough Council's Interim First Homes policy 
(182 KB) sets out the council's approach to First Homes, including eligibility.
You can complete our Expression of Interest form by following this link to our Affordable Home Ownership Register if you'd like to be kept informed about affordable home ownership opportunities in Fareham borough.
If you would like any further information regarding Affordable Home Ownership, please email housingstrategy@fareham.gov.uk.
Fareham Borough Council's current Allocations Policy (470 KB) sets out how properties are allocated and the criteria for applying for the Council's Housing Register.
In order to bring legislation all together, continue the delivery of affordable housing and provide transparency on how the Council sets rent for its properties, the Housing Department has produced a Social Housing Rents Policy . (97 KB).
The Fareham Housing Greener Policy (126 KB) is a document which was adopted by the Council on 16th December 2019. The policy provides clarity on how Fareham Housing (the housing department of Fareham Borough Council) will make a contribution to mitigating the effects of climate change and undertake preparations in anticipation of new legislation. It sets out a series of principles to provide a framework to guide users through the measures Fareham Housing is committed to. Although the policy is not a development plan document, it is an adopted policy document of the Council and is a measure to help address climate change in relation to the Council's own housing stock.
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