Consultation on Our Walsall Borough Housing Strategy

Background to the consultation

We're creating a new strategy for housing across Walsall borough up to 2040. The draft ‘Walsall Borough Housing Strategy’ sets out our housing vision and priorities. It supports the Walsall 2040 Borough Plan and is informed by local, regional and national policy. It has been drafted with input from housing providers, developers, landlords, investors and community groups.

Key features

The draft Walsall Borough Housing Strategy looks at:

• local housing needs and challenges in Walsall. These include the cost of homes, the cost of living, and the need for more specialist homes for people
• the need for the right homes in the right places. These homes should be well designed, energy efficient and help create strong and inclusive communities.

We’d like your views

We would like you to share your views and opinions on:

• Our draft vision – what we want housing in Walsall borough to be like in the future
• Our draft Big Moves – the four priorities that will help us reach this vision
• Our draft objectives – the goals that support the Big Moves to deliver the vision

More details on our vision, big moves and objectives are included in the survey.

Your feedback will help shape the final strategy and action plan. Our new housing strategy will guide council decisions, funding, and projects. It will ensure Walsall has the homes people need now, and in the future.

Take part and have your say

If you are a resident in Walsall, or if you live outside the borough, we'd like to hear from you. Business owners in Walsall or community and voluntary sector organisations can take part too.

The consultation will close on 26 January 2026 at 23:59.

If you need help to complete the online survey or would like a copy of it in another format please contact us. Walsall Connected centres can help you access and complete the survey online too.

Next steps

The final strategy will be considered for approval at a Cabinet meeting in March 2026. We'll publish the new strategy online when it has been approved.