Our policies and strategies

Set out below are various plans and strategies that provide the context within which housing operates.

Housing policies and plans

• Darlington Borough Council’s Housing Strategy
• Darlington Borough Council’s Homelessness Strategy
• Common Allocations Policy [external link]
• Tenants Handbook
• Tenancy Policy [pdf document]

Other important strategies

• Darlington Sustainable Community Strategy [pdf document]
• Youth Justice Plan [pdf document]
• Co Durham and Darlington Reducing Offending Plan [pdf document]
• Anti-Social Behaviour Procedure
• Comments, Compliments and Complaints Policy [pdf document]
• Data Protection Policy [pdf document]
• Domestic Abuse Strategy [pdf document]
• Sexual Abuse [pdf document]
• Safeguarding Policy [pdf document]
• Child protection and safeguarding policies
• Health and Wellbeing Strategy [pdf document]
• Children and Young People’s Plan