City of York Council is about to start looking at every single one of its homes through a stock condition survey.

The survey will gather the information needed to plan and fund an improvement programme which regularly invests £10 million per year in the modernisation of the council’s 7,400 homes.

The council says the data will be used to understand which homes need reroofing, for example, or need new doors, and will help develop efficient programmes of work. Additionally, it will be used to as evidence for funding applications to help support greater levels of investment.

According to the council, information from the survey will help improve services and support residents on a day-to-day basis.

Councillor Michael Pavlovic, Executive Member for Housing at City of York Council, said: “All residents have a right to live in good quality, well-maintained homes. This survey is part of our commitment to upgrading our existing homes and was agreed as part of our emergency budget in July.

“York’s council homes have been built over the past 100 years in many different styles and use a range of construction methods. All the information we gather from this survey, will be used to plan how a comprehensive programme which details how the homes can be modernised.

“This is the first time we have surveyed all of our housing stock in one project and is a major exercise, which requires access to every home. We want to thank our customers in advance for their support with this work and allowing access to their homes for the surveyors. It will all help us improve the way we work and, ultimately, the quality of the homes we provide.”