What the Housing Resident and Community Panel is and when it meets.
The Housing Resident and Community Panel meets four times a year and is made up of citizens from across Bristol who are:
- council tenants
- council leaseholders
- local community groups
What the panel does
Panel members use their experience to:
- raise issues that matter to council home residents
- improve services such as repairs and maintenance
- check housing and landlord policies
- support long term planning, such as the Resident Voice Strategy
- improve communication between council home residents and council teams
How the panel works
You can find out how the panel works in our pdf Resident and Community Panel terms of reference(240 KB) .
Community organisations involved
Community organisations represented on the panel include:
- TALO Community
- Housing Matters
- Bristol Older People's Forum
- Caring in Bristol
- Black South West Network
Recent activity
Since November 2025, the panel has:
- taken part in the recruitment panel to select the new Executive Director of Housing, David McNulty, who joins Bristol City Council in March 2026
- shaped the Resident Voice Strategy, which will go to the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee in spring 2026
- recommended improvements to the MyBristolHousing online resident portal, to make it more accessible to use
- told us more about the housing issues that matter to residents and will include this in their work plan
Meeting dates
The panel will meet on a Tuesday, four times a year:
- 12 May 2026
- 1 September 2026
- 24 November 2026
- 23 March 2027
There is the option to hold two additional meetings and optional working groups as needed.
Raise an issue with the panel
To ask a question or raise a community issue with the panel, email: tpu@bristol.gov.uk
Questions and issues must be related to council homes. We'll pass your message to the panel.
If the panel agrees to discuss it, your issue or question can be added to the panel's agenda. If the panel can't respond, a council officer will do so on their behalf.
Join the Resident and Community Panel
Currently all the spaces are full on the panel.
To be told when there's a free space, sign up on our tenant participation page.
To join, you must be a council tenant or leaseholder or a voluntary community sector organisation. The panel welcomes people from all backgrounds.