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
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
Next meeting
Next meeting: 6pm to 8pm, Tuesday 24 February 2026
The agenda will be added on this page by Monday 16 February 2026.
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.