Laying the foundations: a housing strategy for England II

Laying the foundations: a housing strategy for England II The Department for Communities and Local Government have released their strategy for housing in England. The report is a mighty 79 pages and can be downloaded as a pdf here.

Grand designs for more Grand Designs? Government review looks to scale up self-build housing

In April 2021 the Prime Minister commissioned Sir Richard Bacon MP to “develop a plan for a major scaling up of self-commissioned homes”. The resulting Bacon Review argues that making more land available for people to build their own homes could deliver 40,000 extra homes every year.

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Developing stronger partnerships with housing associations

This briefing examines the changing relationship between councils and housing associations since the 1988 Housing Act and proposes ways in which partnership arrangements can be strengthened in the future.

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Housing and planning round-up September 2021

An appeal to councils to house thousands of Afghan refugees is the big issue in this month’s housing and planning roundup. Other news includes homelessness, green energy, fire safety, complaints to the Housing Ombudsman and structural racism.

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