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Power to the People – Access to Housing Through Self-Help | |
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Did you know that it's possible for ordinary people to negotiate with owners of empty properties for the use of their buildings? Latest returns show that there are 943,000 empty properties in the UK, with the number rising monthly as the credit crunch continues. People are crying out for housing and community organisations are desperate for affordable premises. A new website and national initiative www.self-help-housing.org was launched on 8 July. It shows how, with the right knowledge ...
Read more... Published: Friday, July 17, 2009 |
Category: News From Creating Excellence Topic: Housing |
The Homes and Communities Agency - The Challenge for Housing Growth | |
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The Homes and Communities Agency came into being on 1 December. In the second of our series looking at its work we focus in on the challenge for housing growth. The HCA says that its vision is about creating opportunity:for people to live in homes they can afford, in places they want to live for local authorities and communities to deliver the ambition they have for their own areas It aims to achieve this by: acting as the bridge between national targets and local ambitions, with a strong regional ...
Read more... Published: Monday, December 08, 2008 |
Category: News From Creating Excellence Topic: Housing |
Review of South West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) Suggests Housing Numbers Increase | |
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The independent panel which looked at the South West draft regional plan has recommended a significant increase in housing for the whole region, increasing the annual rate of new homes from 23,060 per year in the draft RSS to 28,000. To see the full report visit the Regional Assembly's web site here.
Read more... Published: Friday, January 11, 2008 |
Category: Design Topic: Housing |
Building Houses or Creating Communities? | |
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In its role as independent sustainable development watchdog, the SDC has undertaken its first thematic review. The report is based on site visits and interviews with local authorities, developers and residents and assesses whether the Government has delivered on its promise to create sustainable communities. We found that the approach in the current housing programme to tackle housing shortages and housing market decline has constrained the government's efforts to deliver on its sustainability ...
Read more... Published: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 |
Category: Evidence Topic: Housing |
South West Regional Housing Strategy 2005-16 | |
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The South West Housing Body has launched the South West Regional Housing Strategy 2005-16. A draft Strategy was issued in February 2005 and consultation events were held around the region. 250 delegates had the opportunity to discuss the draft and its direction of travel. Sixty written responses were also received.The revised South West Regional Housing Strategy takes the consultation feedback into account. It has the support of the partners on the South West Housing Body Steering Group to be ...
Read more... Published: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 |
Category: News From Other Organisations Topic: Housing |
First results from Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder programme | |
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has released the results of its study into the first phase of the Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinder programme in parts of the Midlands and North of England.
In the first detailed examination of the origins of this important initiative in urban policy, it explores the scope and scale of activity and the complex issues facing the nine Pathfinders if they are to make the Market Renewal Programme successful.
The study, by Ian Cole of the CRESR at Sheffield Hallam ...
Read more... Published: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
Category: Previous News Topic: Housing |
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