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This section includes briefing papers written by SEN for members; our programme has been developed from member requests and in response to emerging policy and practice. If you would like to request a paper on a specific topic please email

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Access and Choice
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Choice based lettings update - Spring 2008 28-05-2008
Lifetime Homes - a national strategy for housing in an ageing society - 20-03-08 20-03-2008
Disabled Facilities Grant reform - the package of changes 17-03-2008
Enabling choice and independence for disabled people 17-03-2008
Whither choice-based lettings - a strategic perspective 27-06-2007
The code of practice on racial equality in housing 24-04-2007
Improving access to the private rented sector 01-01-2007
CLG Supply and Resources 01-01-2007

Enabling
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Homes and communities agency and tenant services authority 16-09-2008
Ensuring a fair housing market for all 15-09-2008
Enabling affordable housing toolkit 12-09-2008
Housing and planning - update on recent changes to the planning system 23-07-2008
Regular market engagement - making the most of it! 12-05-2008
17-12-07 Housing enabling in rural areas 17-12-2007
Innovation and Good Practice 24-10-2007
Digest read - National Affordable Housing Programme 27-09-2007
National Affordable Housing Programme 2008-2011 25-09-2007
      SEN has produced a digest of the programme guidance
Housing Green Paper 23-08-2007
Planning and sustainability 22-08-2007
      HQN has published a briefing paper on 'planning for a sustainable future'. The Strategy Excellence Network will be publishing a more specific briefing on the implications of the Planning White Paper in the autumn
Meeting of Rural Housing Advisory Group 04-06-2007
Businesses hit by housing crisis 04-06-2007
Housing Links - Housing and Planning 01-01-2007
The Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 01-01-2007

Homelessness
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Housing, children and young people 02-06-2008
A new approach to tackling rough sleeping 01-06-2008
Help! How do I write a homelessness strategy in four short months 04-04-2008
Setting your homelessness strategy in the broader national policy and strategy context 13-09-2007
Homelessness strategies - preparing for the 2008 deadline 22-08-2007
Tackling youth homelessness re-housing young people aged under 18 29-06-2007
Gypsies and Travellers - Mainstreaming the issues 20-04-2007
How to become excellent in procuring adaptations for people with disabilities 01-01-2007
Analysis of strategic housing Best Value PIs 2005 - 2006 01-01-2007

Private sector
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Private sector strategy - the government's housing agenda 17-12-2007
Tenancy deposit protection shows early success 04-06-2007
Landlords: responses to the Disability Discrimination Act 04-06-2007
 The HHSRS - guidance, response and parlimentary debate 01-01-2007
The HHSRS - past, present and future 01-01-2007
Getting the best out of BVPI 62 and 64 01-01-2007
The past and present - equity release 01-01-2007
Private sector housing key lines of enquiry no9 01-01-2007
Reviewing and developing your housing renewal policy 01-01-2007
Private sector housing strategies - briefing 01-01-2007
Landlord and property accreditaion schemes 01-01-2007
 Effective working with Home Improvement Agencies 01-01-2007
Loan based assistance to homeowners - the use of loans as an income generator 01-01-2007
Loan based assistance for homeowners - the use of loans to enable vulnerable householders access to Decent Homes 01-01-2007
HMO Licensing - a practical guide 01-01-2007
 Housing Health and Safety Rating System 01-01-2007
Audit Commission KLOE 9 - private sector housing 01-01-2007
Licensing and accreditation - latest developments in the private rented sector 01-01-2007
Local Area Agreements - context and basics 01-01-2007

Regeneration and renewal
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Transforming places; changing lives 01-10-2008
GLCL best performance from developer partners 20-08-2008
Alternative models of delivering affordable new-build housing 10-07-2008
Making the best use of existing housing - 04-07-08 04-07-2008
How to work with developers and housing associations 11-06-2008
Institutionalism racism in regeneration schemes 04-06-2007
Special feature on housing market pathfinders 04-06-2007
Evaluation of Housing Market Renewal 01-01-2007
Sustainable Communities - People, Places and Prosperity 01-01-2007
Sustainable Communities - Homes for All 01-01-2007

Research
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Affordability modelling in housing market assessment 25-06-2007

Rural Excellence
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17-12-07 Housing enabling in rural areas 17-12-2007
Community land trusts in England 28-11-2007
Engaging positively with communities - Summary of issues 04-11-2007
Developing and implementing a strategy - Summary of issues 02-11-2007
Harnessing resources - Summary of issues 02-11-2007
Linking housing and economic regeneration - Summary of issues 02-11-2007
  Link to the SEN/I&DeA discussion forum 30-10-2007
Link to I&DeA Rural Excellence website 30-10-2007

Social housing
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Analysis of Local Authority Housing Performance England 2003-04 01-01-2007
Analysis of Local Authority Housing Performance 2002-03 - the North East Region 01-01-2007
Analysis of Local Authority Housing Performance 2002-03 - the West Midlands Region 01-01-2007
Analysis of 2003-04 Housing Corporation PIs for HAs in England 01-01-2007
Analysis of Local Authority Housing Performance 2002-03 01-01-2007
RSL Annual Efficiency Statements - HQN Guidance Notes 01-01-2007
Sustainable Communities - People, Places and Prosperity 01-01-2007
Sustainable Communities - Homes for All 01-01-2007

Strategic approach
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Reviewing and refreshing your housing strategy 20-11-2008
Private sector strategy - the government's housing agenda 17-12-2007
Digest read - Negotiating new Local Area Agreements 25-10-2007
Accompanying note - Engaging in Local Area Agreements 25-10-2007
Innovation and Good Practice 24-10-2007
Local Area Agreements 22-10-2007
SEN paper in response to LAA event 22-10-2007
Trends in the UK housing market - a review 18-10-2007
Housing headlines from the 2007 Pre-budget report and Comprehensive Spending Review 16-10-2007
Strategic Housing - Green Paper response 16-10-2007
Housing market analysis 20-09-2007
      HQN has published a broad overview paper on this topic
  Community cohesion 11-09-2007
    HQN has produced a briefing paper on the Commission on Integration and Cohesion's final report
  Audit Commission KLOE 11-09-2007
    HQN has published an overview on the recent and proposed changes
Gypsies and Travellers - the housing agenda - An update 13-08-2007
Speech - Yvette Cooper Minister for Housing and Planning 04-06-2007
Commission on intergration and cohesion 04-06-2007
East European immigration and community cohesion 04-06-2007
Social cohesion in diverse communities 04-06-2007
Experiences of Central and Eastern European migrants 04-06-2007
The Thames Gateway: Laying the foundations 04-06-2007
Watchdog rebukes muddled Thames gateway regeneration 04-06-2007
 SEN Newsletter 1 29-05-2007
Audit Commissions new twin KLOEs 20-04-2007
Energy services and income generation in the private sector and elsewhere 01-01-2007
Combining agendas to create more incentive 01-01-2007
Energy tax credits and reduced council tax 01-01-2007
Option Appraisal Approaches for Housing Strategies 01-01-2007
Introduction to the Housing Strategy role of Local Authorities 01-01-2007
Links between the housing strategy and other local strategies 01-01-2007
National and regional priorities 01-01-2007
Resources for housing strategies 01-01-2007
 Priorities and option appraisal 01-01-2007
Action plans, monitoring and reporting - briefing16 01-01-2007
ODPM Consultation Paper on BVPIs 2005-06 01-01-2007
Value - The Impartial Efficiency Briefing 01-01-2007
Gypsies and travellers - mainstreaming the issues (1) 01-01-2007
Gypsies and travellers - mainstreaming the issues (2) 01-01-2007

Support
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How the social housing sector can help to tackle worklessness 23-10-2008
Disabled adaptations - the current agenda 14-10-2008
The Socially Excluded Adults Public Service Agreement 26-08-2008
Independence and opportunity 09-10-2007
Supporting People Outcomes Framework 04-06-2007
Local government reform impact on providers 09-05-2007

Weekly Update Archive
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SEN Weekly Update 11 - 17 November 2008 18-11-2008
SEN Weekly Update 4 - 10 November 2008 10-11-2008
SEN Weekly Update 28 October - 3 November 2008 03-11-2008
SEN Weekly Update 21 - 27 October 2008 27-10-2008
SEN Weekly Update 14 - 20 October 2008 20-10-2008
SEN Weekly Update 7 - 13 October 2008 13-10-2008
SEN Weekly Update 30 September - 6 October 2008 06-10-2008
SEN Weekly Update 23 - 29 September 2008 29-09-2008
SEN Weekly Update 16 - 22 September 2008 22-09-2008
SEN Weekly Update 9 - 15 September 2008 15-09-2008
SEN Weekly Update 2 - 8 September 2008 08-09-2008
SEN Weekly Update 26 August - 1 September 2008 01-09-2008
SEN Weekly Update 19 - 25 August 2008 26-08-2008
SEN Weekly Update 12 - 18 August 2008 18-08-2008
SEN Weekly Update 5 - 11 August 2008 11-08-2008
SEN Weekly Update 29 July - 4 August 2008 04-08-2008
SEN Weekly Update 22 - 28 July 2008 28-07-2008
SEN Weekly Update 15 - 21 July 2008 21-07-2008
SEN Weekly Update 8 - 14 July 2008 14-07-2008
SEN Weekly Update 1 - 7 July 2008 08-07-2008
SEN Weekly Update 24 - 30 June 2008 01-07-2008
SEN Weekly Update 17 - 23 June 2008 24-06-2008
SEN Weekly Update 10 - 16 June 2008 16-06-2008
SEN Weekly Update 3 - 9 June 2008 09-06-2008
SEN Weekly Update 27 May - 2 June 2008 03-06-2008
SEN Weekly Update 20 - 26 May 2008 27-05-2008
SEN Weekly Update 13 - 19 May 2008 20-05-2008
SEN Weekly Update 6 - 12 May 2008 12-05-2008
SEN Weekly Update 29 April - 5 May 2008 08-05-2008
SEN Weekly Update 22 - 28 April 2008 29-04-2008
SEN Weekly Update 15 - 21 April 2008 21-04-2008
SEN Weekly Update 8 - 14 April 2008 14-04-2008
SEN Weekly Update 1 - 7 April 2008 07-04-2008
SEN Weekly Update 18 - 31 March 2008 31-03-2008
SEN Weekly Update 11 - 17 March 2008 20-03-2008
SEN Weekly Update 4 - 10 March 2008 11-03-2008
SEN Weekly Update 26 February - 3 March 2008 03-03-2008
SEN Weekly Update 19 - 25 February 2008 25-02-2008
SEN Weekly Update 42 12 - 18 February 2008 19-02-2008
SEN Weekly Update 41 5-11 February 2008 13-02-2008
SEN Weekly Update 41 5-11 February 2008 12-02-2008
SEN Weekly Update 29 - 4 February 2008 05-02-2008
SEN Weekly Update 22-28 January 2008 29-01-2008
SEN Weekly update 15 - 21 January 2008 24-01-2008
SEN Weekly Update 08 - 14 January 2008 22-01-2008
SEN Weekly Update 11 - 17 December 2007 21-12-2007
SEN Weekly Update 4 - 10 December 2007 19-12-2007
SEN Weekly Update 27 November - 3 December 2007 05-12-2007
 SEN Weekly Update 32 - 28 November 2007 28-11-2007
SEN Weekly Update 13 - 19 November 2007 20-11-2007
SEN Weekly Update 30 October - 5 November 2007 07-11-2007
SEN Weekly Update 23 - 29 October 2007 30-10-2007
SEN Weekly Update 16 - 22 October 2007 23-10-2007
SEN Weekly Update 09 - 16 October 2007 17-10-2007
SEN Weekly Update 02 - 08 October 2007 09-10-2007
SEN Weekly Update 25 September - 01 October 2007 02-10-2007
SEN Weekly Update 18 - 24 September 2007 25-09-2007
SEN Weekly Update 18 - 24 September 2007 25-09-2007
SEN Weekly Update 04 - 10 September 2007 11-09-2007
SEN Weekly Update 28 August - 3 September 2007 04-09-2007
SEN Weekly Update 21 - 27 August 2007 28-08-2007
 SEN weekly Update 14 -20 August 2007 22-08-2007
SEN Weekly Update 07 - 13 August 2007 14-08-2007
SEN weekly update 31 July - 6 August 2007 07-08-2007
SEN Weekly Update 24 - 30 July 2007 31-07-2007
SEN Weekly Update 17 - 23 July 2007 23-07-2007
SEN Weekly Update 03 - 16 July 2007 17-07-2007
SEN Weekly Update 26 June - 2 July 2007 03-07-2007
SEN Weekly Update 19 - 25 June 2007 26-06-2007
SEN Weekly Update 12 - 18 June 2007 19-06-2007
SEN Weekly Update 05 - 11 June 2007 13-06-2007
SEN Weekly Update 29 May - 04 June 2007 04-06-2007
SEN Weekly Update 22 - 28 May 2007 28-05-2007
SEN Weekly Update 15 - 21 May 2007 21-05-2007
SEN Weekly Update 08 - 14 May 2007 14-05-2007
SEN Weekly Update 01 - 07 May 2007 07-05-2007
SEN Weekly Update 24 - 30 April 2007 30-04-2007
SEN Weekly Update 17 - 23 April 2007 23-04-2007
SEN Weekly Update 03 - 16 April 2007 16-04-2007


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Reviewing and refreshing your housing strategy
A guidance note which is intended to help you understand ‘where you are and where you need to be’, and to seek support from others within your area to develop your strategic approach further
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