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Access and choice

Access and choice

Successful Sub regional CBL bids 03-05-2007

Good Practice Note 12 CBL 03-05-2007

Bidding Guidance - Regional & Sub regional CBL 03-05-2007

Local Authorities and Gyspies & Travellers: Guide to responsibilities & powers 03-05-2007

Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Assessments:Draft Practice Guide 03-05-2007

Enabling

Enabling

	Affordable Housing and Local Housing Companies 14-11-2007
	CLG has launched a local housing companies (LHC) initiative in 14 areas. This will focus on key workers and first time buyers

	Town planning and health services 09-10-2007
	The Department of Health has published a helpful guide to the planning system. It provided a useful overview of the current system as well as highlighting how health service strategy relates to planning (and housing). There is an extensive bibliography as well as a range of case studies

	Open market Homebuy 20-09-2007
	Inside Housing (14 September 2007) has an article and an editorial highlighting that RSLs have been unable so far to make this scheme work effectively. In particular the cost for customers has pushed it out of the range of many targeted groups

	Protocols between councils and the Housing Corporation 22-08-2007
	Northampton Borough Council has signed a protocol with the Housing Corporation for the deliverable affordable housing

	Role of private sector in providing affordable housing 17-07-2007
	The Home Builders Federation has published a report highlighting the role of the private sector in meeting the challenge of affordable housing provision through, for example, shared ownership

	Progress in delivering rural affordable housing 20-06-2007
	Inside Housing (11 May 2007) has a feature article on the limited progress on delivering the recommendations of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission that was published in May 2006

	Progress in delivering rural affordable housing 20-06-2007
	Inside Housing (11 May 2007) has a feature article on the limited progress on delivering the recommendations of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission that was published in May 2006

	RTPI on challenges of providing more homes 20-06-2007
	The RTPI has published a report highlighting the challenges of providing more homes - for a summary

	RTPI on challenges of providing more homes 20-06-2007
	It argues that there are many other factors detrimentally affecting housebuilding outputs than just the planning system. These include including land banking by developers. The full report can be downloaded

Planning for Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Issues and Good Practice 01-05-2007

Launch of the National Housing & Planning Advice Unit 01-05-2007

Planning Portal 01-05-2007

Securing Community Benefits through the Planning Process 01-05-2007

Affordable Housing Toolkit - Advice to enable Local Authorities & partners maximise the supply of affordable housing 01-05-2007

Developing new affordable rural housing 01-05-2007

Making use of existing space 01-05-2007

A good design guide 01-05-2007

Affordable Rural Housing Initiative - Interim Report on results and next steps - 2007-05-01 01-05-2007

Local Authorities and Gypsies & Travellers: Guide to responsibilities & powers 01-05-2007

Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Assessments:Draft Practice Guide 01-05-2007

Homes for Guildford - Planning for Affordable Housing 01-01-2007

S106 RESPONSES 01-01-2007

Homelessness

Homelessness

Wycombe Winter Night Shelter Report 2008 24-06-2008

	Youth homelessness 23-10-2007
	CLG has launched a database to provide advice on tackling youth homelessness

Settled housing solutions in the private rented sector 01-10-2007

	Housing Corporation Homelessness Action Team 28-08-2007
	The Housing Corporation Homelessness Action Team has a dedicated section on the website. Content includes examples of good practice by housing associations in tackling homelessness and working with local authority partners

Homelessness prevention toolkit 25-06-2007

Report of the LGA Gypsy & Traveller Task Group - June 2006 02-05-2007

Private sector

Private sector

Settled housing solutions in the private rented sector 01-10-2007

	Housing and migrant workers 07-08-2007
	Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) has highlighted that many councils are experiencing difficulties coping with the problems faced by migrant workers in the private rented sector

	Home Information Packs (HIPs) 07-08-2007
	These came into force for four bedroom properties from 1 August 2007
	Home Information Packs (HIPs) 07-08-2007
	These came into force for four bedroom properties from 1 August 2007

	Private renting 17-07-2007
	Shelter's housing magazine, Roof (July/August 2007), focuses on a number of aspects of private renting including preventing tenant eviction, housing advice and landlord registration in Scotland. The Law Commission has published a consultation paper on how to promote responsible behaviour by private landlords on tackling, for example, anti-social behaviour

	Houses in Multiple Occupation 19-06-2007
	The CLG has published guides for landlords and tenants on HMOs

	Welfare benefit reform and private sector landlords 19-06-2007
	Inside Housing (20 April 2007, p 6) reports that there is a growing debate about whether the roll out of local housing allowances under the Welfare Reform Bill will lead to greater rent arrears and result in private landlords looking to new niche markets such as A8 migrants

Equity release - the Greenwich example 01-01-2007

Reviewing and developing your housing renewal policy 01-01-2007

Empty Dwelling Management Orders 01-01-2007

Delivering a decent level of thermal comfort in the private and private rented housing sectors - a case study 01-01-2007

Private Sector Presentation 01-01-2007

Regeneration and renewal

Regeneration and renewal

Mixed Tenure and Sustainable Communities 02-05-2007

Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment:Guidance Manual 2004 02-05-2007

Research

Research

	Homelessness and poor housing in Wales 19-06-2007
	The commission on homelessness and poor housing in Wales has also highlighted the lack of affordable housing as a major issue

Social housing

Social housing

	Housing association stock rationalisation 19-06-2007
	The Housing Corporation has published a report and toolkit to aid stock rationalisation

Rethinking Social Housing 02-05-2007

Cash Incentive Schemes 01-01-2007

Strategic approach

Strategic approach

	Housing Corporation innovation and good practice programme 23-10-2007
	The Housing Corporation has now published full details of this programme and is calling for expressions of interest in five fields - tackling worklessness, promoting community cohesion, tackling climate change in the existing stock, efficiency in housing management and transforming estates

The strategic approach to housing - targets and performance indicators 01-10-2007

Developing a strategic approach to housing 01-10-2007

	Cambridgeshire Horizons 20-09-2007
	This sub-regional delivery vehicle has published its latest ezine

	Housing Corporation innovation and good practice programme 20-09-2007
	Initial details for 2008-20210 have been published. Key themes are tackling worklessness, promoting community cohesion, tackling climate change in existing stock, efficiency in housing management and transforming estates. Linked to this the Housing Corporation has published the fifth edition of its magazine

	Shropshire and Herefordshire Housing Officers Group (SHHOG) 28-08-2007
	SHHOG, which is a good example of sub-regional collaborative working on housing, has set up its own website. It contains details of a number of projects including sub-regional choice-based lettings scheme, 'Your Housing Options', and a Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA)

	Community cohesion 22-08-2007
	The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) has published a good practice guide for local authorities on new European migration

	Community cohesion 22-08-2007
	It covers housing and homelessness as well as other services. There is strong emphasis on tackling issues in the private rented sector

	Community cohesion 22-08-2007
	The Institute of Community Cohesion has launched various publications and toolkits to help councils and other stakeholders

	Community cohesion 22-08-2007
	There is a good practice resource focussing on housing featuring examples from Greater Manchester, Leicester, Rochdale, Southampton, Testway Housing and Waltham Forest

Toolkit to develop a value for money strategy 17-07-2007

	Housing Strategy and Statistical Appendices (HSSA) 03-07-2007
	CLG has updated its webpages on this topic

	IDeA progamme on strategic housing function 20-06-2007
	The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) has published the first of its papers on its programme being run with the CIH and HQN on strategic housing. 'Community leadership and the strategic housing role in local government' can be downloaded from

	IDeA progamme on strategic housing function 20-06-2007
	There are still places available for one of the five seminars launching this paper - Bristol on Tuesday 26 June 2007

	Strategic housing in rural areas 20-06-2007
	IDeA and HQN are running an action learning programme for improving the strategic housing function in rural areas in autumn 2007

	Strategic housing in rural areas 20-06-2007
	The Commission for Rural Communities has published a good practice case study on the Cumbria Sub-Regional Housing Strategy

	Strategic housing in rural areas 20-06-2007
	These CRC reports are part of a series of publications on making it happen in rural areas as a response to the Affordable Rural Housing Commission report published twelve months ago

	Guidance on Strategic Housing Investment Plans - Communities Scotland 19-06-2007
	Communities Scotland has published guidance for councils on strategic housing investment plans (SHIPs). These will form a supplement to local housing strategies

Draft Practice Guide on Housing Market Assessments 01-05-2007

The "Wanless Report" on services to older people 01-05-2007

Discussion Paper on the Renaissance of the Local Authority Strategic Housing Role 01-05-2007

Strategic Housing Market Assessments: Practice Guide 01-05-2007

Identifying sub regional housing market areas - Advice Note 01-05-2007

Engaging partners in the Housing Strategy - briefing3 01-01-2007

Bracknell Forest SHP 01-01-2007

Guildford Local Strategic Partnership Monitoring Statement 01-01-2007

Making the future happen - a strategy for housing in Salford 2004-2006 (Part 2) 01-01-2007

Making the future happen - a strategy for housing in Salford 2004-2006 01-01-2007

Newcastle Housing Forum TOR 01-01-2007

Newcastle Housing Partnership TOR 01-01-2007

Newcastle Housing Partnership 01-01-2007

Salford SHP Action Plan 05 01-01-2007

Local government reorganisation and the strategic housing role 01-01-2007

Support

Support

	Town planning and health services 09-10-2007
	The Department of Health has published a helpful guide to the planning system. It provided a useful overview of the current system as well as highlighting how health service strategy relates to planning (and housing). There is an extensive bibliography as well as a range of case studies

	Refugees and migrant workers 07-08-2007
	HACT and the CIH have jointly published the outcome of the Opening Doors project

Time to Move? A Literature Review of Housing for Older People 02-05-2007

Delivering for Older People in Rural England 02-05-2007

Sheltered and Retirement Housing: A Good Practice Guide 02-05-2007

Crossing the Housing & Care Divide - A Guide for Practitioners 02-05-2007

Putting people in control of their care: Budget Pilots 02-05-2007

Housing, Community Care & Supported Housing 02-05-2007

Crossing the Housing and Care Divide - A guide for practitioners 02-05-2007

How to become excellent in procuring adaptations for people with disabilities 01-01-2007