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Good practice and guidance in strategy and plan development and delivery from undertaking research to option appraisal to commissioning. If you have practice that you think others will benefit from, please email

Access and choice
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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
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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
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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
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 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
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Mixed Tenure and Sustainable Communities 02-05-2007
Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment:Guidance Manual 2004 02-05-2007

Research
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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
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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
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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
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
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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


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