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This section includes a number of key documents on housing provision as a public service, predominantly social housing in the UK. Housing provision is an area in which reform is ongoing and the Resource Centre will continue to track the debate here. In particular, with a need for greater private sector involvement to increase the housing supply, changes are being encouraged that would allow housing PFI schemes and the private sector to play a greater role in housing market renewal.
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| Every Tenant Matters: A Review of Social Housing Regulation (PDF) |
| Cave, Professor Martin, 2007 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government |
This independent review was undertaken at the request of the Department for Communities and Local Government. The main purpose of the report is to establish a system of regulation which is clearer and more effective than the present one. The key proposals made in the recommendations include the suggestion of an independent regulator to provide common principles to the whole social housing domain. It also suggests a greater emphasis on the protection of tenants. |
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| Cave Review of Affordable Housing Regulation- Response of the Housing Corporation (PDF) |
| Housing Corporation, 2007 |
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| This is the response to the Cave Review (also available on Resource Centre) from the Housing Corporation. The paper shows encouragement for fundamental reform of the regulatory system for affordable housing. It identifies what the Housing Corporation considers to be some of the essential characteristics of a reformed system. |
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| Whose House is it Anyway? (PDF) |
| Hills, Stephen and Lomax, Angela, 2007 |
| Chartered Institute of Housing |
| This report was produced with the support of the Housing Corporation, the government agency that funds new affordable homes and regulates housing associations in England. Its purpose is to examine the increasing role of housing associations as agents of low cost home ownership, and provides a strategic analysis with recommendations for future policy. |
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| Delivering Housing and Regeneration: Communities England and the Future of Social Housing Regulation (PDF) |
| Department for Communities and Local Government, 2007 |
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| This consultation paper released by the Department for Communities and Local Government puts forward the role Communities England, a new agency to deliver regeneration and housing. Outlining the role it will play in the future of social housing, it suggests transferring specific powers to Communities England from the Department of Communities and Local Government. The current progress and the next steps to take following the recommendations suggested in the Cave Review 2007 are also considered. The main purpose of this paper is to invite feedback in response to the proposals. |
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| The Future of Regulation of the Affordable Housing Sector in England (PDF) |
| Zitron, Jeff, 2006 |
| Chartered Institute of Housing |
| The aim of this paper from the Chartered Institute of Housing is to provide a resource to those who are engaged in the debate on the future of regulation, by supplying some brief information about the case for reform on housing regulation. The paper also identifies the most influential issues in the sector and offers options for a new system. |
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| The Government's Response to Kate Barker's Review of Housing Supply (PDF) |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2005 |
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| This report is the government's response to the review of housing supply conducted by Kate Barker. The report outlines the government's objectives in their aim to deliver a broad package of reforms and investment in tackling the low supply of housing. It provides the government's response to each of the recommendations suggested in the Barker Review. |
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| A Framework for Housing in the London Thames Gateway (Volume I) (PDF) |
| LSE Housing and Enterprise LSE Cities, 2004 |
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| This volume is the first part of an extensive report that sets out a framework for delivering new and renovated housing in an integrated and sustainable way. It outlines six key strategic issues, and makes important recommendations for the regeneration programme. |
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| A Framework for Housing in the London Thames Gateway (Volume II) (PDF) |
| LSE Housing and Enterprise LSE Cities, 2004 |
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| This volume is the second part of an extensive report setting out the changes for housing in the London Thames Gateway area. This particular volume focuses in detail, on the six key themes that make up the framework outlined in the first volume. |
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| A Framework for Housing in the London Thames Gateway (Volume III) (PDF) |
| LSE Housing and Enterprise LSE Cities, 2004 |
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| The third volume of this report provides the supplementary documents for the framework. It supplies detailed information about the boroughs in the Thames Gateway area. This volume includes statistical data on the areas and also outlines the methods of research undertaken. |
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