HOUSING

A fundamental principle of sustainable communities is that everyone should have the opportunity of a decent home at a price they can afford, in a place in which they want to live and work. The Deputy Prime Minister’s five-year plan Sustainable Communities: Homes for All, published in January 2005 sets out how ODPM will do this. Read more about Housing...

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This section contains further information about how the Housing Act 2004 will reform the housing market as well as guidance for social housing tenants and private tenants on their rights, responsibilities and of how they may participate in their community. Housing finance and management topics are provided for housing practitioners, Local Housing Authorities and Registered Social Landlords.

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Government response to Kate Barker's review of housing supply

The Government's response (published 5 December 2005) to Kate Barker's Review will make housing more affordable for the next generation so that young families can afford a home of their own in the future. Includes supporting research, case studies and factsheets.

• Sustainable Communities and Housing
  • This section includes key housing policy documents, Government's response to the Barker Review of housing supply, information on the Housing Act 2004, regional housing strategies, and links to housing related resources.
• Buying, selling, owning a home
  • The Home Information Pack, residential leaseholds, park/mobile homes and information on home ownership schemes, such as Key worker living and the Right to Buy.
• Renting and letting
  • This section is split to cover both the private rented sector (private tenants and landlords) and social housing sector (council, RSL, other public sector tenants). Includes useful booklets on the rights and responsibilities of tenants in each sector.
• Making homes decent
  • ODPM's aim is by 2010, to bring all social housing into decent condition, with most of the improvement taking place in deprived areas, and increase the proportion of private housing in decent condition occupied by vulnerable groups.
• Managing housing
  • Management topics including allocation of accommodation, anti-social behaviour, Best Value, Choice-Based Lettings, community cohesion and diversity, empty homes, Gypsies and Travellers, local authority housing management and tenant participation.
• Information for local authority housing officers
• Housing research
  • Research on Housing issues; including increasing the provision of affordable housing in areas of high demand, addressing the problems of low demand, and abandonment.
• Housing statistics
  • Statistical releases, reports, and latest available data (Live Tables) covering a wide range of housing topics including: stocks, housebuilding, house prices and homelessness.
• Consultation papers
  • Current and archived consultation papers relating to Housing.
• Housing e-mail contacts and quick links
  • Enquiry e-mail addresses and quick links for housing policy subject areas and functions.