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The ten most recent good practice and guidance documents published on the housing site.

• Housing and Planning Delivery Grant: Allocation Mechanism and Summary of Consultation Responses

  This publication sets out confirmation of the final allocation mechanism of the Housing and Planning Delivery Grant. It also summarises the responses to the consultation published on 25 October 2007.

  • Added:  16 July 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Consultation responses; Good practice and guidance

• Tackling Overcrowding in England: Self-Assessment for Local Authorities

  This toolkit is full of practical tips designed to help local housing authorities establish an effective approach to tackling overcrowding. Published July 2008.

  • Added:  4 July 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Strategies and action plans

• Needs Analysis, Commissioning and Procurement for Housing-Related Support: A resource for housing-related support, social care, and health commissioners

  • Added:  3 July 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Reports and summaries

• Getting Started Guide: How to supply your data to NROSH

  This guide aims to help new participants familiarise themselves with the National Register of Social Housing (NROSH). Published July 2008.

  • Added:  2 July 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Tackling Overcrowding in England: Lessons from the London pilot schemes and sub-regional coordination

  This advice note provides practical solutions to tackling the most acute cases of overcrowding and highlights the good practice indentified from the work of the five pilot schemes and sub-regional coordination activity in London.

  • Added:  10 June 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Reports and summaries

• Designing Gypsy and Traveller Sites: Good Practice Guide

  This document sets out good practice in respect of the design of Gypsy and Traveller sites.

  • Added:  15 May 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Joint working between Housing and Children's Services: Preventing homelessness and tackling its effects on children and young people

  Good practice guide jointly commissioned by Department for Children, Schools and Families and Communities for Local Government on joint working in housing and children's services. Published May 2008.

  • Added:  12 May 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Model Standards 2008 for Caravan Sites in England: Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 - Section 5

  The Model Standards represent what is normally to be expected as a matter of good practice on caravan sites.

  • Added:  4 April 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Community Infrastructure Fund: Round 2 - Bidding Guidance

  Bidding guidance and Expression of Interest form for second round of the joint Communities and Local Government/Department for Transport Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF2), providing £200m to support transport schemes that support housing growth.

  • Added:  3 April 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Fund for the Development of Regional and Sub-regional Choice Based Lettings Schemes - Guidance and Instructions for submitting a proposal

  The 5 year housing plan, Homes for All - published in January 2005 - set out the Government's plans for taking forward its Choice Based Lettings (CBL) policy.

  • Added:  28 March 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Strategies and action plans