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- Housing
- Housing reform, strategy and performance
- The Housing Reform Green Paper
The Housing Reform Green Paper
The Government has announced plans to publish a housing reform green paper towards the end of 2008.
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), in partnership with Communities and Local Government, have launched an E-forum to debate the issues feeding into the green paper over the coming months. Participants will be able to put forward their questions, comments and ideas and contribute to the debate at http://housingreform.cih.co.uk/ (external link).
We have recently launched a specific discussion on the forum about how we can better provide housing services and options for young people. We have also recently carried out a roundtable discussion in partnership with the CIH with Iain Wright MP, housing and care professionals and young people themselves. Details of both can be found at the forum link above.
The reform green paper will set out proposals to provide housing services and options which help and encourage people towards greater economic independence and social mobility - matching responsibility with opportunity so that they can realise their potential and best meet their own housing aspirations in the future - and to deliver greater fairness and make best use of our resources.
In particular, we will be addressing issues such as how we can provide housing services and options that are:
- better tailored to the individual and their different needs and circumstances
- offered fairly and transparently and make best use of our limited resources
- delivered through a family of providers, led by local authorities and including housing associations and the private rented sector; and
- make ownership of all or part of a home more accessible
We have provided early notice of the housing green paper in order to open up a debate over the coming months. There will be a range of opportunities for all stakeholders to debate the issues and input into the green paper.
We have received a number of submissions in response to our request for initial views on the principles of the green paper set out above by the end of July.
If you would still like to submit views or if you have any questions you may contact us at: housingreform@communities.gsi.gov.uk
or by writing to:
Housing Reform Team
Communities and Local Government
2/H3
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
