Consultation outcome

A fairer future for social housing

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Published: 22 November 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

A fairer future for social housing consultation: summary of responses

Ref: ISBN 9781409828617

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Detail of outcome

This document summarises responses to the consultation paper, ‘Local decisions: a fairer future for social housing’, and indicates the government’s intentions on next steps in the reform of social housing.

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Original consultation

Summary

This document sets out the government’s plans for radical reform to the social housing system.

This consultation ran from
22 November 2010 to 11:45pm on 17 January 2011

Consultation description

This document sets out the government’s plans for radical reform to the social housing system. It includes changes on:

• tenure
• management of waiting lists
• homelessness duty

It also covers the introduction of a new ‘affordable rent’ tenancy and changes to the system of council housing finance. It includes measures to improve mobility, tackle overcrowding and under-occupation. The reforms will ensure that social landlords can make better use of social housing and target support where it is needed most.

Documents

Local decisions: a fairer future for social housing

Ref: ISBN 9781409826460

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Local decisions: a fairer future for social housing - summary

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Published 22 November 2010