New report shines spotlight on Government
housing policy.
17 October 2011
The Housing Report is a new project aimed at holding the
Government to account for the promises it has made across a range
of areas of housing policy. The report, produced jointly by the
National Housing Federation, Shelter and the Chartered Institute of
Housing, sets out what ministers and officials said they
would do to tackle the housing crisis - and assesses to
what extent they have achieved their stated objectives.
The Report, which we plan to update over the course of the
Parliament, uses official data to establish what has been
achieved and where more attention and greater effort is required.
It rates the Government’s direction of travel under ten main
headings using a traffic light system – green for going forward,
amber for no progress and red where things are getting worse.
In the first edition of the report, published in October
2011, the Government receives four red lights – on housing
supply, homelessness, help with housing costs and affordability of
the private rented sector. It is given three amber lights, on
planning, evictions and homeownership, and two green lights, on
empty homes and mobility within the social sector.
Direct link to this page
http://www.housing.org.uk/publications/find_a_publication/general/housing_report_edition_1,_oct.aspx
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