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Delivering housing growth – A collection of essays

Showcasing the positive approach that councils across the country are taking to deliver housing growth.

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Developing healthier places COVER

Developing healthier places

The information in this guide has been drawn from 10 workshops, and other events, held across England in 2017.

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Duty to refer: an opportunity to cooperate to tackle homelessness

In this report we hope councils and their partners will find useful advice for best meeting the duty to refer responsibilities, along with examples of what genuine cooperation looks like from within England and Wales. 

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Effective delivery of strategic sites

Effective delivery of strategic sites: a toolkit for planning authorities

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Effective delivery of strategic sites (accessible version)

There are a number of ‘stages’ in the planning process, and this Toolkit is structured to take you through each stage of these in turn.

Engaging and empowering tenants in council-owned housing

Engaging and empowering tenants in council-owned housing

Engaging and involving tenants is a core activity for council landlords and the LGA want to understand and highlight good practice, the challenges faced and any additional support required. Engagement, like housing, is under increased scrutiny across the sector presently, which is welcome and long overdue.

Evidence-led approaches to tackling rough sleeping in rural communities – local authority practice guide in bold green writing

Evidence-led approaches to tackling rough sleeping in rural communities: Local authority practice guide

The Rural Homelessness Counts coalition, co-ordinated by English Rural Housing Association, the Local Government Association and the Centre for Homelessness Impact worked to establish a working group of local authority housing leads to identify emerging practice and develop new data-led solutions to rural rough sleeping.

Fire safety in purpose-built flats

This document was commissioned by the Government and was written by experts in the field of fire safety. It was published in July 2011.

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Get in on the Act: Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018 COVER

Get in on the Act: Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018

The Bill completed its parliamentary stages on 16 October 2018 and received Royal Assent, becoming law on 1 November 2018.

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Hard to decarbonise social homes

This report examines the decarbonisation of social homes.

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Make It Local

To deliver priorities for the public the Government needs to #MakeItLocal

Make It Local

By the start of 2025, we will have had a general election. This is a moment of opportunity.

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