08 August 2008
London Councils launches framework for future government housing reforms
UK - London Councils has set out eight simple policy tests to ensure that any future government housing reforms will benefit all the capital's communities.
The tests are outlined in the document 'Rethinking Housing', launched to influence the government's housing reform green paper, which is expected later this year.
The document spells out the challenges facing London's housing market. London remains the least affordable region in the UK with 1.6 million households on social housing waiting lists.
But it also points the way forward to begin developing solutions to these challenges.
As well as the eight policy tests, Rethinking Housing sets out six key reforms that the next government housing green paper should address, including:
More freedom and flexibilities for local authorities
More effective cross agency working
More targeted help for those who are workless and homeless
Better use of the private rented sector
Better support for owner occupation
More opportunities to house homeless households."
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