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ACRE Briefings - Housing
ACRE has published a number of Briefings on rural affordable housing. The Briefings are produced primarily for our members in the Rural Community Action Network but are also of wider relevance. ACRE Briefings, are written normally in response to a relevant topic such Government policy announcements or other new initiatives. Featured briefings include those on community led housing and the Taylor Review.
The role of CLP in generating community led housing
This briefing (2010) covers the findings of research commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency which has implications for future management and promotion of the work Community Led Planning (CLP) practitioners, Rural Housing Enablers (RHEs) and relationships with housing delivery professionals. It will also impact on ACRE’s current review of the RCAN CLP toolkit. Read ACRE's Briefing on the role of CLP in generating community led housing
Final Report from the HCA Rural Housing Project
This briefing (2010) highlights extracts from the full report of the Rural Housing Project, published in July 2010 but not available electonically until August. On the last page it signposts to the HCA Rural Housing Information Centre for further information and resources developed during the project.
Read ACRE's Briefing on the Final report from the HCA Rural Housing Project
The Right to Build and Parish Polls
Government policy is being developed on the basis of community referenda to demonstrate community support for a local initiative under the Big Society mechanisms. This briefing paper (2010) explores the current parish poll system and discusses its relevance to emerging policy. Read ACRE's Briefing on the Right to Build and Parish Polls
The Government's response to the Taylor Review
The Government response to the Taylor Review was published in March 2009. The delay had concerned rural and housing organisations believing it might mean a lack of support. However the Governments response was mainly very positive and welcomed most of Matthew Taylor’s 48 recommendations. In doing so it recognised that rural areas ‘face a range of challenges which are very different in different parts of the country and require targeted responses at local level’ . The Government also commented positively on the Review’s extensive consultation noting that it had helped shape ’a growing consensus about what is needed in the English Countryside’ ACRE supports many aspects of the Government’s response because it recognised the benefits of supporting community-led action, and increasing the long-term sustainability of local community life. Read our 2009 publication, ACRE's Briefing on the Government's response to the Taylor Review
The Homes and Communities Agency’s Single Conversation
The Single Conversation is the term the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) uses to describe how it will engage with local authorities and their partners in the private, independent and voluntary sectors. The information gathered through this process will inform the HCA's business planning and investment decisions. The aim of the Single Conversation is to be co-operative and consensual to bring forward affordable housing and regeneration based on the needs of local areas. From 2008, Read ACRE's Briefing on the HCA's Single Conversation Consultation on Planning Policy Statement 4 - Planning for Prosperous Economies
This 2008 Briefing summarises a New Draft Statement setting out in one place all the Government’s main planning polices relating to the economy. ACRE encouraged RCAN members to send submissions as individual organisations and to contribute to a joint response that we co-ordinate. Read ACRE's Briefing on Planning Policy Statement 4
