EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Delivering affordable housing

Delivering affordable housing

Introduction

Guidance for local authorities and other key players in the housing field to help deliver more high quality affordable housing within mixed sustainable communities by using all the tools available to them.

Description

The guidance explains that affordable housing policy is based around three themes: providing high quality homes in mixed sustainable communities for those in need; widening the opportunities for home ownership; and offering greater quality, flexibility and choice to those people who rent property. It sets out some policy objectives and then gives more detailed information about: the roles of local and national government; definition and types of affordable housing; affordable housing providers; the HomeBuy scheme; and the provision of grant and developer contributions. This guidance should be read in conjunction with Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3): Housing.

Contact info

Department for Communities and Local Government
Phone: +44 20 7944 4400
contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Publication date

01/11/2006

Article info
Organisation: Department for Communities and Local Government

Links

More information on the Department for Communities and Local Government

Guidance (PDF, 168KB) English

Planning Policy Statement 3-PPS3: Housing (PDF, 588KB) English

Document type

policy

Themes

Urban Policy > Housing

Keywords

Housing policy