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Tackling homelessness: a strategy for housing associations - UK

Introduction

This strategy document sets out what the Housing Corporation expects housing associations to do to tackle homelessness and prevent it from happening in the first place.

Description

The Housing Corporation’s homelessness strategy focuses on six main aims:

developing better partnership working with local government
working towards sustainable, cohesive and balanced communities where people want to live
preventing homelessness by promoting coherent and seamless housing allocation and management and support for tenants
encouraging housing associations to make better use of existing housing stock
working with Regional Housing Boards to direct investment towards improving access to housing where there is housing need
promoting good practice to support housing associations and other landlords in raising performance standards.

Contact info

Housing Corporation
Phone: +44 845 230 7000
enquiries@housingcorp.gsx.gov.uk

Publication date

01/11/2006

Links

Housing Corporation

Tackling homelessness. The Housing Corporation Strategy (PDF, Eng, 288 KB)

Document type

policy

Themes

Urban Policy > Housing > Housing policy

Keywords

Homelessness