The Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC) and English Partnerships, are working together to develop a strategy to boost skills that will ensure the effective and efficient use of brownfield land. Because the demand for new housing in England is outstripping supply, brownfield development will have to provide a large proportion of these new homes. However, securing the highly skilled workforce this requires is still a problem. The Draft Brownfield Skills Strategy, makes 25 recommendations to address the issue of brownfield skills and is currently available for public consultation, until 27 May 2008. The final strategy and implementation plan will be published in summer 2008.