East Midlands Housing Review
The East Midlands housing market has changed rapidly in recent years with massive growth in private renting, a stagnant home ownership market and a shrinking supply of affordable homes.
Since the General Election, the Government has lost no time in changing the housing landscape. With a focus firmly on home ownership, the Housing and Planning Bill looks set to fundamentally alter the way in which councils can intervene in their local housing markets. To help councils assess the significance of these changes on their roles within a fast-moving housing market, East Midlands Councils held a housing summit on 15 June in Nottingham looking at the changing market, the future of social housing provision and the potential for further innovation in delivering good, sustainable housing and regeneration programmes.
The Housing Review assesses the main trends across the East Midlands and the impact of the Government’s emerging housing policies as well as highlighting best practice by local authorities across the region.
