DEVELOPMENTS IN LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING FINANCE
This book looks in depth at current developments in local authority housing finance in England – especially the implications of the introduction of self-financing and the government’s other reforms. It comes at a critical time with self-financing introduced in April 2012; Council’s retaining all their rent income locally and preparing long-term business plans; a shortage of capital resources for the Decent Homes Standard following the Comprehensive Spending Review; new challenges for Strategic Housing services to deliver new build and other outcomes with minimal funding; reforms to the welfare system; the new initiative on Right to Buy and uncertainty surrounding the future of Stock Transfer and Arms’ Length Management. 112 pages. Published in 2013.
It contains sections on:
- The Political, Economic, Social and Technical Context
- Implementation of Self-Financing
- Self-Financing Budgets and Business Plans
- Accounting for Self-Financing
- Rent Policies
- Investment Plans and the impact on them of the Borrowing Limit
- Development
- Re-invigorated Right to Buy
- The impact of the Welfare Reform Act 2012
- Approaches to achieving Efficiency and Value for Money including Lean and Systems thinking
- Arm’s Length Management, Stock Transfer and Council Community Ownership
- Strategic Housing
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