Briefings and responses

Councils are committed to working with Government and developers to meet the Government’s aspirations of 300,000 new homes per year, with land for more than 2.6 million homes allocated in Local Plans.

Faced with increasing demand, reducing budgets, falling social housing and wide-ranging welfare reforms, it is clear that councils cannot tackle this challenge alone.

Councils are delivering homelessness strategies that seek to respond to local conditions.

We are calling for Government to work collaboratively with councils throughout any transfer of ownership to a private company.

This briefing provides the LGA view on relevant amendments tabled by the Government on 15 November.

Councils once again have a key role in delivering more affordable housing and helping to build 300,000 new homes a year.

This briefing provides a summary of some of the key changes to the final revised National Planning Policy Framework from the version consulted on earlier this year, with a focus on the areas that the LGA has lobbied on.

While we welcome the measures in the Bill, we have significant concerns about the capacity of councils’ housing teams to undertake all of the new responsibilities that are proposed. It will be vital for Government to fully fund the measures for them to be effective.

Councils work in partnership with investors and landlords of all tenures to raise standards across the private rented sector.

We welcome the Tenant Fees Bill and the Government’s intention to make private rented accommodation more accessible.