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| Format | Status | Title | Description | Size | Download | |
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| Current | At a glance guide on status of proposed national policies – Updated April 2019 | File size: 455KB | Published Date: 01/04/2019 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network blog: Homelessness Reduction Act – One Year On | File size: 268KB | Published Date: 26/03/2019 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies – Updated March 2019 | File size: 455KB | Published Date: 04/03/2019 | Download | ||
| Current | English Housing and Private Landlord Survey | File size: 514KB | Published Date: 25/02/2019 | Download | ||
| Current | Housing review of the year 2018 | File size: 681KB | Published Date: 30/01/2019 | Download | ||
| Current | The role of systems change in tackling homelessness | File size: 1MB | Published Date: 21/01/2019 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies – December 2018 | File size: 516KB | Published Date: 07/01/2019 | Download | ||
| docx | Current | The HQN Brexit checklist – Word version | File size: 912KB | Published Date: 21/12/2018 | Download | |
| Current | The HQN Brexit checklist | File size: 436KB | Published Date: 20/12/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network Blog: The future of the DFG | File size: 208KB | Published Date: 11/12/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies – November 2018 | File size: 512KB | Published Date: 03/12/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Network briefing – Housing and disabled people – Britain's hidden crisis | File size: 568KB | Published Date: 29/11/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network Blog: Making council housebuilding great again | File size: 248KB | Published Date: 27/11/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Ask the members summary – Grant funding | File size: 532KB | Published Date: 31/10/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Network briefing – Infrastructure and housing | File size: 2MB | Published Date: 23/10/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Network blog – EDI aspects of the Green Paper | File size: 340KB | Published Date: 22/10/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network blog: How to build successful new communities | File size: 344KB | Published Date: 08/10/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network blog: raising the profile of social housing | File size: 250KB | Published Date: 17/09/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies – September 2018 | File size: 511KB | Published Date: 10/09/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Briefing – Overview of allocations and lettings | File size: 2MB | Published Date: 03/09/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Briefing: The Social Housing Green Paper | File size: 990KB | Published Date: 17/08/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Analysis of housing complaints to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman | File size: 2MB | Published Date: 10/08/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies – August 2018 | File size: 444KB | Published Date: 07/08/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network blog - What are CLTs and why are they important | File size: 221KB | Published Date: 16/07/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network blog – Local Government Association Conference - the real housing event | File size: 253KB | Published Date: 09/07/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Building a safer future - the Hackitt Review: An overview | File size: 901KB | Published Date: 08/06/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies - Update May 2018 | File size: 440KB | Published Date: 04/06/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Network briefing – The essential housing policy blog for new councillors – Part 1 | File size: 578KB | Published Date: 04/05/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies - Update April 2018 | File size: 510KB | Published Date: 30/04/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Network briefing – Labour's Housing Green Paper | File size: 909KB | Published Date: 26/04/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Planning obligations (Section 106 Agreements) and community infrastructure levies | File size: 744KB | Published Date: 17/04/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Network briefing – Social housing rents in England – reasons for reform | File size: 1012KB | Published Date: 12/04/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | The challenges to choice-based lettings | File size: 552KB | Published Date: 19/03/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | SEN at a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies - Updated March 2018 | File size: 554KB | Published Date: 05/03/2018 | Download | ||
| xlsx | Current | Homelessness Prevention Toolkit checklist HQN | The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 gained Royal Assent on 27 April, in the final hours before Parliament was dissolved. The Act places new responsibilities on local authorities in England (LAs) to provide advice and assistance to prevent homelessness, regardless of priority need, at an earlier stage. | File size: 3MB | Published Date: 08/02/2018 | Download |
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies – February 2018 | File size: 1MB | Published Date: 06/02/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Network briefing – London strategic planning issues | File size: 2MB | Published Date: 01/02/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Welfare reform timeline 2018 | File size: 160KB | Published Date: 18/01/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | The rise and rise of the private rented sector | File size: 2MB | Published Date: 17/01/2018 | Download | ||
| Current | Proposals for funding for supported housing | File size: 395KB | Published Date: 06/12/2017 | Download | ||
| Current | At a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies | File size: 586KB | Published Date: 04/12/2017 | Download | ||
| Current | Tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in England | File size: 2MB | Published Date: 21/11/2017 | Download | ||
| Current | Member briefing – Kicking the can down the road - the government consultation paper on 'Planning the right homes in the right places.' | File size: 2MB | Published Date: 20/10/2017 | Download | ||
| Current | Strategic Network at a glance guide on the status of proposed national policies | File size: 448KB | Published Date: 06/10/2017 | Download | ||
| Current | Member briefing – The planning system: 'too politically difficult to reform to deliver the homes we need'? | File size: 560KB | Published Date: 31/08/2017 | Download | ||
| Current | Boosting affordable housing supply - The challenges ahead | File size: 334KB | Published Date: 24/07/2017 | Download | ||
| Current | SEN member briefing: Devolutions and mayoral elections | Despite the General Election, there was considerable media coverage of the mayoral elections in six city regions and sub-regions on Thursday 4 May 2017. The success of Conservative candidates in four areas heightened the interest! | File size: 467KB | Published Date: 04/07/2017 | Download | |
| Current | HQN enabling toolkit | This new Strategic Excellence Network (SEN) toolkit replaces the previous HQN enabling checklist which many enabling services have previously used to assess their performance. It covers a wider range of work areas, reflecting the more complex environment in which many teams now operate. | File size: 716KB | Published Date: 27/06/2017 | Download | |
| Current | SEN member briefing: Running fast to stand still | Progress on linking housing with health and social care is at best slow at the national level, even though there is an ever-increasing evidence base highlighting that good housing can help to address issues such as delayed discharges. | File size: 319KB | Published Date: 19/06/2017 | Download | |
| Current | Great Expectations – preparing for the challenge of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 | The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 gained Royal Assent on 27 April, in the final days before Parliament was dissolved. The Act places new responsibilities on local authorities to provide advice and assistance to prevent homelessness, regardless of priority need, at an earlier stage. | File size: 268KB | Published Date: 08/06/2017 | Download |