Local housing strategies in England : an assessment of their changing role and content
By: COLE, Ian
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Contributor(s): GOODCHILD, Barry.
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ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, jan. 1995Subject(s): ChinaPolicy & Politics 23, 1, p. 49-60Abstract: Three stages in the recent evolution of local housing strategies may be distinguished the 'comprehensive' strategy, the 'alternative' strategy and the 'enabling' strategy. The discussion of the enabling role has, however, been pitched at the level of general principle, rather than its translation into practice. In this paper a survey of how local authorities have sought to prepare the new enabling strategies reveals a renewed interest in the systematic assessment of housing need and an emphasis on consultation with interested parties. The main sources of concern for local authorities are a lack of resources in relation to need and the apparent vagaries of a system of national resource allocation that is increasingly based on competitive bidding and civil servant discretion
Three stages in the recent evolution of local housing strategies may be distinguished the 'comprehensive' strategy, the 'alternative' strategy and the 'enabling' strategy. The discussion of the enabling role has, however, been pitched at the level of general principle, rather than its translation into practice. In this paper a survey of how local authorities have sought to prepare the new enabling strategies reveals a renewed interest in the systematic assessment of housing need and an emphasis on consultation with interested parties. The main sources of concern for local authorities are a lack of resources in relation to need and the apparent vagaries of a system of national resource allocation that is increasingly based on competitive bidding and civil servant discretion
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