LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle housing shortage

LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle housing shortage


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The Local Government Association (LGA) recently launched the fifth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, a scheme that helps councils tackle housing challenges in their local areas, with a focus this year on strategic housing projects that will support housing delivery.

Past and present of the programme

The programme is now open for bids and aims to improve council capacity through the provision of independent expertise for councils undertaking specific projects to overcome the effects of the housing crisis in local communities – including on housing delivery, planning for homes, and reducing homelessness.

In the past four years of the programme, the LGA has supported more than 125 projects across England and has helped councils to build homes, reduce homelessness and rough sleeping, plan for ageing populations and understand the student housing market.

For 2021, the programme will prioritise projects that will support councils and their communities in the direct delivery of new housing. The programme will award up to £20,000 to each project for the objective of obtaining expert advice in transforming how a service or partnership meets the housing needs of communities.

The best practice and lessons learned from each project will be shared with councils and embedded into the sector support programme, which is delivered by the LGA.

Cllr David Renard, LGA housing spokesperson, commented: “Councils want to be able to play a key role in building new homes and tackling our housing shortage, which will be a central part of the recovery from the pandemic. The pandemic has demonstrated the importance and value of having a safe, secure and high-quality place to live.”

Renard continued: “The Housing Advisers Programme has delivered a broad range of support since it was first launched five years ago, helping councils deliver local priorities by tapping into the expert advice they need to innovate and improve the delivery of homes and places, the quality and security of existing homes and/or to prevent and reduce homelessness.”

Renard concluded: “We would recommend councils take a look at the programme as there are ways it can bring benefits to every local area.”

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