Inventing our future Collective action for a sustainable economy

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Regional Housing Strategy for the East of England: 2005–2010
1 Foreword 2
2 Executive summary 3
Introduction 3
Purpose and Vision 3
More, sustainable housing provision 4
High quality homes and environments 5
Creating inclusive communities 5
Recommendations for public investment 6
Implementation, managing and monitoring the RHS 6
3 Introduction 9
4 Purpose and vision 11
Purpose 11
Vision 12
The national strategic framework 12
The regional strategic framework 14
Housing investment sub-regions 17
Rising to the challenge: managing conflict and delivery 18
5 More, sustainable housing provision 20
Bringing about the step-change in delivery 20
Sustainable provision 29
6 High quality homes and environments 31
Quality deficit 31
Quantity, quality and cost 31
Existing housing – achieving the ‘Decent Homes Standard‘ 32
Quality environments and regeneration 34
Empty and unoccupied housing space 35
Housing to improve health and well-being 37
7 Creating inclusive communities 41
Assessing need 41
Inclusion and community cohesion 41
Providing mixed communities and widening choice 46
Rural communities 49
Homelessness 52
Supporting people 54
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