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The Fabian Society launched a Housing and Community Policy Network in April 2008, with a lecture by Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on Building Communities. The objective of the Network will be to analyse and influence key issues emerging in housing and community policy, and bring together the most significant opinion formers and decision makers in the field to explore proposals for future policy development.
Our focus will be on the future housing and community policy agenda of government and other key actors to promote a holistic approach to life chances, and to make the narrowing of inequalities a core driver of future policy.
Programme 2008
14 May – Assets, opportunity and inequality
Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Housing and Planning
This seminar addressed the political and policy issues surrounding homeownership, shared equity schemes, and buy to let, as well as links to wealth, assets and opportunities more widely.
Read report from the event
17 June - Ecotowns, Adaptation and the Built Environment
Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State DCLG
This seminar discussed the government’s plans for ecotowns and their place within a broader strategy for adapting our towns and cities to a changing climate.
Read report from the event
Other potential themes for the 2008 Programme:
- Empowerment, community cohesion and Britishness
- Housing supply and affordability
- Regeneration, design and innovation
- Planning and regulation
For further information about the network, or to discuss membership, please contact Rosie Clayton, Network Co-ordinator.
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