I’m always keen to promote what we are doing in Stoke-on-Trent to a wider audience. Here’s the start of a blog I’ve had published today on the ConservativeHome website;
The government’s ambition to build a million houses, articulated through the Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill unveiled in the 2015 Queen’s Speech, has led to a wider discussion around delivery of homes, and recent comments by the new Housing Minister Gavin Barwell, indicates that this includes a wider view on tenures.
Whilst councils have a clear involvement in the process through the planning system, as the minister mentioned, there is a need for institutional involvement to bring forward choice and quality in some tenures, a gap that could well suit some local authorities very well.
In my own local authority of Stoke-on-Trent, we have been carefully considering over the last few years how we can support the housing market locally to deliver the future needs of our city.
You can read more here.