An updated guide examined a wide range of issues in housing finance.
Source: David Garnett and John Perry, Housing Finance (Third Edition), Chartered Institute of Housing (024 7685 1700)
Links: Summary
Date: 2005-Jun
An audit report criticized existing arrangements for financing council housing, and called on the government to review the housing subsidy system. It warned that the government would miss a key target to repair council homes unless the complex system were fundamentally reformed.
Source: Financing Council Housing: A report on the impact of the national system of finance on the government s objectives for council housing, Audit Commission (0800 502030)
Links: Report | HOC-CHG press release (Word file) | Guardian report
Date: 2005-Jun
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister set out its capital investment plans resulting from the 2004 Spending Review.
Source: Departmental Investment Strategy 2005-2008, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (0870 1226 236)
Links: Strategy (pdf)
Date: 2005-Jan
