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Friday 4^th April

09:30

Henry Stewart Conference Studies - All you need to know about Social and Affordable Housing

Venue: The Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VAT

This course looks at the provision of affordable housing through the planning process. It will enable delegates to understand how local authorities and housing associations work and how to keep projects commercially viable.

The course will cover:
• Planning requirements
- PPS3
- Development plan requirements
- Revisions to local plans
- The position in London and the Regions: how they differ

• Negotiations with the planning authority
- Target percentage requirement
- Economics of the scheme
- Local Authority requirements
- Housing needs assessments
- Cascade mechanisms

• Role of Housing Associations
- What they are
- Selecting the right one

• Section 106
- Local Authority approved lists
- Funding of s106 schemes

• Grants and finance
- Funding sources
- Strategic partners of the Housing Corporation
- Grant direct to developers
- Scheme implementation

• The Government’s agenda
- Nationally – Housing Green Paper – Homes for the Future: More Affordable, More Sustainable
- Regionally – Mayor of London’s Draft Housing Strategy
- Sub-regionally

• The Local Authority’s perspective

• Intermediate market housing

For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry