Saturday, October 13, 2007

A future for council housing

Some good news in this week's Comprehensive Spending Review was the announcement that the obstacles to local authorities building new council homes were being removed.

However, local authorities have to learn lessons from the success of the arm’s length management companies (the ALMOs). While some have struggled, most have been successfully transforming council housing where they have been given operational freedom from council bureaucracy.

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