NEWS FROM CIH

Housing, Schools and Communities

A new Policy into Practice report on Housing, Schools and Communities has recently been published. The report examines the significant contribution to the success of neighbourhoods and communities that can be achieved through effective working between schools and housing providers, and highlights where both sectors share aspirations around tacking issues such as youth homelessness, social inclusion and community cohesion. Examples of existing partnership arrangements between schools and social landlords are used throughout to illustrate the report. Available to download:
http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-HousingSchoolComtys-nov09.pdf

Transforming Estates
A new research report highlights the need for continued public investment in regeneration throughout the recession and in the face of expected public spending cuts, to ensure that longer-term gains for deprived communities are not jeopardised.Transforming Estates, a report by CIH and ECOTEC, urges policy makers to take a longer term perspective on regeneration and to commit to continued public investment in major regeneration schemes, beyond the current need for short-term rescue while private finance is restricted. Available to download here
http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-TransLargeEsts-oct09.pdf

Housing, Health and Care
Housing Health and Care is a new report from CIH and the DH's Housing LIN look at taking a strategic approach to planning for sustainable communities - by integrating the development and delivery of services across housing, support, care and health. It aims to help professionals tackle the 'too difficult' area of more fully integrating and using the benefits of housing and related support, to deliver on the agenda of Putting People First. The role of housing is crucial for the increased focus on prevention and early response to problems. The report is
available here: http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-HousingHealthCare-Dec09.pdf