Finance

November 2013: NFA briefing

This paper makes the case for a change in borrowing rules for council housing providers. It argues that council house building should share the same financial basis as Housing Associations. This would boost councils’ capacity to invest in new homes, with many direct and indirect benefits for local and national job markets.

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2007: Joint CSR submission

This joint submission puts the case for a three-year national affordable housing programme to deliver close to 200,000 new homes. It was prepared for the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review by the National Housing Federation, Shelter, the Local Government Association, the Chartered Institute of Housing and the National Federation of ALMOs.

Building for the future Read More »