Plans on the line

Perry, J.

Plans on the line - 2004 - Inside Housing 21(29) 23 July 2004, 16-19(4) .

Examines HM Treasury's plans for housing in the 2004 spending review and considers whether housing's three-year housing expenditure headline growth rate of 4.1%, a better rate than received by many other government departments, will be enough to reverse decades of under investment in the sector. Highlights that southeast England growth zones and low demand areas in the Midlands and northern England have done well in the review and that the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund will be reprieved but raises doubts about spending on decent homes, the development of the growth zones and above all investment in the present stock of council housing. Table covers the three-year spending growth by service. Three possible outcomes of the spending review are described by "Inside Housing" reporters to conclude the article.


NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL FUND
DCLG DECENT HOMES STANDARD


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