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LGA launches advice programme for councils
The Local Government Association (LGA) has launched a programme to pay for independent experts to assist councils with housing issues.
The Housing Advisers Programme will see up to £14,000 given to councils embarking on specific projects which deliver new homes, reduce homelessness or help to generate savings and revenues.
Advisors will provide expertise to aid local authorities in completing the projects.
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Martin Tett, housing spokesperson for the LGA, said: “There’s no substitute for central government giving local authorities the tools they need to invest in the homes, of all type and tenure, which their communities desperately need.
“However, councils need the best tools available to them to help build on the innovation in the sector.
“The Housing Advisers Programme will be an essential aid to councils wanting some expertise to innovate and improve in their efforts to help build homes, plan prosperous places and economies, and reduce homelessness.”
To take part in the programme, councils must register their interest by 12 September.
The initiative follows the launch of the Housing Finance Institute, launched in March 2015 by the Treasury, to “address the skills and knowledge gap in delivering local authority housing”.
