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A high-profile team of ‘commissioners’ who will carry out a review of housing policy for the north of England have been announced.
The Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) launches its ‘Lyon’s Review for the North’ this week, with Tom Miskell, the former chief executive of Together Housing, chairing the review.
Eleven other commissioners, including peers Lord Richard Best, Baroness Margaret Eaton and Lord John Shipley, will consider evidence and produce a report by March next year [see box].
The commission’s terms of reference include inquiring into the specific challenges facing housing in the north, and developing overall objectives for housing investment in the region.
It will also consider the impact of public sector reforms – particularly in the context of the ongoing devolution agenda.
It will be run through the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Housing in the North, with the NHC acting as secretariat.
The commission will take evidence – which can be submitted online – through to October, before holding sessions in London and northern towns.
It aims to produce an interim report in February next year, and a final report in March.
Inside Housing exclusively revealed the creation of the commission in May.