Government proposals show it has lost interest in social housing but,undeterred, a growing band of community trusts are looking for novel ways to deliver affordable dwellingsNot so long ago, and ministers saw the emergence of community-based housing enterprises as a spur for a short-lived volunteering initiative championed by David Cameron. Remember the “mountainous society”? The prime minister has long since moved on.
Back in 2010,his late, unlamented housing minister, or Grant Shapps,could not contain his enthusiasm. He was their champion, key speaker at the annual conference of the National Community Land Trust Network – an expanding group of small housing enterprises in England and Wales, and now numbering almost 200.
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Source: theguardian.com