Passing control of affordable housing delivery down to neighbourhood level will form a key plank of the coalition government’s Big Society policy, the prime minister has said. David Cameron said that power would be shifted from Whitehall elites to the ‘man and woman on the street’ to help the latter tackle the country’s most tricky social issues. ‘The Big Society is about a huge culture change where people, in their everyday lives, in their homes, in their neighbourhoods, in their workplace don’t always turn to officials, local authorities or central government for answers to the problems they face,’ he said. Council leaders, social entrepreneurs and local activists had appealed for greater control to plan the ‘look, size, shape and feel of housing developments,’ he added. Read the full story on Inside Housing.
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