HCA Sets Out Delivery Priorities for Next Four Years

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has set out the ways in which it will use its land, investment and regulation to deliver new homes over the next four years.The agency's 2014 to 2018 plan details its core targets in 2014/15, including:

• Completion of 30,000 new affordable homes, with a further 22,500 affordable homes brought up to a decent standard.

• Development of the regulatory framework to "better protect social housing assets in a sector where risks are becoming more complex".

• Completion of over 9,500 new market sale homes, including over 5,500 through Get Britain Building, to increase private housing supply.

• Release of HCA land with housing capacity for over 6,000 new homes.

• Creation of over 315,000 sqm of new employment floor space to support local economies; and bringing nearly 230 hectares of previously developed land back into productive use.

Download the plan from the HCA website.

HCA Approach to Deliver Housing Ambitions

Targets for affordable housing delivery over the next four years, and a planned approach to contribute to economic growth and meet local priorities have been set out by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). The HCA’s Corporate Plan 2011-15 details how the national housing and regeneration agency will use its £8bn of capital funding to deliver nearly 160,000 new affordable homes, around 95% of the Government’s aspiration for 170,000, by 2015. A further 127,000 homes will be brought up to the Decent Homes Standard, while 18,500 homes for market sale will also be completed. The Agency’s enabling offer is captured for the first time, detailing how the organisation’s skills and expertise can be used as resource by Local Authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships, to add value to available public investment, with a strong focus on bringing forward more land for development more quickly. Read more on the HCA website.

HCA Issues Corporate Plan

The HCA has issued its Corporate Plan for 2011-2015. Download a copy from the HCA website.