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The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), launched today, is a new housing and regeneration agency for England.
The Homes and Communities Agency will join up the delivery of housing and regeneration, bringing together the functions of English Partnerships, the investment functions of the Housing Corporation, the Academy for Sustainable Communities and key housing and regeneration programmes delivered by Communities and Local Government. These will include Growth Areas, Thames Gateway delivery, Housing Market Renewal, Decent Homes, Mixed Communities, the Places of Change Programme and Gypsy and Traveller Sites Grant.
This integrated approach is designed to enable the HCA to have a single conversation with local authorities and other partners on the housing and regeneration needs of individual areas, providing practical support as well as professional expertise.
The HCA has an investment budget of over £5 billion per year. This money will be used to aid the delivery of housing (both affordable and within the private sector) but also the creation and regeneration of sustainable communities within which these homes are built.
Sir Bob Kerslake has been appointed Chief Executive. Robert Napier, previously the Chairman of English Partnerships, has been appointed to the post of Chairman. Other board members include Kate Barker, Professor Peter Roberts, Bob Lane, Candy Atherton, Margaret Fay, Shaukat Moledina, Don Wood, Ian Robertson and Dru Vesty.
The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 received Royal Assent in July, paving the way for the official launch of the agency.
For more information please visit the HCA's website at www.homesandcommunities.co.uk
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