Commissioned by the Housing Corporation, this independent report by Dr Tim Williams, a former Ministerial adviser and regeneration expert, challenges the Corporation, housing associations, private developers and local authorities to look again at the way affordable housing is delivered and sustainable communities created.

Over the next ten years 160,000 new homes are being built in the Thames Gateway. The Housing Corporation will provide funding for 40%, around 60,000 of the affordable homes to be delivered in the Gateway.