Advance notice of themes for the 2008-10 Innovation and Good Practice programme announced by the Housing Corporation
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Advance notice of themes for the 2008-10 Innovation and Good Practice programme announced by the Housing Corporation.
Bidding will open on Monday 8 October 2007
11/09/07 Ref: 85/07
The themes for the 2008-10 Innovation and Good Practice (IGP) programme are announced today. Aimed to tackle diverse and complicated issues such as climate change and community cohesion, the IGP will fund new thinking in the following five areas:
- Tackling Worklessness
- Promoting Community Cohesion
- Tackling Climate Change in Existing Stock
- Efficiency in Housing Management
- Transforming Estates
Building on the bidding approach we developed for the last round, we intend a two-stage process. Expressions of interest will be invited to be received by 19th November 2007. Bidders submitting proposals that match most closely our criteria will be invited at the end of January 2008 to work up full applications for submission by 29th February 2008.
Please note that no applications will be accepted after the submission deadline dates. To support the progression of your bid, we advise you to engage now in early discussions about your project with your Housing Corporation contact.
Further details on this year's themes and the launch of the bidding process will published shortly.
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Notes to editors
1) Allocations under this bid round will be subject to confirmation from Communities and Local Government of funding for the 2008/09 IGP programme, with funded expected to be in place by December 2007. As with previous funding, the Housing Corporation will not be in a position to guarantee 2009/10 funding for any project that does not complete by March 2009.
2) The Housing Corporation is the Government agency responsible for investing in new affordable homes and regulating nearly 2,000 housing associations across England. Its biggest ever investment programme of over £8 billion for 2008-11 has been announced. Its £3.9 billion investment in 2006-08 will fund 84,000 homes; 49,000 of these will be for affordable rent, and 35,000 will be for affordable sale through the Government's HomeBuy initiatives, helping people to get a foot on the property ladder.
3) The Housing Corporation is working with English Partnerships and Communities and Local Government to establish the proposed new homes agency.
For further information, please contact Matt Rickard on 020 7393 2078.
