House of Commons - Beyond Decent Homes - Communities and Local Government Committee

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Communities and Local Government Committee - Fourth Report
Beyond Decent Homes

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary
1  Introduction

The Report of the ODPM Committee in 2004

2  The Decent Homes programme

The target
Praise for the programme
After 2010: going beyond the Decent Homes programme

The Tenant Services Authority
Reform of the Housing Revenue Account
The Housing Pledge
Strategy for household energy management
Rugg review of private rented housing

3  Our findings: social sector

The size of the problem

Measurement of the target

Implementation in the social sector
The standard

Criterion (a): the statutory minimum standard for housing
Criterion (b): a reasonable state of repair
Criterion (c): reasonably modern facilities and services
Criterion (d): a reasonable degree of thermal comfort
Variability
Additional criteria

Management of the programme

The backlog
Access to public funding for Decent Homes
Implementation by management organisations
Future management of social housing improvement

Funding

Housing associations
Local authorities
Additional costs of additional criteria

4  Our findings: private sector

The size of the problem

Criticism of the programme
The housing market

Implementation of the policy

Vulnerability

The standard

The criteria

Management of the programme

Oversight and enforcement by local authorities
Engaging landlords
Government action

Funding

Private funding
Public funding
VAT on refurbishment works

5  Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations

Key conclusions and recommendations

Thermal comfort
Additional criteria
Energy efficiency
Measuring decency
Private sector

Conclusions and recommendations in order

Measurement of the target
Criterion (a): the statutory minimum standard for housing
Criterion (b): reasonably modern facilities and services
Criterion (c): a reasonable degree of thermal comfort
Additional criteria
The environment
Carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency
The estate
The backlog
Access to public funding
Implementation by management organisations
Funding
Additional costs of additional criteria
The standard
Management of the programme
Funding

Annex

Visit to Stockport 23 November 2009

Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
Monday 26 October 2009
Monday 9 November 2009
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Monday 23 November 2009
Monday 7 December 2009
Written Evidence

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