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date	14/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Housing Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will extend the Community Housing Fund to beyond March 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2019 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. Ministers are considering all budgets in the round and allocations will be announced following a business planning exercise later in the year</p><p><br> The government recognises that the community-led housing sector offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, it will help deliver a range of benefits including: diversifying the house building sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/10/2019 14:59:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Assets: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 14 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress his Department has made towards improving guidance to help communities take ownership of local assets.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>My Department continues to engage with partners on how best to ensure community groups have access to the necessary advice and support to take assets into community ownership. We have funded the development of the online platform “My Community” to provide detailed advice and guidance to voluntary and community groups interested in taking assets into community ownership and encourage the take up of Community Rights. The Department has also supported the work of the online platform “Keep It In The Community” to ensure that more community groups are able to identify local assets of community value.</p><p>In addition, organisations such as Sport England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Power to Change provide comprehensive and specialist bespoke advice, ensuring community groups have access to the knowledge and networks which encourage the community ownership of assets.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 22/10/2019 16:56:06 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft