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Sustainable communities: settled homes, changing lives - a strategy for tackling homelessness. Summary

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2005

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

In the recent five-year plan 'Sustainable Communities: Homes for all', the department set a target to halve the number of households living in temporary accommodation by 2010. This document summarises the strategy to achieve this aim.

History

Full report is also available. To be read with Sustainable communities: Homes for all: A five year plan from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM, 2005).

Subjects

Environmental planning/land
Other planning disciplines
Homelessness issues
Planning and development
Sustainable development
Residential development

Publisher History

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is now known as the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Their publications included the Building Regulations Approved Documents, Planning Policy Guidance Notes, and technical reports and fact sheets covering a wide range of subjects within the built environment.

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