§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the role of community land trusts as a vehicle for providing affordable housing, with particular reference to key worker housing. [139435]
§ Keith HillThe Government have not yet fully assessed community land trusts and therefore have no immediate plans to pursue this model but agree in principle about the need to bring together site preparation, the provision of a mixture of social and private sector housing and development contributions where necessary. Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future signals a further move in this direction, for example through closer working between English Partnerships (EP) and the Housing Corporation. The Housing Corporation and English Partnerships have established a joint unit to bring together EP's land holdings expertise with the Corporation's affordable housing programme. And we 797W are proposing to extend the Corporation's power to fund bodies other than housing associations, with a view to widening the opportunities for encouraging new housing development.