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NCLT and community housing news 2022
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15th July 2022
Where we stand in the shifting political sands - Tom Chance, Chief Executive, NCLT
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-events/where-we-stand-in-the-shifting-political-sands/
15th June 2022
CLTs must be exempt from the Right to Buy
The NCLT has called on the government to clearly and unambiguously exempt Community Land Trusts from the Right to Buy.
Read the full article here
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6th May 2022
The Chair of our board of trustees and CEO of Leeds Community Homes, Steve Hoey, reflects on his visit to Brussels for a meeting exploring the future of a Europe-wide community land trust network:
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-events/our-chair-visits-brussles-to-explore-a-european-clt-network/
April 2022
Strong Council support for community led housing
"New research carried out by the Community Land Trust Network reveals the strong levels of local authority support for community led housing development in England and Wales in the form of policies, grants and loans and land disposals and leases.
This data comes from responses to our Freedom of Information requests to all councils in England and Wales in November 2021 asking about whether they had implemented policies to support community led housing, whether they had provided grants, loans, leases or land disposals to forward community led housing projects and whether they had staff dedicated to supporting community led housing groups."
Read the full article here: "https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-events/strong-council-support-for-community-led-housing-2022-foi/
March 2022
Community Led Homes groups to deliver 1200 additional homes thanks to £4m Community Housing fund (CHF)
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-events/clh-groups-to-deliver-1200-additional-homes-thanks-to-4mil-chf/
▸Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, writes to Rt.Hon. Michael Gove about the Community Housing Fund: click the link below.
https://middlemarchclh.co.uk/2022/03/our-spring-newsletter/
February 2022
The Government’s “Levelling Up” White paper
What does “levelling up” mean for CLTs? Read the response from Tom Chance, NCLT Chief Executive
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-events/what-does-levelling-up-mean-for-clts/

21 January 2022
Partnerships in Place
The NCLT's Chief Executive, Tom Chance, responds to a new report from Placeshapers about housing associations and levelling up.

https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-events/partnerships-in-place/