A nationwide information system, paid for by the ODPM, is needed to facilitate effective housing market renewal, according to Jon Rouse, the chief executive of the Housing Corporation.
He told delegates at last week’s Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Harrogate: “What is holding market renewal back is a lack of capacity on market intelligence.

“If I could say one thing to the spending review, it would be that we need a really first-class GIS [geographic information system] to get proper market intelligence.”

Rouse directed the comments to Richard McCarthy, the ODPM’s director general of sustainable communities. McCarthy was chairing the Thursday morning session on the effectiveness of the Communities Plan.

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Housing Today