Colleagues at the NHC have been involved in some fantastic discussions about Renew. Earlier this month we held our Advisory Group, Reference Group, which includes NHC members with an interest in regeneration, and Communications Working Group, which includes communications and public affairs specialist linked to the main advisory group.

Discussion centred around:

• Progress updates on the project including far reaching engagement, with members, housing partnerships and other sector organisations.
• Where we are with research – including a first draft of an overview of available evidence on the economic and social value of regeneration.
• Our public affairs strategy and the framing of housing-led regeneration.
• A deep dive into the need for, and barriers to regeneration at the Reference Group

Our Call for Evidence is set to close later this week. Responses to the Call for Evidence will help us understand what works, what doesn’t, and what needs to change to ensure housing-led regeneration delivers lasting benefits for residents and communities.

We are especially interested in any insights and evidence on the scale and quantity of areas identified in need of regeneration, including the number of identified sites and the number of homes within these areas. These issues are specifically investigated in questions 16 and 17 of the Call for Evidence questions.