Hart Credit aligns with Deputy PM Prescott's Comments

Writing in the April 11 edition of Housing Today (free registration required), Prescott outlines his vision for implementing the Communities Plan. Below is a summary selection of comments addressing areas where HART meets the government's goals (emphasis added):

"We want the regional development agencies to take a more proactive role in linking regeneration with housing."
"Urban regeneration companies can make a real difference to people's quality of life -- helping them to build a successful future for their area. That's because they bring together local business, local government and the local community to kick-start regeneration and encourage business confidence and economic growth -- creating places where people want to live and work."
"Another key theme underpinning the plan is partnership. Central government cannot achieve alone the agenda we have set out."
"[I]t is no longer possible for the government to develop a single set of policies for the whole of England. More decisions and responsibility need to be taken at the regional and local level."
"In developing the Communities Plan, we have brought together our policies for planning, housing and regeneration."
"We have the vision, we have the funding, and we have the determination for a step change."