National Housing and Planning Advice Unit
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| Non-departmental public body overview | |
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| Formed | 2006 (officially launched June 2007) |
| Dissolved | 28 June 2010 |
| Jurisdiction | England |
| Headquarters |
CB04. Ground Floor of Clerical Block Segensworth Road, Titchfield, Fareham PO15 5RR, England, United Kingdom |
| Motto | Building Awareness For The Future |
| Employees | 12 |
| Parent department | Department for Communities and Local Government |
| Website | /http://www.communities.gov.uk/nhpau/ |
CB04. Ground Floor of Clerical Block
The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) was a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation (officially termed a non-departmental public body) set up by the Government of the United Kingdom in 2006 and formally launched in June 2007, with the aim of advising the government on the impact of planned housing provision on affordability, and in an attempt to counteract the growing numbers of citizens who were struggling to get on the property ladder in England. The body was part of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DC&LG) and was abolished in the 2010 UK quango reforms.
Founded in 2006 in response to increasing house prices, lack of affordable housing and as the result of the direct recommendation of Kate Barker’s March 2004 Review of Housing Supply, in which it was recommended that a body be created which could offer expert advice on housing matters, particularly that of affordability. Officially launched in June 2007, the body was originally chaired by Professor Stephen NickellCBE, FBA (former warden of Nuffield College, Oxford), he held this role until November 2009 when Dr. Peter Williams became the body's chair. According to then Secretary of State Yvette Cooper, the body had a budget of £1,459,000 for its first year of operation in 2007/2008 and had twelve full time equivalent paid staff. The then secretary of state also gave details of the original board members, them being:
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