So is there much new in this? There isn't much here that hasn't appeared before. If you sat down excitedly and read through January's 100-page Homes for All from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) then you will have come across most of this. But this plan does bring together all the activity in this one area and links it to wider policy.
You're not suggesting it's been repackaged in advance of the election?
I couldn't possibly comment. Certainly this strategy does not shy away from pointing out successes of recent policy at every opportunity, such as the big fall in the number of rough sleepers and the reduction of families in bed-and-breakfast accommodation from 6,700 to 830 in just two years.
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