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estate regeneration statement GOV UK DCLG ,Lord Heseltine ,Brandon Lewis MP

Introduction The Prime Minister has called for an ambitious new estates regeneration programme– ambitious at every level. We will engage with up to 100 estates from around the country, to stimulate proposals for the transformation of those estates, a significant increase in housing, and, most importantly, improvements in estate residents’ quality of life. £140m of loan funding has been set aside by Government, to be used as a springboard for partnership and joint venture arrangements, with the active involvement of communities. We have established an Expert Advisory Panel, with a focused remit of work. The Panel will consider how to foster partnership models of estate regeneration, and determine which financial approaches can fuel regeneration in both high and low land value areas.  The Panel will also consider the quality of design options and, of course, how to ensure existing estate residents are fully protected in future schemes, as well as how to engage communities...