Download or read book The Road to Renewal written by Ian Cole and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely report provides an informed assessment of one of the most innovative urban policy initiatives in a generation - the Housing Market Renewal programme - which aims to renew and restructure 'at risk' housing markets through an ambitious suite of interventions ranging from planning measures to housing stock demolition and replacement, and from community development to dealing with anti-social behaviour and neighbourhood stigma. Based on the first stock take the programme, The road to renewal presents an independent account of the genesis of the programme, and examines the rationale behind the case for a more strategic approach to tackling housing markets at risk of failure. It includes a detailed account of the proposals for market renewal submitted by eight of the nine Pathfinders selected in the first phase of the programme, pointing out strengths and weaknesses of each, and the authors make suggestions about the future development of the programme.