HBF has submitted comments about the East Midlands Draft Housing Strategy which considers affordable housing provision up to 2010. The Regional Housing Strategy seeks to deliver national housing priorities, set out in the Sustainable Communities Plan, in a way that is appropriate to the East Midlands HBF's comments relate to: - the Barker report - affordable housing needs - policy 1 (sub-reional housing need and market assessments) - policy 13 (diversity) Further information: Paul Cronk HBF East Midlands Regional Planner Tel: 0207 608 5114 paul.cronk@hbf.co.uk