PLACE: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

A focus on those communities most in need of investment is vital to break down barriers to opportunity.

Communities that are safe, with a good quality of life and homes people can afford are communities that are sustainable in the long run. For communities that aren’t, they risk losing their talent and driving away the very opportunities from business investment that could transform their fortunes. It’s why place-based approaches matter so much, both from the government but also from businesses.

Measures:

• Percentage of non-decent homes, by tenure/by region of England [owner occupied/private rented/ all social] (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) OR

• Percentage of households owning their own homes (English Housing Survey / Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) 

• Percentage of people renting their home (English Housing Survey / Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government)

• Annual estimates for police recorded crime, England and Wales (Crime Survey for England and Wales)

• Proportion of adults who believe crime has fallen in the past year (Crime Survey for England and Wales)

These measures have been developed by the Purpose Coalition and in consultation with the Office for National Statistics.