The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is the single national housing and regeneration agency for England. We seek to create high-quality, sustainable places and improve quality of life for local people.

Creating opportunities for places requires fresh ideas and new approaches. People from across the industry with flexible skills and knowledge who can adapt to different market conditions.

Our Skills and Knowledge team helps people in the housing and regeneration industry to maintain and improve their effectiveness by:

• Providing specialist advice and support to our partners in places prioritised for investment
• Promoting courses and resources that improve knowledge
• Supporting organisations to boost local employment opportunities

Our Skills and Knowledge team has developed courses and resources that help people to work better with other professionals and create sustainable places:

• Foundation degree in sustainable communities
• Understanding place-making – online course
• Planning for non-planners – workshops
• Showcase – best practice case studies
• Demystifying Climate Change – knowledge website

The Skills and Knowledge team also works closely with other skills bodes in the sector, in particular providing co-ordination to the national skills action plan, a cross-sector drive to equip practitioners with the skills to succeed and attract new entrants to the industry.

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