From the 1st December 2008 the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC) will become the Homes and Communities Academy, a part of the new Homes and Communities Agency, a new housing regeneration agency for England. The Homes and Communities Agency is intended join up the delivery of housing and regeneration, bringing together the functions of English Partnerships, the investment functions of the Housing Corporation, the Academy for Sustainable Communities and key housing and regeneration programmes delivered by Communities and Local Government.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/strategiesandreviews/homesandcommunities/
