The ODPM issued a consultation document that made proposals for how the RPB and RHB should be merged.
The RHB's responded to the consultation in a letter in November 2004. In its response the Regional Housing Board welcomed the intention to bring together the regional housing and planning functions as well as supporting the proposal that the Regional Assembly would take the lead role in developing the new arrangements. The letter also outlined the RHB’s view on the establishment of a single national advice unit.
