Brian Peel – Head of Area (North) 22 nd February 2011

Thriving communities, affordable homes HCA –a National Agency that Delivers Locally. We will..  Delivering Programmes on Affordability, Placemaking and Existing Stock  Provide practical, innovative and co-ordinated support  Embed localism at the heart of every activity  Maximise the potential of private and institutional investment  Ensure Registered Providers are economically well run and financially viable

Thriving communities, affordable homes North East, Yorkshire and The Humber HCA Operational Area  6 local area teams -London -Midlands -North East, Yorkshire and The Humber -North West -South East & East -South West  2 corporate directorates -Programmes and enabling -Finance, legal, HR, IT and corporate assurance

Thriving communities, affordable homes North East, Yorkshire and The Humber – New Structure Executive Director David Curtis (Leeds) Head of Area North East Anne Mulroy (Gateshead) Head of Area North and West Yorks Naz Parkar (Leeds) Head of Area Sheffield City Region and The Humber Rob Pearson (Leeds) Head of Strategy, Programme and Performance Karl Tupling (Gateshead / Leeds)

Thriving communities, affordable homes Programmes Existing Stock Place Making and Regeneration New Housing Supply £2.1bn  Decent Homes  HRA Reform  Empty Homes £1.3bn  Property & Regeneration  Land Assets  Regional Growth Fund £4.5bn  Affordable Homes  New Homes Bonus  Community Right to Build  S106  ATLAS

Thriving communities, affordable homes Enabling Support – overall approach Services with large fixed costs The HCA should be “the people who help to get things done ” Specialist expertise Value for Money Strategic Support

Thriving communities, affordable homes A new approach to affordable housing  Affordable rent offer for new affordable housing –£4.5bn (of which £2.5bn committed) –Rents set at up to 80% of market rent –Minimum two year tenancies with flexibility for longer  Four year programme bids that offer: –Conversion of voids to affordable rents as well as access to other resources – minimising HCA funding –In return for investment in new supply at affordable rents –HCA payment on completion  Rent and tenancy terms for existing tenants not affected –Other programme elements: Empty homes, Mortgage Rescue, Homelessness Change Programme and traveller pitch funding –Aim is to deliver up to 150,000 new affordable homes over the period

Thriving communities, affordable homes The role of Local Authorities  Articulate a clear vision and ambition for their area – Local Investment Plans  Used to shape delivery of affordable homes  Need continuous and meaningful ongoing dialogue with providers  Nominations to new homes

Thriving communities, affordable homes Tackling the problem of Empty Homes  Key part of HCA approach to housing and regeneration delivery  Part of local investment planning  Effective way increasing supply of housing  Meets high demand in areas with low social housing provision

Thriving communities, affordable homes The Government’s approach to empty homes  Government to provide incentives for local authorities to tackle empty homes as a core part of their strategy for meeting housing needs  Proposed measures include –£100m of the £4.5bn HCA resources for affordable housing to bring empty homes back into use –Consideration whether empty homes brought back into use should count as new homes for the New Homes Bonus.

Thriving communities, affordable homes HCA and empty homes  £100m nationally to bring up to 3,300 empty homes back into use  Discussions on detail of how this is delivered ongoing with government  Significant enabling activity by HCA with LAs.

Thriving communities, affordable homes Empty Homes debate  Empty Homes debate ran by the HCA from July to September 2010  Findings and key messages informed DCLG consultation  Summary available from HCA website

Thriving communities, affordable homes Learning offer  12 one day workshops delivered nationally from October – December 2010  200+ LAs will have attended  Empty Homes Toolkit – aimed at empty property practitioners, elected members and wider community

Thriving communities, affordable homes Supporting local authorities: Capacity Building Programme  Year long programme spilt into interlinking three areas: 1.Bespoke skills and knowledge support and training for the 17 local authorities – including Durham 2.One day workshop for 60+ (200) local authorities 3.Knowledge capture and transfer, including the dissemination of emerging practice to the housing and regeneration sector

Thriving communities, affordable homes The toolkit  Developed by experts and practitioners  Aimed at empty homes practitioners, elected members and wider community  Feature resources and emerging practice  Sit on HCA website and be freely available to all  Help develop an understanding of all aspects of empty homes  Harness information in one easily accessible place  Signpost to other resources

Thriving communities, affordable homes GIS mapping  GIS mapping of long-term empty homes in England  Interactive tool to draw out information on long-term empty homes  Users able to cross-examine a number of factors  Help LAs to assess, identify and analyse empty homes  South Tyneside Council one of 3 LAs in North East currently piloting this initiative.

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