1. KENT & MEDWAY LEADERS HOUSING STRATEGY Better Homes: Localism, Aspiration and Choice Brian Horton Strategic Housing Advisor 29 September 2010 Kent Housing Group ‘ The Voice of Housing in Kent ’

3. Kent & Medway Housing Significant Challenges also… Significant Opportunities Kent Housing Group ‘ The Voice of Housing in Kent ’

4. 4 The Strategy aims to: Reflect as well as influence Government Priorities Be Fit for Purpose Be an inclusive process that builds on existing Strategies Promote Innovation Celebrate Examples of Best Practice Add value and contribute to delivery of local ambitions Make a Case for Government Investment

5. Scope and Structure of the Kent and Medway Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA)

6. Need vs. Supply Over 40,000 households on Needs Register Fewer affordable Homes today than in 1997

7. Average age first time buyers now 37 and rising!

8. 90’ 60’ Northampton Cambridge Guildford Winchester Basingstoke Oxon Bedford St Albans Reading Woking Croydon Ebbsfleet Luton Ashford Folkestone Gillingham Chelmsford Swindon S’ton Brighton Tonbridge Sevenoaks Harlow Colchester Ramsgate Tunbridge Wells Margate Dover Milton Keynes Luton Hastings Eastbourne Ramsgate Margate Dover Gillingham Ashford Ebbsfleet Folkestone

9. New Kids on the Block! “If you want people to feel connected to their communities. Proud of their communities. Then you give people a real say over what happens in their communities. And the power to make a difference.” Rt. Hon Eric Pickles, MP

10. 3 rules i.Localism ii. Localism iii. Localism

11. LOCALISM localism

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14. Our Vision We want to see local housing and planning authorities in Kent and Medway deciding their own housing numbers, based on local people’s need and ambitions for growth. We want to see our coastal and urban communities revitalised and our rural areas thrive and prosper. We want to see homes provided that meet the needs and aspirations of all Kent and Medway residents. We want all people in Kent and Medway to have the opportunity to choose to live in a high quality home, in the place they want to live. By creating balanced communities, we will support people, whatever their needs, to fulfil their potential and live the best life they can. By using innovative and flexible approaches to finance and regulation we will encourage managed growth that makes a lasting and positive impact. By listening to what people want, we will provide homes and communities that they can be proud to live in.

15. Theme 1 – Managed Growth and Infrastructure Our Ambition: The continued delivery of key infrastructure to support managed growth and housing delivery across the County. Theme 2 – Place-making and Regeneration Our Ambition: The continued regeneration of our disadvantaged neighbourhoods to bring them in line with more affluent parts of the County. Theme 3 - Affordability and Choice Our Ambition: The provision of choice and affordability in housing for the citizens of Kent and Medway, including rural communities, which meets their needs and aspirations. Theme 4 - Estate Renewal Our Ambition: The managed improvement and retrofit of existing homes to make them fit for now and the future. Theme 5 - Housing Need Our Ambition: To support vulnerable people in housing need to fulfil their potential and live a high quality life through the provision of excellent housing and support services.

17. Housing and Planning Futures

18. 18 Strategic picture for Kent and Medway formed around four activity blocks: Proposed Model Housing and Planning Futures Local Investment Plans Kent and Medway Housing Strategy …enabling the components to be a catalyst for investor confidence LDF’s and Local Housing Strategies

19. Our key asks of government are: 1. Support our proposals to introduce innovative forms of infrastructure financing, in particular Tax Increment Financing, to get growth moving again. 2. Whilst recognising that the public financial climate will be difficult, continue to make funding available to finance regeneration and economic growth. 3. Incentivise public agencies to make public sector land available for development purposes, providing local authorities with the flexibility to share more of the risk in order to reap better rewards upon completion. 4. Support people’s aspirations for home ownership by offering variants on shared ownership models and finding new ways of financing a wider range of innovative mortgage products.

20. Our key asks of government are: 5. Encourage investors to invest in the private rented sector in the same way they currently do for other property asset classes. 6. Give local authorities more powers to be able to use local products that respond to local requirements, flex rents and make greater use of intermediate tenures. 7. Support the funding of retrofit and the development of wider solutions to improve existing homes. 8. Consider the use of flexible local tariff arrangements as part of the review of Community Infrastructure Levy.

21. A number of the priorities in the Strategy are already being progressed and will continue to be during the consultation period. These include the development of the Rural Housing Protocol and research into the future housing needs of older adults. JPPB and KHG have a number of work streams with direct links to priorities described in the emerging Housing Strategy including Learning Disability, Mental Health and Young People. Strategic Priorities

22. Consultation He doesn’t… But we do want to hear from you… Kent Housing Group ‘ The Voice of Housing in Kent ’

23. KEB KHG KPOG JPPB HSEG HCA CBRE DTZ Jo Purvis You…