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Successful places with homes and jobs A NATIONAL AGENCY WORKING LOCALLY Investment Partner Event, London Akin Durowoju 14 October 2013 East and South East
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Agenda Welcome and Introductions HCA Update Programme Performance New AHP Q&A Round up & Close
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Contents SR announcements and HCA role and functions Delivery to end 2012/13 Current delivery context General update on progress – are we on track to deliver? Programme Performance Considerations for next programme
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Budget 2013 Significant new investment channelled through the HCA –£3.5bn Help to Buy –An additional £800m for Build to Rent –A doubling of the £225m Affordable Homes Guarantee Programme –Enhanced HCA land role from April 2015 Builds on HCA expertise, success of our existing programmes and effective regulation HCA moved quickly Help to Buy up and running from April 2013 – high volume of reservations Guarantees bids submitted in May – contracts being issued to successful bidders Speed of delivery is vital to maximise the impact of this investment on the economy.
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SR 2013 – Affordable Housing 10 year rent certainty – CPI+1% (convergence) Further investment channelled through the HCA –£3.3bn affordable housing funding over 3 years 2015-18 –Extension of AHP –£400m Affordable Rent to Buy –165,000 homes (incl RtB replacement, nil grant units etc) Dept Health funding - £115m specialist housing; £40m homelessness hostels Lead in period to start of programme Paves way for Regulator to charge fees
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2012/13 Delivery Another strong year of delivery Support of partners was key HCA met or exceeded all core targets: –114 ha of previously developed land back into productive use –323,000 sqm of new employment floor space created –£944m of private sector investment attracted –Affordable Housing statistics published in June Foundation for strong delivery in 13/14
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2012/13 Affordable Housing Delivery 26,114 affordable housing starts on site and 21,515 completions (plus 7,043 FirstBuy completions) Delivery to mid-point of programme (HCA): HCA (non-London) contribution to 170,000 Delivery 2011/12Delivery 2012/13Sub-total 2011-13 Corp Plan 2013/14 Corp Plan (indicative) 2014/15 Completions32,84021,51554,35525,00029,124 Starts11,23726,11437,351 Key programme management focus on starts this year – maximise starts by September 2013
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Current delivery context Continued limits on public funding Focus on economic growth Localism Risk – diversification and complex environment (welfare reform) HCA activity focused on five key areas: –Affordable housing –Market interventions –Public land –Local economic growth –Regulation Spending review
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Market context Number of loans in Q2 2013 up 17% on same time 2012 Housing starts up 37% but completions down 3% on same time in 2012 Source: DCLG, CML
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Affordable Homes 2011-15 Use it or lose it Mortgage Rescue Specialist Programmes –Empty Homes –Homelessness Change Programme –Traveller Pitch Funding Community Led
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Other current CL opportunities Custom Build –c£14m loan funding or custom/self build –Focused on groups/developers Public land –Look out for public land disposals (website) and any future announcements –Speak to local HCA teams AH Guarantees Programme –Specific reference to CL and custom build –£45m CME, SOS March 15 and PC March 17 Empty Homes, PRS Guarantees, Build to Rent, CaSSH
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Compliance Audit - update Independent Auditors auditing at present IAR due date mid November Provider comments on IAR by end of November Quality Visits- many completed Thank you for your input
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Housing Standards Review 10 week consultation ends 22 October Recommends ‘should be capable of application to both affordable & private housing’ Scope of standards; 1. Energy 2. Space 3. Accessibility 4. Security 5. Water efficiency 6. Indoor Environment Further details at: www.gov.uk/government/housing-standards-review-consultation
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Land SR – HCA disposal agency for surplus public sector land Builds on experience of: –Bringing surplus public land to market to drive housing growth –HCA land development and disposal plan – land for 14,000 new homes by 2015 –Commercial expertise and complex development experience –Pioneering ‘Build Now, Pay Later’ approach of deferred payment SR – Strategic Land review – HCA, GPU, Shareholder Executive We are using new ways to increase the supply of public land and speed up development
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AHP Next Steps All allocation handback to be cleared in IMS immediately All bulk forecasts should be scheduled out immediately Providers expected to meet IMS forecast milestones in Q3 and Q4 Bring forward substitutes to move schemes out of quarter Q3 Bring forward starts from Q4 into Q3 Bring forward completions from Q1 and Q2 14/15 Bring forward completions from Q4 14/15 Review of development pipeline and available allocation headroom
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AHP Next Steps Process to agree re-allocations, in priority order 13/14 completions 13/14 starts that will complete in 14/15 14/15 starts that will complete in 14/15 Need to maximise delivery to year end –Perceived low results on starts will generate questions on our ability to deliver by March 15 Timescales on large scale sites reviewed as part of Q2 review meetings Contract review meetings will drill down into forecasts for Q3, year-end and end of programme On-going – Ensure IMS forecasts are kept up-to-date across 13-15 Avoid delayed/late claims and adequately resource IMS processing
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Affordable Homes Programme 2015–18 What do we know so far? Affordable Rent and affordable home ownership Resource available 2015-18 Something for something Timetable: –Prospectus December 2013 –Bids April 2014 –Allocations July 2014 Still questions to resolve
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Affordable Homes Programme 2015–18 Governance: DCLG project board –eg specific needs groups –London split of funding –Role of standards? Affordable Rent to Buy HCA project board –Focus on operational and implementation matters –Key outputs: Prospectus; assessment metrics and manual; suite of reports; IMS and data requirements; standard form contracts. Feedback from Lead Negotiators DCLG and HCA approvals process Take past performance into account in assessment
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AHP – lessons learned? 4 year programme – but annual delivery Programme vs scheme approach –Indicative allocations –Allocate whole programme at outset? Known delivery Cross subsidy/conversions Procurement efficiencies Average payment rate vs scheme grant rate Encourage investment partnerships/non- developers access to capacity
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AHP – lessons learned? Geographic split? S106 – housebuilders/recipient RPs Blank sheet or take account of previous delivery? Speed of contracting Data collected
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Tackling build cost Smarter procurement Intelligent clienting Standardisation Building Information Modelling (and Management)
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Conclusions Public finance remains constrained; complex and challenging operating environment Housing, land and construction as key drivers of local economic growth Budget and SR builds on success of existing programmes Recognition of both sector role and HCA investment, commercial expertise and regulation role in delivering successful places with homes and jobs Delivery! Delivery!! Delivery!!! We are innovative, flexible and commercial in our approach to delivering public value and responding to challenges.
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