1. Successful places with homes and jobs A NATIONAL AGENCY WORKING LOCALLY Event Capita Supported Housing Conference NameKevin McGeough Senior Strategy Manager Date25 th March 2013 HCA maintaining funding and quality in supported housing.

2. Contents  HCA supporting housing for older and vulnerable groups  HCA improving the quality of homes for older people (HAPPI)  Care and Support Fund for Specialised Housign

3. HCA Re-focused We are the people who help get things done…  Working with people and places to enable them to deliver homes, economic growth and jobs  Delivering programmes of investment  Making best use of our land and that of government/ other public bodies  Undertaking robust economic regulation of social housing providers HCA Purpose: to contribute to economic growth by helping communities to realise their aspirations for prosperity and to deliver quality housing that people can afford

4. HCA delivering homes for older and vulnerable people National Affordable Housing Programme 2008-11  Investment of £1.017 bn in specialist housing  Delivered 18,150 new specialist homes  £579m invested in housing for older people  £438m invested in supported housing  Additiojnally 1692 PFI extracare units The HCA believes that a strong and sustainable community needs to include all its members, including those who are older or vulnerable. Foyer, Barking

5. Housing for vulnerable & older people Affordable Homes Programme 2011-15  Positive encouragement to include housing for V&OP in offers: –mainstream housing –specialist housing –move-on accommodation –Lifetime Homes  NEW Additional guidance on HCA website –“providers should note that they will not be disadvantaged in any way by including supported housing in their offers, but rather, the offer will form the basis for discussion.”

6. Our investment role: Affordable Homes Programme 2011-15  £4.5bn (£2.3bn existing commitments)  Meeting locally identified needs  80% Market rent  9.5% for supported housing  encourages a spectrum of provision to meet the needs of older people: “Helping deliver the Government’s ambition to build up to 170,000 new high quality affordable homes by 2015”

7. HCA delivering for older people – Prince Charles House, Cornwall  High quality homes for older people or those who need support due to a health or disability  Partnership between Ocean Housing Group, Cornwall Council and HCA  One of the first projects directly funded through China Clay Eco- communities Programme  Built to high sustainability and national quality standards

8. HCA delivering for Homeless people  George House  Plymouth  BCHA  Rough Sleepers  46 en suite bedrooms  Land subsidy from local authority  £3.6m HCA funding  Training suite, communal dining and basketball area for resident interaction.  Landscaped garden and vegetable patch

9. HCA delivering through mainstream housing AFFORDABLE LIFETIME HOMES and NEIGHBOURHOODS

10.  HCA Vulnerable and Older People Board Advisory Group –Industry / sector experts –Ensure HCA respond to opportunities –Provide advice and support –Refreshed VOPAG launched today! HCA delivering homes for older and vulnerable people

11. Growing Demand  The number of over 60s is projected to increase by 7 million over the next 25 years ONS 2009  To 2029 the population aged 75+ is projected to rise by 47% in urban areas, and by 90% in rural areas Lifetime Homes Lifetime Neighbourhoods 2008

12. 1950 2010 19701990 Supply failing to keep pace

13. The wrong kind of supply

14. Improving the Quality of Housing for Older People “Happi” Housing our ageing population: panel for innovation

15.  Challenge perceptions and raise the aspirations and ensure that future homes and are fit for purpose, functional and adaptable to future needs  Raise awareness of the possibilities offered through innovative approaches to the design of housing and neighbourhoods Improving the quality of housing for older people (and other groups)

17. Space & layout

18. Light & ventilation

19. Balconies or terraces

20. Care Ready

21. Circulation space

22. Communal space

23. Quality of outdoor space

24. Environmental concern

25. Adequate storage

26. Shared external surfaces

27. Location

28. The Happi - effect

29.  Kidbrooke regeneration  Core & cluster  Less institutional  Mainly 2 bed dual aspect flats The Happi-effect

30. HAPPI Design Awards - winner 2011 Trees Extra Care, N6  PRP architects  Hill Homes  One Housing Group  40 homes –21 x 1b –19 x 2b  100% rent

31. The Care and Support for Specialised Housing Fund

32. Care and Support for Specialised Housing CaSSH Fund  White Paper – Caring for our future: reforming care and support  Re-establishes links between Health and Housing  £200m announcement 2013-2018  Up to £300m  Additional £100m potential - focus on 2013/15  London – separate fund

33. The 2009 report of the Housing our Ageing Population : Panel for innovation (HAPPI) showcased best practice from across Europe, and the principles of that report form the backbone of the bidding guidance. Crucially, The HAPPI ethos and principles are to be widened through this fund to address the needs of disabled groups, to ensure that high quality housing is delivered in great places, tuned to local need and demand. Norman Lamb, Minister for Care services Care and Support for Specialised Housing Fund Ministerial Foreword

34. Care and Support for Specialised Housing CaSSH Fund Phase 1 HCA Investment partners Support to specialist affordable housing Phase 2 Private market Widen opportunities for homeowners (Innovation, new ideas, new players) Specialised housing opportunities for older people Adults with disabilities or mental Health problems

35. What we want – programme focus Retirement village Extra care Sheltered retirement Very sheltered /assisted living Close care Adapted homes Specialised/ dementia Individual dwellings with own front door Flexibility to adapt or install equipment / assistive technology in the home Varying level of personal care and support – directly or locating scheme near local facilities Communal areas eg lounge

36. Community-led housing with mutual support

37. Dementia focus – for independent living Dementia is projected to increase 44% among the over 65s by 2025 ILC UK 2008

38. Support to people with Disabilities Physical or sensory disabilities Mental health needs Learning disabilities Autism

39. Care and Support for Specialised Housing CaSSH Fund  Assessment criteria –Value for money –Deliverability –Fit with local strategic priorities –Sustainability –Design and Quality  2 Phase approach – social and private  18 th January 2013, Phase 1 (affordable) closed  15 th March 2013, Phase 2 expression of Interest 2 closed

40. “Since my accident in 2009 I’ve been in care homes or hospital and it feels like I’ve been living in a cocoon, I currently don’t have a life as such and this is my chance for freedom – when I can transform from a caterpillar into a butterfly. Gary, aged 54, is tetraplegic and is living at Prince Charles House with a full time carer.