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TRANSCRIPT
Claire Astbury, External Affairs Manager
April 2016
New Board Member
presentation
Contents
• Home ownership
democracy
• Legislation
• Voluntary Right to
Buy
• Income
• Reclassification
• Owning Our Future
• Devolution
Homeownership democracy
‘We are the builders’
Government want to build 1 million homes by 2020
• £4bn funding for 135,000 shared ownership homes
• £2.3bn for 200,000 Starter Homes
• Funding for 100,000 affordable rented homes
• Public land to be released for more than 160,000
homes
• Direct commissioning of homes
Legislation
Legislation
Housing and Planning Bill
• receive assent in
June/July (?) progressing
slowly through the lords
• more amendments
expected
Welfare Reform and Work
Bill - receive assent in
April/May
Voluntary Right to Buy
VRTB: Key principles of the
scheme
• Applies to tenants living in social or affordable
homes
• HA discretion to refuse a sale
• Sales at open market value. HAs will be fully
compensated (70% and then 30%)
• Where a HA refuses a sale they will work with
the tenant to secure an alternative
VRTB: Timetable
September 2015
Launch of the Voluntary Right to Buy DealOctober
2015 Member sign up
October - November2015
Member engagement and
sign up.
December – March 2016
Sounding Board, working group meetings and
workshops
April? - Royal Assent of Housing &
Planning Bill and Steering group
confirms recommendations
April – June 2016 Sounding Board final discussions with a indicative
go-live late summer
VRTB pilots
• Five VRTB pilots
• Eligibility set at 10 years
• Sales capped at 600 across the pilot
• Will test key elements of the sales process and
demand. Will not test portability or replacement
• No sales until the housing and planning bill has
royal assent
• Action research to accompany the pilots to
ensure lessons learnt
Ways to be involved / know more
• Email [email protected] to express
interest in the workshops
• Fortnightly RtB newsletter
• Website
http://www.housing.org.uk/topics/asset-
management/right-to-buy/
Income
It started with the July Budget…
Rent reduction – 1%
… then came the Autumn
Statement
Impact on supported & sheltered
housing
41%
24% 60,000
£68
9,270
1,256
£85
LHA - Supported and sheltered
• Exempt for 1 year from LHA, from -1% and
from 10% tolerance removal for new lets
• Future income uncertain – working in
developing a new model
• Govt review to be published April (?)
• Review will lead to new review on funding - new
‘solution’ out for consultation before summer
recess
• Shared room rate for under 35’s also a major
concern – makes this group too poor for social
housing.
LHA cap
We think that the LHA cap should
only be applied to those of working
age in general needs housing with
exemptions for the most vulnerable
under 35s from the Shared
Accommodation Rate
Reclassification
Reclassification
“We will bring forward measures that
seek to allow housing associations to
become private sector bodies again
as soon as possible.”
Deregulation of social housing
• Removal property disposals consent regime
• Abolition of disposal proceeds for future sales
• Removal of need for HCA consent for mergers,
acquisitions and restructures
• Modification of HCA powers to appoint and
remove managers
• Introduction new special administration regime
• Pay to stay voluntary
• LSVTs – abolish golden share and council
nominees
Great unknowns….
Brexit
• Housing market
• Political fall out
• Labour/materials
Economic downturn –
impact of global change
What could the future look like?
• Deregulation
• Shared resources
• Shared procurement
• Mergers
• Diversification
• Deregistration
• Charitable organisations
• Reasserting mission/social purpose
Sector Image review update:
Owning our Future
• Weber Shandwick was tasked
with conducting an audit of
political opinion of housing
associations and their role in
the housing sector.
• In total we conducted 52
interviews, with a primary
focus on a Conservative
political audience, but also
rounded out with an audit of
opinion in Labour circles and
with thinktanks and media. The
Federation also carried out
public polling.
Thoughts about the sector
1. The housing association sector currently does
not have any instinctive political allies
2. There is a sense that the sector is bad at
defining itself – but other people are filling the
gaps and defining the sector for themselves
3. All groups see increasing housing supply as the
prime function of housing associations
4. Conservatives place greater emphasis on
housing associations focusing on home
ownership – but not necessarily to the detriment
of other tenure
Thoughts about the sector
5. Those who interacted with housing
associations tended to appreciate the sector’s
contribution more
6. There is a perception of poor performance in
the sector – even despite positive personal
experiences
7. Every interviewee saw the sector continuing to
play a role in meeting housing need in the UK.
Biggest risk - the government?
Thank Tank and Media
Media were perhaps the most critical group, either
criticising the conduct of the sector, or a lack of
engagement from the sector.
February – Perceptions audit completed and Owning our Future launched
March – Findings of perceptions audit discussed at Federation and member groups
April-June – Owning our Future member roadshows across the country
July – Influencing Academy launched
September – Housing Week kicks off phase 2 of the strategy – a sector-wide influencing
and communications strategy to reposition the sector
What next - key dates
Devolution
A Mayor for East Anglia?
£175m Housing investment
£30m p/a for 30 years
infrastructure investment
Political buy in not secured
Andrew Lansley 3/1
Devolution
A Mayor for East Anglia?
£175m Housing investment
£30m p/a for 30 years
infrastructure investment
Political buy in not secured
Alan Partridge 100/1
Devolution
Other deals:
Essex progressing fast (but not all authorities on
board)
Hertfordshire – some initial conversations
Bedfordshire – nothing on the table
Devolution
Devolution activity
• Support members to co-ordinate their approach
• Position housing associations as delivery partners
• Monitor political progress and lobby at mayoral
elections
Contact
Claire Astbury,
External Affairs Manager, East of England
National Housing Federation
Twitter: @ClaireJAstbury