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Role of the HCA in 2010

Role of the HCA in 2010. JULIAN HART. December 2009. How can the HCA help you?. The Agency. New Agency – December 2008 Biggest development and regeneration agency in Europe 9 English regions Nearly 1,000 staff Annual budget of over £5bn 50,000 new homes per year.

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Role of the HCA in 2010

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  1. Role of the HCA in 2010 JULIAN HART December 2009

  2. How can the HCA help you?

  3. The Agency • New Agency – December 2008 • Biggest development and regeneration agency in Europe • 9 English regions • Nearly 1,000 staff • Annual budget of over £5bn • 50,000 new homes per year English Partnerships and ATLAS Housing Corporation New Towns (MK) Academy for Sustainable Communities DCLG Programmes (eg Decent Homes)

  4. The HCA • Growth funding & CIF • Affordability NAHP • Renewal: decent homes, PFI, regeneration • Investment / grant • Land • Expertise 3

  5. Statutory Objectives The Homes and Communities Agency was created by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 to: • Improve the supply andquality of housing in England; • Secure the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure in England; • Support in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities in England or their continued well-being; and • Contribute to the achievement of sustainable development and good design in England, with a view to meeting the needs of people living in England.

  6. Our vision To create opportunity: • For people to live in homes they can afford in places they want to live • For local authorities and communities to deliver the ambition they have for their own areas • A national agency that works locally…

  7. Outcomes • Creating homes & communities • Achieving local ambitions • Great design, great places

  8. Strategy National • Place Shaping/Making • Single Conversation London • Quality of Life • No “Homes for Hobbits”

  9. Programmes and Initiatives Funding Programmes • Social Housing Energy Savings Programme (SHESP) • Low Carbon Infrastructure Fund • Decent Homes • Carbon Challenge • Ecotowns / Eco-suburbs, etc Initiatives • Design Standards • Design and Sustainable Development Strategy

  10. Key Issues of Relevance to GHA Members • Design Standards (April 2011) • Design and Sustainable Development Strategy • Learning Lessons from • Low Carbon Infrastructure • Carbon Challenge • New Investment Tools

  11. Public Funding - reduced Public Land Increasing Pressure to reduce carbon Innovation in Funding / Investment How can the HCA help you? Foresighting for 2010

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