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HCA and supported housing

HCA and supported housing. SHIP Conference 2009. James Berrington. 5 February 2009. Overview. HCA – purpose and role HCA – the Single Conversation HCA and housing for vulnerable & older people NAHP – supported housing allocations and criteria

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HCA and supported housing

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  1. HCA and supported housing SHIP Conference 2009 James Berrington 5 February 2009

  2. Overview • HCA – purpose and role • HCA – the Single Conversation • HCA and housing for vulnerable & older people • NAHP – supported housing allocations and criteria • Identifying / demonstrating need for housing care and support • The future

  3. 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…

  4. The new world • New organisation with increased flexibility • New challenges – both short term and long term • New culture – national objectives and local ambitions • New partnerships with local authorities, the private sector, RSLs and regionally • New approaches: • New business process (the single conversation) • New business products (the HCA toolkit) • New relationship with Government – the voice of delivery

  5. Our tasks Support the delivery of new homes Secure the delivery of affordable homes Accelerate regeneration of under-performing towns and cities Improve the quality of existing stock and transform deprived neighbourhoods Ensure delivery is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable with good design Homes and Communities

  6. Business of the HCA People Growth Sustainability Affordability Renewal Housing Jobs

  7. The HCA Academy People Knowledge Skills Growth Sustainability Renewal Affordability Housing Jobs Capacity

  8. The Nine Regions

  9. HCA Funding – Significant Investment Property and Regeneration £1.7bn Decent Homes £2.6bn National Affordable Housing Programme £8.4bn Gypsies and Travellers £0.1bn Growth funding £1.1bn Thames Gateway £0.4bn

  10. The Market Downturn • Global liquidity crisis means reduced access to credit for: • Employers • Consumers • Housebuilders and RSLs • In the wider economy - reduced economic activity, reduced confidence, increased unemployment - recession • Leading to reduced demand for housing • Supply slower to respond • Further falls and expectations of falls in house prices

  11. Responding to the Market Downturn: not losing sight of the our priorities • The downturn hits places at very different stages in their regeneration journey • It is essential to hold on to the long term vision • Realism and adaptability in the short term is essential, but the commitment to quality must not be lost • Where development cannot be progressed, there is good preparatory work to be done • The HCA will provide active support and constructive challenge

  12. Responding to the Market Downturn: what has already been agreed • £400m brought forward to invest in new social housing • £775m brought forward to help support the construction industry • Introduction of Clearing House Scheme • Homebuy Direct • Mortgage rescue • Begun work with RDAs on priority regeneration projects • Flexibility on grant rates

  13. Responding to the Market Downturn: what the Agency is exploring • Tailored programmes for individual housing associations • The potential for local authorities to come forward with their own development packages • The funding of infrastructure works on a returnable basis • The scope for land purchase • The potential to access new sources of finance

  14. Responding to the Market Downturn: longer term Broadening the base of providers Greater consumer choice Bringing new sources of finance

  15. Towards a Single Conversation • Strategy • Capacity • Investment • Delivery • Programmes • Standards and mechanisms • Investment tools • Embracing both capital and revenue investment • Area-wide and specific interventions

  16. How the Single Conversation looks

  17. Housing for vulnerable and older people • Corporate commitment • Statement of intent - website and Corporate Plan • New strategy to be developed • Vulnerable and Older People Advisory Group • NAHP • Places of Change Programme • Gypsy & Traveller Site Grant • Single Conversation

  18. £8.4bn programme £367m allocations (by Dec 2008) Continuous market engagement RSLs + non-RSLs NAHP 2008-11

  19. SH Allocations - NAHP 2008-11 Source: IMS December 2008

  20. NAHP – key requirementsfor supported housing • Revenue guarantees not required • Strategically prioritised & supported by commissioners • Consistent with regional housing strategies • Must deliver value for money • Must meet design and quality standards • Supported housing must have an exit strategy • Can be re-provision or remodelling

  21. Partnership working on capital programmes • £80m Extra Care Housing DH • £175m Campus Closure DH • £55m Tier 4 Drug treatment DH • £80m Places of Change Now HCA • £tbc Care Leavers DCSF also • £97m Gypsy & Traveller Now HCA

  22. Design guide cover Design and Quality Standards • Requirement under NAHP - Includes: • Code for sustainable homes • Lifetime Homes • Harmonisation of standards under HCA

  23. Investment decision making- Regional and local strategies • Key documents - set spending priorities • How much for supported housing? Or for: • Rural housing • Family accommodation • Regeneration schemes • Growth areas & housing market renewal • Home ownership schemes • Key workers • Based on needs analysis

  24. Housing care & support at local and regional levels • Building for all (HC, NHF, GLA) • Housing care & support: a guide to integrating housing-related support at a regional level (CLG, HC, CSIP) • Joint Strategic Needs Assessments • Strategic Housing Market Assessments • LA performance framework, NIs and PSA targets • LAAs & MAAs

  25. Future direction / challenges • People First • Independent living • Personalisation • Joint Strategic Needs Assessment • Partnership • Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods • Social Care Green Paper consultation • Supporting People

  26. Where are we heading with supported housing? • What supported housing models do we need for the future? • Impact of personalisation agenda? • What do commissioners want? • Do you think they are they always right? • Do they understand housing and RSLs? • Grant rates? • Risk appetite of Board? • Developing? or Exiting the sector?

  27. Next steps for HCA and supported housing • Vulnerable and Older People Advisory Group • Strategy development • NAHP continues – continuous market engagement • V&OP in Single Conversation • Supporting HCA regions

  28. James BerringtonPolicy Manager (Supported Housing) james.berrington@hca.gsx.gov.uk 020 7874 5898 www.homesandcommunities.co.uk 0300 1234 500

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