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Developing new homes. estimated £2 billion in co-op housing sector spread unevenly across c250 housing co-ops 150 have useable assets? average 30 homes in each co-op could be cleaned ”? average value of £150K per home? £675m in available asset cover across the sector ?.
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estimated £2 billion in co-op housing sector • spread unevenly across c250 housing co-ops • 150 have useable assets? • average 30 homes in each co-op could be cleaned”? • average value of £150K per home? • £675m in available asset cover across the sector?
Value for Money standard “Providers must maintain a robust assessment of the performance of their assets” • will Government come looking for our assets?
its not as it once was! • very little grant funding available if any (15% of scheme costs?) • a lot of strings attached – “affordable rents” • can only be accessed through a Registered Provider who has an allocation or … • HCA community-led housing funding • can be used for variety of tenure approaches
Getting loan funding • very difficult for one off schemes at good rates • work with the Mutual Housing Group and HCA to establish a “warehouse fund” to package the requirements of schemes • estimated requirement of £100m to £200m • including Starlings • funding prospectus to get financial intermediary to arrange funding • could be “phase one” of viable schemes
Criteria for viable schemes • a group that can demonstrate effective governance and likely long term sustainability • a real site and a realistic scheme proposal • active support of local authority • a realistic development partnership • not consultant driven
What might investors fund? • CCH meeting with a pension fund investor brought out the following options: • participating in large scale bond issue (ie. the warehouse fund approach) minimum of £5m at “gilts” + 2% (good rates) • “purchase & leaseback” option – ie. money from pension funds buys co-op properties providing money to develop more homes – and then leases them back to the co-op over 35 to 40 years at a lease rate linked to inflation. Minimum £5m and would prefer batched approaches. Option to buy back at end of period for £1.
using pension funds to build new homes and manage them on 8 to 10 year management agreements. £5m to £10m investments. KPIs agreed with co-op, but no interest in management policies. Management fees between 20% and 35% but VAT an issue.