Forum for the Built Environment – 24 th May 2012

1. Forum for the Built Environment – 24th May 2012 Naz Parkar – Head of Area for Leeds City Region and North Yorkshire

2. HCA Purpose HCA’s purpose from government: “The purpose of the HCA is to contribute to economic growth by helping communities to realise their aspirations for prosperity and to deliver quality housing that people can afford.”

3. What we do Housing Supply Economic Growth Locally Driven Robust and Transparent Regulation Skilled and Innovative Public Land & Assets

4. What have we done? 2011/12 year end delivery Get Britain Building Development and disposal strategy First Buy Programme Affordable Housing

5. Get Britain Building 24 projects shortlisted subject to contract delivering 542 homes with investment of £20m

6. Get Britain Building

7. Affordable Homes – the total programme 2011-15

8. Other programmes provide an opportunity for good quality affordable housing • Empty Homes • Within government’s Housing Strategy • £100m funding over 2011/15 • Decent Homes • To Council and Registered Providers stock • Housing Strategy – stock options • Community led initiatives – Community Right to Build, Custom Build and AHP • Right to Buy – 1:1 replacement

9. Land Disposal and Development Strategy Leeds – Wharfedale Hospital - Seacroft Hospital - Allerton Bywater - Tower Works - Leodis - Former BSM Bradford - Former Odeon - Old Police Station - Furniture City Wakefield – Frickley - Fryston - Normanton Calderdale – Hopwood Triangle - Union Street Kirklees - St Peters Buildings

10. What we have done in West Yorkshire? 2008/11 £211m invested in 4,443 homes and regeneration of places by creating 82,000m2 of employment floorspace and reclaimed 170ha of brownfield land £211m invested in 4,443 homes and regeneration of places by creating 82,000m2 of employment floorspace and reclaimed 170ha of brownfield land

11. What have we done in West Yorkshire? • Funded the first Code 6 homes in Wakefield and Bradford • Supported a revised delivery in EASEL, Leeds • Remediated former colliery sites in Frickley and Fryston and developed country parks • Supported the development of RGF bids to address renewal in Girnhill • Kickstarted stalled sites • Supported building of new council housing

12. New Affordable Housing Supply Major Registered Provider Partners working in the West Yorkshire Area - £50m plus to deliver over 3,000 homes + a % share of the indicative supply in LCR

13. The HCA’s in Partnership - enabling role in West Yorkshire • Supporting Registered Providers to deliver new affordable housing • Continuing to invest in the existing stock as part of the empty homes programme • Exploiting new funding opportunities – EH, Community Right to Build, Custom Build, Equity Investments • Joint approach to develop a strategy to Bradford city centre • Working with Leeds and Kirklees on site options appraisals • PRSI in the LCR – esp Leeds and Bradford

14. Goitside

15. The Future – The Housing Strategy The strategy aims to help those who: • Aspire to own their own home; • Want to see a fair and effective system of social housing; and • Rent a home privately. The Strategy is about • Getting the market moving again • Stimulating the economy • Not controlling things from the centre • Promoting social mobility • Incentives rather than regulation • Reform and fairness • Quality and fit with local need

16. Key measures ‘INCREASING SUPPLY’ • Mortgage indemnity • Growing Places Fund • Get Britain Building (Stalled sites) • Public Land • Land auctions • Locally planned large-scale development • Custom Build (Self-build) • Community-led • NPPF ‘SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING REFORM’ • Reinvigorated Right to Buy • Stock transfer • Private Rented Sector • Empty Homes OTHER