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GROWTH STRATEGY. Fiona Coventry Head of Growth and Partnership's. Responsible growth aligned to ‘heartland’ approach Routes to growth Delivery models Risks/ restrictions Approach to Growth. Agenda.
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GROWTH STRATEGY Fiona Coventry Head of Growth and Partnership's
Responsible growth aligned to ‘heartland’ approach • Routes to growth • Delivery models • Risks/ restrictions • Approach to Growth Agenda
Development of asset holding appraised on realistic long term assumptions (management/ maintenance). • Identified growth areas. Not solely opportunistic. Responsible Growth
Merger – 10% of HA’s < 2,500 units • Develop – HCA affordable homes programme 2015-18 • Acquisition – ‘Distressed stock’ and RP disposals • New markets – PRS & Sales Routes to Growth
Advantages: • Brings assets and financial capacity to the group. • Quick way to grow • Efficiencies of scale • Disadvantages: • Needs to be a good geographical and cultural fit. • Upheaval within organisation, including risk of redundancies. Merger
Advantages: • Bespoke product - location and fit with target market • Predictable running costs • Attractive to customers, giving high customer satisfaction • Vibrancy associated with being a developing RP • Disadvantages: • Capital hungry – In terms of cash, borrowing and security • No programme, no delivery team! Develop
1a. Corporate loan finance no grant Delivery Model Construction £ £100K £50K £50K £50K EUV-SH £ £0 £50 £100 £150 100K Loan Security 105-110%
1b. Corporate loan finance with grant Delivery Model Construction £ £100K £50K £50K EUV-SH £ £0 £50 £100 £150 20K Grant/80K Loan Security 105-110% Grant Security 105-115% loan?
2. JVCo Developer 50% Cash 50% Cash £100K 50% Return 50% Return ‘Dev Co’ Delivery Model Sales Return @ 20% ‘Agreed Purchase Price’ Design, Build and Sales Contract 80% ORS 20% AR
HCA Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18: • 3 year programme being procured next spring • Opportunity to get grant which should not be missed • Will require sufficient capital or borrowing capacity to bid (For a programme of 150 units per annum will require circa £12m per annum @£80K per unit). • NB: Opportunity to review framework partnership prior to spring to ensure maximum value for money. Opportunities
Advantages: • Cheaper than development, unit for unit - less burdensome in terms of cash, borrowing and security • There are bargains to be had! • Disadvantages: • Inherited product - location and fit with target market may not be great • Not new, and specified by us, so running costs uncertain Acquisition
1. Corporate loan Finance Delivery Model Acquisition £ £61K £50K £50K EUV-SH £ £0 £50 £100 £150 Security 105-115% loan? 61K Loan Security 105-110%
Purchase from selling RP’s: • Target stock which is a poor geographical fit for transferring RP, as sometimes good quality stock is tendered. • Purchase of ‘distressed stock’: • Although cheap, this is often less attractive for rental stock and more suited to PRS due to the inability to specify compliance with a given standard. Opportunities
Advantages: • Higher rents, so more easily self supporting • Funding streams available – Build to rent/ PRS guarantee • Meets the needs of new markets • tradable • Disadvantages: • Vires and company structure implications • Competitive market • Little known about long term demand. Private Rented Sector
1. Corporate Loan Finance Delivery Model Construction £ £100K £125K OMV £ £0 £50 £100 £150 Security 105-115% loan? £100K loan Security 110% NB: Government backed PRS guarantee also available
2. Lease/ Sale and Leaseback Delivery Model
Build to Rent: • Round 2 tender due in at the end of October. Likely to be developer bidders keen to find an RP partner to own/ manage on completion. • PRS Guarantee: • Reliant on securing corporate finance but good provisions in respect to security of loan. Relies on a portfolio of 100 units. • Lease deals: • Lots around with Pension companies, Financial institutions etc. Some tenders due out imminently in Mcr. Opportunities
Advantages: • Income generating • Meets the needs of new markets • Disadvantages: • Vires and company structure implications • Competitive market • Risk of unsold assets on the books Sales
Risks: • Income uncertainty (PRS) • Demand uncertainty (PRS and Sales) Restrictions: • Regulatory • Lender consent • Gearing • Unencumbered assets Risks and Restrictions
A mixed bag: • Grant fund traditional development • JVCo’s with developers, sales to cross subsidise • Lease/ sale and leaseback • Be opportunistic and acquire, but be selective • Mergers, if the right one comes along Above all, it must be the right scheme and the right product, in the right place Approach to Growth
Mcr, PRS, AR Barnsley, AR & SO Growth Areas and Products Tameside, AR Trafford, All High Peek, AR, SO, Sales Rotherham, AR Sheffield, AR, PRS Stockport, All Cheshire East, All Chester and Cheshire West, All
Barnsley, AR & SO Questions Tameside, AR ? High Peek, AR, SO, Sales Rotherham, AR Sheffield, AR, PRS Stockport, All Cheshire East, All Chester and Cheshire West, All