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Explore the successful partnership between Keepmoat and Cambridge City Council in delivering affordable new build homes. Discover how this collaboration has transformed neighborhoods and provided additional housing options.
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Housing LIN Cambridge Partnership Approach 25th September 2012
Keepmoat New build mixed tenure housing • Keepmoat was formed following the merger between Apollo and the companies making up the former Keepmoat Group • We are now a £1.2 billion company specialising in a fully integrated service to both the public and private sector providing • 1520 new homes for sale delivered in year to March 2012 • 3000 new homes delivered for Local Authority and Registered Provider clients • 1,016 Extra Care home delivered • 43500 refurbished homes • HCA DPP1 panel • Developer Partner on HCA’s National Affordable Housing Programme (NAHP) 2008 – 2011 and 2012 - 2015
Working with communities • Durham Housing Partnership and Durham Villages Regeneration Ltd • Hull and Gypsyville Housing Venture and HMR West Hull • HMR Heartlands – Sefton, Wirral, Liverpool • Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust • Wolverhampton – Showell Park, Blakenhall, All Saints • London Borough of Camden – 10 year Partnering Contract • New Tyne West Development Company – Scotswood SPV • Sheffield Local Housing Company • Cambridge City Council – Affordable Housing programme • Various Extra Care schemes in Soham, Barnet, High Wycombe, Thurrock and Basildon
Partnering Public and private sector working together • Vision • Trust • Realism • Commitment • Openness • Culture • Understanding • Language • Resources • Delivery, Delivery, Delivery
Delivery ‘Action on the ground’ • Building ‘the team’ • Roles and responsibilities • Partnering • Risk management • Asset management • Funding • Land assembly • Delivery programme • Outputs / outcomes • Added value
Keepmoat Cambridge City Council Assets Cash Strategic level Skills Skills Framework Agreement The Projects Delivery level What underpins the Cambridge City Council partnership
Cambridge City Homes
Why have a new build programme • Replacing RTBs • Small scale regeneration • Re-balancing local communities • Additional Affordable Homes
New build Opportunities / Limitations (1) • Building Support for the Why? • Political • Residents • Internal e.g. Housing Management, • Property Services, Planning • External e.g. HCA, Registered Providers
New build Opportunities / Limitations (2) • Capability to deliver • Staff and Consultants • Systems – Approvals, Monitoring, Financial Viability, • Specifications • Procurement – HCA Panels • Legal’s – Development Agreements, JCT Building • Contracts • Finance – ‘Self-Financing’, Capital Programme • Communication
Cambridge City Homes • Building support for the why? • Political • Residents • Procurement – HCA Panels • Internal – Housing Management, Property Services, Planning • External – HCA, Registered Providers
Cambridge City Homes • Building capacity to deliver • Staff and Consultants • Systems – Approvals, Monitoring, Financial Viability, Specifications • Procurement – HCA Panels • Legal’s – Development Agreements, JCT Building Contracts • Finance – ‘Self-Financing’, Capital Programme • Communication