CIPFA Annual Conference Mutuality and housing The UK

CIPFA Annual Conference Mutuality and housing

The UK needs to bring co-operative and mutual housing options into our national housing policies An alternative attractive option, not just to state provision of housing, but also to market provision

Member satisfaction with services Community bonds, identity & resilience Place making & tackling social disadvantage Meeting the needs and aspirations of individuals through community-based businesses

• 836 co-operative housing organisations owning/managing 169, 000 homes • 0. 6% of UK housing supply The coming together of: • sympathetic national & local Government • support frameworks • grass roots community development

Publicly funded • c. 250 fully mutual housing co-ops • c. 250 tenant management organisations • 8 Community Gateways and Mutuals • Rochdale Boroughwide Homes

Newer models • small rental housing co-ops • cohousing organisations (Threshold in Dorset) • community land trusts (Lyvennet in Cumbria) • self-build (Ashley Vale in Bristol) • mutual home ownership (Lilac in Leeds) • bespoke solutions for local communities and local priorities

Developing new community-led schemes • HCA community-led housing funding • revenue funding for community groups • ethical lenders & “warehouse” loan funding • 150/200 new schemes with more in the pipeline

Local authority partners • Brighton & Hove City Council • East Cambridgeshire District Council • Cherwell Council • Derby City Council

• 4, 000 new homes by 2017 • many communities, local authorities and housing associations talking about it

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