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1 Big Housing ConferenceHousing associations & community‐led housing
Cydffererasiwn Tai CydweithredolConfederation of Co-operative Housing
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• should RSL’s start operating as a business or should the tenants needs come first?
• the role of community‐led housing
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The UK needs to bring co‐operative and mutual housing options into our national housing policiesAn alternative attractive option, not just to state provision of housing, but also to market provision
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high satisfactiongood service performancecommunity bonds, identity & resiliencemeeting the needs and aspirations of individuals through community‐based businesses
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• 836 co‐operative housing organisations owning/managing 169,000 homes
• 0.6% of UK housing supplyThe coming together of:• sympathetic national & local Government• support frameworks• grass roots community development
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Berlin’s baugruppen• 5,000 homes per year – 15% of new provision• partnership between communities, local councils, architects and others
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In England:• an existing sector of social housing co‐ops• mutual housing associations• a variety of bespoke approaches – community land trusts, cohousing, self‐build and others
• a growing interest at ground level not being met
• some interest and support from Government, housing associations and local authorities, but not enough to make a difference yet
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A bold and ambitious Welshco‐operative housing movement
Cydffererasiwn Tai CydweithredolConfederation of Co-operative Housing
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Welsh Government co‐op housing programme• a democratic community membership• that has some control over its housing• bespoke and practical arrangements• working with councils and housing associations
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The Welsh Government co‐op housing programme• two rental housing co‐ops ‐ Cardiff• shared equity co‐op and CLT – Newport• rental housing co‐op ‐ Carmarthen• a set of community land trusts – Gwynedd• a live/work scheme – Vale of Glamorgan• community land trust/co‐op – Rhyl & Hay on Wye• shared equity co‐op – Merthyr Tydfil• young people’s scheme – Torfaen• elderly cohousing scheme – Pembrokeshire• large community‐led scheme – St Davids• self‐build ‐Wrexham
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Some key features• partnership with housing associations
• enthusiasm, excitement, innovation• top down meets bottom up
• pre‐allocations – the importance of first contact• Welsh Government support
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www.cch.coop/newcoophomes
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A community led housing movementPeople and communities playing a role in making their own housing solutions – making sustainable and lasting homes, resilient and confident local communities, helping people develop skills they never knew they had.
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People and communities can make homes:• they build themselves (on their own/in groups)• in villages, towns and neighbourhoods, building
homes that local people can afford to buy or rent now and in the future
• that are designed for people want to live as a community where people support each other
• in places where the only way to get community support for building homes is through communities making the decisions
• in renovated empty homes and buildings• for people of all income levels, young and old
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• the risk is being seen as big business• how can the sector support a growing community‐led housing sector accessible to all
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