Social Housing: the enabler & catalyst

Steve StrideCEO Poplar HARCA

“You’ve come along way baby”…

“You’ve come along way baby”…

“You’ve come along way baby”…

Catalyst and enabler

A solid return on investment

• We are a £72 billion sector, • We are also a solution driven sector • For every £1 we invest we get £7

back• For every person living in social

housing £3K goes back to the area

Everyone’s story is Unique

Poplar Harca

Set up by LB Tower Hamlets in 1998

Housing and Regeneration Community Association for Poplar

We manage 9,000 homes in Bow, Poplar and Mile End East

AimsBetter homes

Better Places

Better Services

Better opportunities

Location, location, location

We are local and locally focussed

We own the land

A tale of two cities - fantastic location

A place surrounded by change

The future is reshaping and high values

Back in 1998...

Lowest university take up

in the country

Third poorest area in the UK

Poorest health in

Tower Hamlets and the

UK

One of the highest

densities of young

people in Western Europe

High unemployme

nt

Challenges we have inherited

Poor community cohesion

No community facilities

Nothing for young people

“I was part of the original group of people who

petitioned for a youth club as they pulled down the

Lincoln Hall."

“It’s important for young people to have somewhere to go to learn and develop

to achieve their goals.”

Dizzee Rascal

Poverty in PoplarFifteen most deprived London wards on Average Score measure 2007

Ward name Borough Rank of average score within London (1 = most deprived)

East India and Lansbury Tower Hamlets 1

Bromley-by-Bow Tower Hamlets 2

Northumberland Park Haringey 3

Canning Town North Newham 4

Canning Town South Newham 5

Wick Hackney 6

St Dunstan’s and Stepney Green Tower Hamlets 7

Mile End East Tower Hamlets 8

Chatham Hackney 9

Queen’s Park Westminster 10

Hoxton Hackney 11

Queensbridge Hackney 12

Shadwell Tower Hamlets 13

New River Hackney 14

Weavers Tower Hamlets 15

Poverty in PoplarFifteen most deprived London wards on Average Score measure 2010

Ward name Borough Rank of average score within London (1 = most deprived)

Northumberland Park Haringey 1

East India and Lansbury Tower Hamlets 2

Canning Town North Newham 3

Stonebridge Brent 4

Wick Hackney 5

Canning Town South Newham 6

White Hart Lane Haringey 7

Hoxton Hackney 8

Queen’s Park Westminster 9

Haggerston Hackney 10

Golborne Kensington &Chelsea 11

Bromley-by-Bow Tower Hamlets 12

Chatham Hackney 13

Edmonton Green Enfield 14

Spitalfields and Banglatown Tower Hamlets 15

East India and Lansbury = 2

Award winning & evolving resident-driven ethosBreadth of social & economic regenerationInnovative, excellent & award-winning servicesPartner of choice delivering more & better

Our approach

How? Award winning

community regeneration network

12 community hubs

Service bespoke to a community’s needs

150,000 visits per year

£4m budget

Catalyst and enabler

Success

Investment to make

reshaping happen

Seizing the legacy and

wider regeneration opportunities

Business, health,

education and access

Mixed income

communities is a key priority

Others £500m+

Enabling investment by others

Poplar HARCA £350m

Government Grants £150m

Resident Led

Governance – a resident led approach

Stock transfer = Strong governance

Ballot vote –resident shaped governance

Poplar Board

Youth Empowermen

t Board

Joint Estate Boards

Committees

Estates

Our governance approach…

… and it’s evolving

Estates Housing Service Delivery

Places Neighbourhood Ward Forums

Estates Community Organisers

Green Network Group

Youth Empowerment Board

30 young people involved

National reputation

Involvement in

Corporate Boards

Key agencies involved

LBTH, Poplar

HARCA,GLA

Overview of Reshaping

Poplar programme

Leverage of investment

Poplar element of LBTH Local Investment

A clear vision of where we are going

Clear and focussed, ambitious, but tight budget control

Informs all strategies

Owned by all

A clear vision of where we are going

Feed into wider government plans and aspirations for London London Legacy Development Corporation Board and partner

approved Corporate

Strategic Plan – outlining goals until 2020

A clear vision of where we are goingBoard and staff

“96% of staff feel excited about and part of our success “

Enduring partnerships

Jim Fitzpatrick

MP

The journey

3,500 homes refurbishedDecent homes 98% and £120m being spentpotential for 9,000 new homesin 8 new neighbourhoodsup to 50,000+ population growth

1998

2008

2013

5,000+ homes refurbished570 new homes built

189 new family homes built465 overcrowded families re-housed

685 homeless households now housed

“A Unique Package”

Properties

Centres

Investment

Services Health

Schools

Awards

Parks

Leisure facilities

Retail

Connectivity

1998

2008

2013

Resident Led

Community Regeneration

Urban Regeneration

Skills, Jobs and Business

Poplar today

£1.5 billion investment

9,000 homes + 9,000

homes

Raising expectations

Award winning services

Localism before

localism

“ part of East London Being

remade”

Bob Kerslake

A robust model

Welfare reform

Health

Homes - Demand vs. Supply New tenuresWorklessnessAffordabilityPublic sector budget cuts

No or little grant moving forward

Planning

Mortgage and funding availability

Leaseholders and extension of right to buy

Innovation

Influencing and impacting on government policy

First RSL

Award winning

FIP Underground Refuge System

Green Programme

Youth serviceCommunity

safetyEco Hubs

The Sustainable

Housing Partnership

Award2012

New Schools

Apprentice Scheme/ Building

Academy

Family Intervention ProjectFIP has supported 300

residents, saving £23m!

Winner of Guardian Public Sector Award 2009

Contributed to London Excellence Award 2011

Now working with families in arrears

“It has given me a goal in life”

Resident

Youth services

Our youth service engages over 2000 young people

Residents feel safer

In 2007, 62% of residents felt safer In 2011, 78% of residents felt safer

Local Apprenticeshi

psBuilding Academy

New Employment and Enterprise

New Retail

Gastro pubs

CafesShop

s

New Health Services

• Health and wellbeing

• Healthy Eating

• Getting Fit

• Sexual Health

New Education

New School

St. Paul’s Way Trust School Langdon 6th Form Centre

New Bow Secondary School

St. Paul’s Way Through School

New Connections

NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OVER THE A13

LANGDON PARK STATION

Customer Satisfaction is High

• Over 85% of our residents are happy

Thank you