16th March, 2020 / Nicola, CCIN
Cardiff Council is implementing an ambitious council house building programme to deliver 1,000 new council homes by 2022 and at least 2,000 in the longer term. Our new build programme incorporates around 40 development sites in the city and is supported by capital investment of circa £280 million over a 10-year period. Local engagement is ...
4th March, 2020 / Nicola, CCIN
Welfare reform presents significant challenges with Hull being the fourth most deprived local authority and the Council having two-thirds of tenants in receipt of means test support, and responsible for 23,500 properties. Hull’s approach needed to change in order to prevent homelessness and respond to mental health concerns whilst ensuring that the service remained viable ...
12th December, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Technological innovations in the private rental sector don’t happen every day, but the latest from proptech company ‘Marks Out Of Tenancy’ is helping Nottingham City Council to lead the way with a digital service to help local authorities identify unlicensed landlords. CCIN Affiliate Member and Bristol-based social enterprise ‘Marks Out Of Tenancy’ has been tapping ...
11th October, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Norwich City Council has a strong tradition of housebuilding and is committed to improving environmental standards. In an era characterised by limited funds, stock transfers and land sales, and following Government changes to Housing Revenue Account financing in 2012, the council took the unusual step of developing new properties itself, engaging architects through a RIBA ...
10th October, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
In their One City Plan, Bristol City Council (BCC) has a stated ambition to reduce the rate of empty properties across Bristol and to improve the waiting time for social housing for vulnerable residents. In March 2019, BCC engaged 4OC to help their Housing teams to meet these objectives. 4OC were commissioned to conduct a ...
19th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Re-imagining better ways to live in our cities Bristol City Council is making sites available across the city to test and deliver innovative and affordable housing solutions over the next five years, in a bid to find new ways to tackle a housing crisis. As part of the city’s Housing Festival – a five year ...
16th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Love Your Street aims to improve environmental and housing standards across six inner city wards with the highest proportion of migrant populations. Issues such as littering, fly-tipping and poor waste containment exist across all areas of the city to varying extents. However, the problems are most acute and are most regularly reported and addressed as ...
12th April, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
Newcastle City Council has been supporting the asset transfer of community buildings since 2013. For some organisations, asset transfer has opened up new and exciting opportunities, whilst others have considered the option but have decided not to pursue asset transfer due to governance and / or financial capacity. Asset Transfer – Beyond Asset Transfer April ...
3rd April, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
In January 2018, the Housing Commission on Community-Led Housing published its report, ‘Community-Led Housing: a Key Role for Local Authorities’. Set up by CCIN as a policy lab and led by Croydon Council, the Commission’s practical approach is aimed at promoting good practice and innovation to enable councils to work with communities to generate more ...
19th February, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
When 79-year-old Doreen Fairclough had a fall, she ended up spending months in a care home, when all she really wanted was to go to her own home. She couldn’t quite manage on her own, and she had no family. Then a scheme called Homeshare run by a social enterprise called PossAbilities found a solution. ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is a New Town with a growing population and a housing register of over 2500 families. Its pioneer residents had the expectation that their parents would be able to join them in Stevenage on retirement and their children would be able to remain in the area by being rehoused in council ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Redditch is a former new town in the West Midlands. Within commuting distance of Birmingham, it combines areas of affluence with pockets of deprivation and unemployment. With a long tradition of successfully managed council housing, Redditch Borough Council’s (RBC’s) preferred option had always been to provide social housing through its own housing stock. As that ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Liverpool City Council (LCC) is an urban authority where low demand has contributed to housing market failure. Recent population growth is beginning to stabilise the market. LCC considers that Community-Led Housing supports its strategic priorities by increasing choice, creating more sustainable neighbourhoods and reducing vacancy rates. It also improves the environment and enhances equality and ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Lewisham Council (LC) is an urban authority with high housing demand and rising homelessness. There is a lack of affordable housing with house prices and private sector rents both rising. LC sees community-led models as part of a wider-mixed market approach. It committed in its housing strategy 2015-20 to support community-led development and is now ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Leeds Metropolitan District is an urban area enjoying relative economic growth. While there is a shortage of affordable housing to rent and buy, the number of affordable housing completions achieved in Leeds in 2016/17 was the highest in many years. Leeds City Council (LCC) has a track record of supporting Community-Led Housing. Local CLH initiatives ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Hull is an area of low housing demand, with high levels of empty homes in concentrated areas of the city, as well as low wages and high unemployment. The council’s strategic vision and investment, combined with the local knowledge and social value of the Community-Led Housing groups, returned 576 empty homes to use in 2012-15 ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Glasgow City Council (GCC) is a successful example of how a large city, with the political and senior officer commitment to do so, can support and sustain CLH initiatives. This is supported by a funding system for social housing providers in Scotland that is more generous than in England, with higher grant levels. GCC manages ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Making Community-Led Housing a local authority corporate priority can transform the scale of activity by adopting an end to end approach to promote community-led development – from policy through developing in-house expertise, sharing good practice across groups to establishing a development company. East Cambridgeshire DC (ECDC) is a rural authority with high housing demand. Proximity ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Cornwall Council (CC) sees CLH as a major delivery vehicle for housing and economic growth. Through supporting the setting up of an umbrella CLT, Cornwall CLT, and providing revolving loan finance, affordable homes have been created for local people priced out of the housing market. CC is a rural authority with some large settlements. It ...
10th November, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Chichester DC (CDC) has been developing its support for CLH over the past year. It sees CLH as a way of delivering homes for specific local needs which very few registered providers now deliver. Affordable homes developed will be affordable in perpetuity and secured through a s.106 agreement. As CDC develops a new housing strategy ...
