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Title: Regional Housing Policy and Strategy:


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  • Regional Housing Policy and Strategy
  • An Overview
  • Phil Toal
  • Housing Manager

2
  • A coherent National Focus?
  • Government policy
  • - Planning Policy Statement 3 Housing
  • Housing Green Paper Homes for the Future
  • Institutional /organisation arrangements
  • Comprehensive spending review 2007

3
  • Economic movements
  • Interest rates and borrowing
  • Price/Value dominated headlines affordability
    and exclusion
  • Dynamic markets changes are rapid defining and
    understanding
  • US and international global effects
  • demographic change and economy financial sector,
    distribution pattern of income stronger?

4
  • A complex national and sub national framework?
  • PSA Framework Balance markets and provide
    decent homes
  • Barker Reviews - Housing supply and Land Use
  • Hills Review of future of social housing
  • Cave review of regulation
  • New Homes Agency
  • NHPAU advice on affordability
  • CLG research and guidance
  • Welfare reform green paper

5
Complex National Framework
  • Pan regional Northern way Quality of place
  • Regional, Sub-regional, local strategic and
    delivery roles
  • Functioning markets not administrative
    boundaries- City regions
  • Inspection and accountability- comprehensive area
    assessments
  • Multi and local Area Agreements
  • Tenant and community empowerment

6
Sub National Review
  • Economic Development and Regeneration
  • Cross cutting review prior to CSR 07
  • Economic and housing market interrelations
  • Key implications
  • Strengthening Local Authorities and align local
    funding streams
  • Sub regions on a statutory basis? MAAs
  • Cross boundary development frameworks encouraged

7
Sub National Review (cont.)
  • Reducing regional clutter
  • Single Regional Strategy CLG and DBERR
  • Regional Assemblies cease in current form
  • RDAs regional planning body , regional strategy
    lead - new outcome framework
  • LAs to agree strategy with RDA and scrutinise
  • Regional Funding Allocations 2nd round
    expanded
  • Further consultation planned
  • New Regional ministers already appointed
  • Regional select committees
  • Regional Housing Boards and housings voice?

8
Housing Green Paper July 2007
  • Increasing the number and rate of house building
    - 3m by 2020
  • Improving the planning system
  • Making public sector land available for house
    building
  • Recycling existing land and buildings
  • Providing appropriate infrastructure
  • Improving the design and quality of new homes
  • Greening and reducing the environmental impact of
    new homes
  • Providing more social housing and help for first
    time buyers
  • Improving the way the mortgage market works
  • Improving skills and capacity in the building
    industry

9
Housing green paper some thoughts
  • more housing welcomed -contribution to the
    national 3 million homes by 2020 ? Quality more
    than a simple increase in supply.
  • growth points and eco-towns- is supported
    current RSS/RHS must not be compromised.
  • use more public sector land in the best
    locations
  • dealing with low demand is supported- and is
    currently recognised in both RSS and RHS- helps
    with affordability.
  • setting of affordable rural housing targets by
    housing market areas.
  • Planning and housing delivery grant -in some
    areas delivery targets should not be exceeded.

10
Green paper ( cont.)
  • Delivering affordable housing- supports the
    findings of recent regional studies
  • reuse of previously developed land and buildings
    is supported -consistent with RSS and RHS.
  • Better design and greener homes supports
    sustainable development- but energy use in the
    existing stock?
  • Mortgage markets- more than just government.
  • Skills and capacity of the construction sector
    critical
  • Mini-review of RSS - reviewing housing provision
    will have implications for other aspects

11
  • An emerging Single Integrated Regional Strategy?
  • Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) new housing
    provision, condition and location focus
  • Regional Housing Strategy stock renewal,
    quality and community needs
  • Regional Economic Strategy type, quality and
    aspiration
  • Sustainability and Integrated Regional Framework
  • New regional level architecture

12
  • Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) 2004 -21
  • More than numbers location and focus
  • Total dwelling construction
  • Improving the housing stock
  • Strategic Housing Market Assessments
  • Dwelling provision net additions plans
  • LDF requirements and conformity
  • Mini review contribution to 240,000 per year by
    2016

13
Regional Housing Strategy 2007
  1. To rejuvenate the housing stock
  2. To ensure the supply, type and mix of new housing
    meets social and economic needs and provides
    choice
  3. To secure the improvement and maintenance of
    existing housing
  4. To promote good management and targeted housing
    investment to address specific community and
    social needs .

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Regional Housing Strategy 2007
  • Cross cutting issues
  • Sustainable development and climate change
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Design quality
  • Innovation
  • Community cohesion and respect

17
  • Addressing market exclusion
  • Quality of place
  • Urban and rural complex interaction
  • Keeping pace with economic growth
  • Getting the mix right
  • Community Land trusts
  • Intermediate housing products
  • Choice based lettings

18
Improving existing homes
  • Decent homes and beyond
  • Loans and grants in the private sector
  • Energy use and insulation
  • Respect and tackling antisocial behaviour

19
Supported housing and community needs
  • Supporting people
  • Accessible Homes Grants/ adaptations
  • Housing for an ageing society
  • Extra care provision
  • Homelessness
  • Ex offenders
  • People with particular problems
  • BME requirements
  • Gypsies and Travellers

20
Spatial levels of working
  • Sub regional working- four sub regional
    strategies city regions ?
  • Functional housing market understanding?
  • Prioritisation through partnership
  • Funding streams expect more realignment more
    leverage and more efficiencies from investments?

21
  • North East region
  • Affordability as part of market exclusion

22
North East Quarterly Sales and Ave House Prices
1996-2006
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Type 2005
Age 2005
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2002
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2006
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2006
28
Tackling market exclusion
  • Not all about new supply only 15 of sales
  • Housing as a personal investment- borrowing on
    value 264Bn
  • Buyer subsidy effects
  • Buy to let and buy to leave now over 11 of
    new mortgages
  • Empty properties and second homes
  • Land supply and house prices relationship
  • Building society lending policies
  • Housing Benefit rules and regulations Local
    Housing Allowances?

29
Some final thoughts
  • Shifting regional picture - fundamentals
  • Local Government reform
  • Cross boundary working
  • Strategy and delivery
  • So much more than just numbers but supply focus
    increased
  • CSR 07 and further consultation
  • Costumers and consumers, citizens and residents

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