CLES Annual Conference 18/19 October 2006

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CLES Annual Conference18/19 October 2006

• Time for a Change

Presentation by Rod Cahill Chief Executive,
Catalyst Housing Group Chair, G15 Group of London
Housing Associations
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Who is Catalyst?

• 15,000 homes in West London and out to Oxford
• Housing Corporation development partner
• Engaged in mainstream development and
  regeneration

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Who is G15?

• Affinity Sutton
• Amicus Horizon
• Catalyst
• Circle Anglia
• East Thames
• Family Mosaic
• Genesis
• Hyde
• London and Quadrant
• Metropolitan
• Network
• Notting Hill
• Peabody
• Southern

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Who is G15?

• 250,000 homes owned or managed in London
• Benefit 700,000 Londoners
• Homes for rent
• Homes to buy
• Housing with support
• Neighbourhood regeneration
• Training and employment
• Financial inclusion
• Youth mentoring
• Child care

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G15 Agenda

• What we build
• Who we house
• Optimising the capacity of the HA sector
• Promoting home ownership
• The case for London
• The case for HAs as developers and regenerators
  
• Integrated approach to development,
• management, maintenance and community
• develoment

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Are we creating a legacy for the next twenty
years?
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Are we creating a legacy for the next twenty
years?

• YES

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What sort of legacy?
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What sort of legacy?

• Sustainable communities

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What sort of legacy?

• Sustainable communities we hope!

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How are we going about it?

• Speed
• Innovation
• Reduced cost
• Increased density
• Increased quality

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Those principles in action 30 years ago
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Oops . Lets try again
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Resident driven legacy
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Development capital
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G15 legacy some stats

• 50,000 new homes over the next five years
• 6.5 billion spend
• 25 grant input
• By end of the decade 15,000 homes p.a. in London
• Half for rent
• Third for shared ownership
• 17 outright sale

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G15 legacy some principles

• Long term view
• Mixed communities owners and renters families
  as well as singles
• Integrated approach to development, management
  and community development
• Focus on neighbourhoods
• High quality design

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Bermondsey Spa
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Bermondsey Spa

• Hyde Housing Group
• 200 metres from new Bermondsey Underground
  station
• 627 homes
• 322 dwellings per hectare
• 65 2 bed or more
• Third for outright sale
• Health centre, supermarket, shops and retail
• Eco Homes very good

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Barkway Court
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Barkway Court

• Circle Anglia Group
• Clissold Park, Hackney
• 106 homes
• 260 dwellings per hectare
• 40 outright sale
• Paying for affordable homes
• Which include 40 sheltered homes for the elderly
• Meets Boroughs Agenda 21 sustainable development
  objectives

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New River Green
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New River Green

• Southern Housing Group
• Former Marquess Estate, Islington
• 377 homes
• 185 dwellings per hectare
• 65 rent, 20 shared ownership, 15 sale
• Supported housing
• Surgery, church, retail units, art gallery
• Neighbourhood agreement

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Oaklands Court
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Oaklands Court

• Catalyst Housing Group
• Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush
• 45 homes
• 214 dwellings per hectare
• Range of dwelling types, 1-4 bed
• Roof garden
• Major addition to high street

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Future legacy some issues

• What housing mix do we want?
• What about families?
• Who are we going to allocate rented homes to?
• Who are we going to sell homes to?
• What are we going to do about service charges?

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Future legacy . not thisOops . Lets try again
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But thisThat worked .. Lets do it again
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Contacts

• Rod.cahill_at_chg.org.uk
• www.g15.org.uk