Accessible and Adaptable Housing Karen Sawyer Head of Cornwall - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Accessible and Adaptable Housing

Karen Sawyer Head of Cornwall Home Solutions (Slide credit: Habinteg)

April 2019

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Content

• Need for adaptations & accessible housing in Cornwall
• National data and research
• The Building Regulations 2000 Part M
• Planning Policy around the Country
• Cornwall Council Local Plan & SPG
• Hope for the Future

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Disabled people ‘have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with

• thers and are not obliged to live in a particular

living arrangement.’

Article 19, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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How many households in Cornwall contained at least one person with a long term health problem or disability?

A) Circa 20,000 B) Circa 87,000 C) Circa 200,000

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What’s the estimated number of wheelchair user households living in Cornwall?

A) Circa 2,000 B) Circa 5,500 C) Circa 7,200

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How many major adaptations did CHS complete last year?

A) 355 B) 682 C) 984

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What is the most common adaptation undertaken by the Home Solutions Team?

A) Stairlifts B) Level Access Showers C) Extensions D) Ramping

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Disabled Facilities Grants

• Increasing number of DFGs
• The majority of cases are:

– Level Access Showers (31%) – Bathroom alterations (24%) – Stairlifts (22%)

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What percentage of homes nationally in 2015 contained only the basic visitability features? level access to the entrance, a flush

threshold, wide doorways and circulation space, toilet at entrance level

A) 7% B) 12% C) 20%

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Some Data

• 93% of all homes aren’t accessible *
• Circa 1.9m households require adaptations *
• 9% of the population of Cornwall in 2015 was in

receipt of either Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance

• Demand for adaptations, accessible housing &

wheelchair user dwellings will increase

* Source:- English Housing Survey Adaptations & Accessibility report 2014 - 15

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All Party Parliamentary Group inquiry on decent and accessible homes

• Living in poor quality inaccessible homes, whether
• wned or rented, has a detrimental impact on older

people’s physical and mental wellbeing.

• supported and retirement housing developments are a

very small part of the market and are unlikely to provide a solution for most older people in need in the foreseeable future.

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Hidden Housing Crisis for Wheelchair Users

Aspire research (2014) found that: There are around 24,000 wheelchair users in England waiting for appropriate social or affordable housing. Habinteg research (2010) found that: The estimate of wheelchair user households in England with unmet housing needs is 78,300, which translates to 240 households in an ‘average’ local (housing) authority with a total of 68,064 households.

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Equality & Human Rights Commission (2018)

Our report reveals that there is a significant shortage of accessible homes and that many disabled people are frustrated by the housing system.

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October 2015 – the date it all changed

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Structure of Part M4 access standards

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Category 2 Accessible, adaptable standard: Ground floor

Low level glazing and window handle heights Living area at entrance level Accessible threshold to rear doors

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Category 2 Accessible, adaptable standard: Upper floor

Clear access route to reach the bedroom windows Bathroom with clear access zones to give access to all sanitary ware Doors and corridors of adequate width

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Accessible, adaptable, inclusive

Truly visitable because amenities are accessible to most regardless of any mobility impairments.

#Foraccessiblehomes – Habinteg’s campaign

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Accessible Homes Crisis

• Habinteg undertook analysis of Local

Plans

• 322 draft and adopted local plans were

identified and reviewed

• M4(2) homes required in 96 English

local plans

• London plan requires M4(2) in 90% of

new homes

• Outside London 14% of new homes will

be M4(2), with 8% specified to Lifetime Homes.

• Plus some local authority housing

companies and other developers by choice for quality and Value for Money.

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National use of ‘optional’ standards

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Regional variation in forecast to 2030

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South West in detail

37 Local plans (14 adopted before 2015 rule change) Of plans drafted or adopted since the rule change:

• 8 plans have a requirement set for M4(2) or M4(3) in some

homes.

• 1 requires outdated LTH or Wheelchair Housing Design

Guide standard Of new 301,741 homes planned in SW by 2030

• 11% are due to be M4(2), 7% LTH
• 0.76% are due to be M4(3), with no old standard wheelchair

specified.

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Cornwall v SW v National Average in detail

Policy status re M4 /

• ther standards

Proportion of new homes by 2030 best case Accessible home per head of pop Any new home per head of pop National

43% of plans contain policy

34% 1:67 1:23 SW

8 of 37 (21%) require some M4(2) or M4(3) 4 require other.

20% 1:94 1:18 Cornwall

M4(2) required in 25% new homes (dev’ts n10+) Zero M4(3) requirement

25% 1:78* 1:19* *Pop of Cornwall used for calculation: 563,600

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Cornwall Local Plan

• Adopted in 2016
• Policy 6: Housing mix - Respond to the requirements of a

changing population and of particular groups in the community, by increasing the supply of accessible and specialist housing which is able to meet people’s needs throughout their lifetimes.

• Policy 13: Development standards - Housing developments of

10 dwellings or greater should provide 25% of dwellings as M4 (2) unless site specific factors make the development unsuitable for such provision.

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Draft Housing Supplementary Planning Document

• Final draft published in May 2019, Due for adoption by Cabinet

in winter 2019/2020

• Encourages development to provide a range of accommodation

to meet the needs of an ageing or less mobile population

• Ensures that homes are sufficiently flexible to adapt to people’s

needs throughout their lifetimes.

• The Council will take a pragmatic and positive approach to

economic viability and may accept a lower overall level of affordable housing on sites which support the provision of ….wheelchair adaptable and wheelchair accessible homes.

• Accessible and Adaptable (Building Regulations M4 (2))

standard as a minimum.

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APPG inquiry on decent and accessible homes

• We must make it possible to improve the condition of

the current housing stock so that older people living in their homes are safe and well. It is also crucial that local authorities are able to plan and build new general purpose homes in the UK that are fully accessible, adaptable and built for life

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Hope for the Future

• Call for a Healthy Homes Act (Town & Country Planning

Association)

• Significant agreement across sector - Default

requirement Building Regs M4 (2)

• Recommended by Equality & Human Rights

Commission (2018),

• Future Home Standard

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Accessible Homes Makes Sense

• Well-designed accessible inclusive housing is

accessible to all: it is the very opposite of niche housing.

• For private developers this means there is a strong

market – and a market that will get stronger over time – and

• For the public sector building accessible homes means

investing public funds in housing that will benefit the greatest range of people.

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Housing & Ageing Alliance Manifesto

“ As a minimum make Building Regulations standard M4 (2) the default for all new homes as well as working with stakeholders to create a new ‘age friendly housing’ standard ”

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Help & Support

Training and support via Centre for Accessible Environments on:

• Technical aspects of the standards
• Overview of accessible housing policy an practice
• Toolkits on planning accessible homes and other

aspects of practice related to disable people and housing produced with EHRC: https://www.habinteg.org.uk/ehrc or contact

• Habinteg, 020 7822 8715

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Thank you / Meur ras

If you have any questions or comments karen.sawyer@cornwall.gov.uk

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Affordable Housing

Extra Care and Housing for Older People

Nicky Mannell Principal Affordable Housing Officer

April 2019

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What I am going to cover

• Data
• Types of housing
• Some design principles
• Affordable rent and shared ownership
• Challenges from your perspective

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Cornwall data

• 25% Cornwall’s population aged 60+
• Rises to 30+% by 2030
• 80% older people in Cornwall own their own home
• Older people in Cornwall move into residential care

earlier than other parts of the country

• Over 15,000 people aged 60+ under occupy their

home by at least 1 bedroom

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If half did so, 3.5 million properties (of which two thirds are family homes with three or four bedrooms) would become available, unlocking 18% of the property market. ‘Later life buyers’ are owner

• ccupying £820

billion of property wealth Eight million people over 60, in 7 million homes, are interested in ‘downsizing’. The country needs roughly 210,000 homes a year until 2037 to keep pace with the expected rise in overall demand, which is driven by both population growth and the changing nature of households.

National research data

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1% of Britons in their 60s are living in tailor- made retirement properties, compared to 17% in the US, and 13% in Australia and New Zealand. Homes designed for those retiring or in their ‘extended middle age’ achieve cost savings and have significant benefits in health and wellbeing, including tackling isolation and loneliness, while also releasing capital to improve the incomes and quality of life of older people. The number of homes built specifically for older people each year has fallen from 30,000 in the 1980s to fewer than 8,000 in recent years.

Cont……

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Extra care

• C3 – a legal right to occupy
• Designed inline with Housing LIN Extra Care Design

Guidance and HAPPI principles

• Care and support on site 24/7
• Office space, communal lounge and kitchen etc.
• 50-70 units with a mix of 1 and 2 beds
• Technology enabled
• Lift access
• Focus on independence
• Tenure blind

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1 bed 54m2

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2 bed 68m2

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Enhanced sheltered

• Smaller schemes than extra care (c.40

units)

• Similar design principles to extra care
• NDSS as a minimum
• Mix of one and two bed
• Care provision during the day
• Scheme manager on site during the day
• Technology enabled
• Lift access

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General needs older people

• Ground floor maisonettes 1.5 bed and

two bed

• Lift access above ground floor
• 1.5 and 2 bed bungalow designs
• Should be in all schemes where a need is

demonstrated

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Designated 55+ 1.5 bed

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HAPPI design principles

• Generous internal space standards
• Plenty of natural light in the home and in circulation

spaces

• Balconies and outdoor space, avoiding internal

corridors and single-aspect flats

• Adaptability and ‘care aware’ design which is ready

for emerging telecare and tele-healthcare technologies

• Circulation spaces that encourage interaction and

avoids an “institutional feel”

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Design principles (continued)

• Shared facilities and community ‘hubs’ where these

are lacking in the neighbourhood

• Plants, trees, and the natural environment
• High levels of energy efficiency, with good ventilation

to avoid overheating

• Extra storage for belongings and mobility scooters
• Shared external areas such as ‘home zones’ that give

priority to pedestrians – although careful consideration needed

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Rent, shared ownership & service charges

• Affordable rent in line with HE grant guidance – rent

inclusive of service charges

• LHA does not generally apply to specialist accommodation

however rents will still need to 80% of a comparable market product

• General needs older persons housing will not be exempt

from LHA

• Shared ownership
• Max share 75% (at this level no rent payable but

services charges will be applied)

• Help to Buy for more information or HE guidelines
• Service charges can only be for actual cost and need

careful thought with mixed tenure schemes

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Useful links

https://www.housinglin.org.uk/ https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/37814118/ final-housing-spd-april-2019-print-version.pdf https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/browse/ Design-building/HAPPI/

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Challenges from your perspective

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Thank you / Meur ras

If you have any questions or comments Nicky Mannell

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Thank you / Meur ras Question Time

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