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Housing in Bolton

Bolton Community Homes Bolton Community Homes Strategic Housing Partnership

Keith Davies Guy Cresswell Jon Lord

Introduction

• Context for how housing operates in Bolton:

– Strategic context for Bolton – Strategic Context for GM – Bolton Community Homes – Bolton Community Homes

• Housing Facts
• Why Housing is important
• Challenges
• Offer and Ask

Housing Strategy Priorities:

• To provide housing that is affordable and offers

choice whilst meeting the needs and demands of the future;

• To create and promote communities that are

To create and promote communities that are sustainable and inclusive;

• To improve the quality of private sector housing;
• To promote health, well-being and quality of life;
• To strengthen our partnership approach to improve

housing, services and communities.

Strategic Context - Bolton

• Core Strategy position – Allocation Plan agreed
• 5 Year land supply – Target 694 dwellings per annum
• 35% should be affordable
• Increasing pressure to supply land
• Increasing pressure to supply land
• Major sites such as Rivington Chase key to delivery
• Housing target likely to increase so further land

required

Strategic Context GM

• City Deal includes a £300m Housing Investment Fund
• 80% Recyclable Loans to be repaid 3 times in 10

years

• Expectation to deliver 10 – 15,000 homes.
• New approach to spatial planning – GM Spatial

Framework by 2018

• Establishment of TOPco and GM Place to facilitate

delivery.

• Bolton’s Place at the table
• Registered Provider role within AGMA

Bolton Community Homes

• Strategic Housing Partnership for Bolton.
• Membership is made up of Housing Associations,

voluntary sector, Council including Health.

• We own and manage over 23, 500 homes and employ
• We own and manage over 23, 500 homes and employ

more than 1,300 people in Bolton.

• Unique model that brings added value and
• pportunities to communities.
• Projects funded by reserves
• Strongly linked into Greater Manchester through the

GM Providers Group

Housing Facts: Households and Tenure

Housing Facts: sales and prices

• Average house price in Bolton is £89,277,

which is a decrease of 3.5% from the same time last year.

• Average private sector rent for a 3 bedroom
• Average private sector rent for a 3 bedroom

house is £460pcm

• Average affordable rent for a 3 bedroom

house is £368 pcm.

Housing Facts: Stock Condition and Empty Properties

Housing Facts: Housing Need and Demand

• There are 21,003 people currently registered

with Homes for Bolton.

• 2,225 households were rehoused by BCH

partners last year. partners last year.

• 277 people were accepted as statutory

homeless last year.

• 3,084 customers sought housing advice in

2014/15.

Why is housing important?

• A home …….

– Health & well being – Educational attainment – Financial security – Financial security – Ability to work and sustain employment – Community cohesion & sustainable communities – Environment

Why is Housing Important?

We help shape and deliver strategic priorities in communities

• Development and Growth
• Skills and employment
• Health and Wellbeing
• Sustainable Communities
• Cross cutting

Why is Housing Important?

Why is Housing Important? We are the GLUE at a neighbourhood level

• Unique insight into communities and people’s lives.
• Facilitate the bringing together of multiple agencies.
• Provide residents and communities

with a voice.

Development and Growth

• New Affordable Housing to meet the needs of the

Borough

• Provision of specialist housing
• Balancing communities through lettings policies
• Piloting new design and build techniques

Skills and Employment

• Apprenticeships
• UCANs:

– Work clubs – Volunteering Work with college – Work with college – Work placements

• The LASE project

Health and Wellbeing

• Safe, Warm and Dry homes
• Supporting Independent Living
• Aids and adaptations
• Preventative services
• Older Person’s Housing Strategy

– Specialist Housing schemes – Assistive technology and Careline

• Food growing; co-operatives
• Social isolation

Sustainable Communities

• UCANs:

– Community business/social enterprise – UCAN Build a New Beginning Project – Health initiatives – Arts – Arts

• Community Safety

– ASB Cross Tenure Group – Somebody’s Sister, Somebody’s Daughter

Anti - poverty

• Supporting and signposting
• Debt Management and

budgeting

• Leading the way on fuel

Poverty and Behaviour change

• Tackling food poverty
• Tackling food poverty

Challenges

• Welfare reform
• Growth and Regeneration

– Land availability – Balancing economic drivers with fulfilling need – Demand issues Demand issues – Funding/Costs of work

• Supporting Independence in the Community

– Reduced funding for preventative services – Complex Needs – Social Isolation

Ask and Offer

• WE CAN

– Build new homes – Provide insight and a link into local communities – Help make best use of OUR resources – Offer our time and commitment

• IF YOU

– Recognise and use… – …Planning

Any Questions? Any Questions?