Leeds Planning Network Master Class: Innovation in Housing Supply 17 th November 2016 #LPNLEEDS
Chair Introduction Martyn Broadest Director of Home, Connect Housing #LPNLEEDS
Rob Greenland Leeds Community Homes #LPNLEEDS
#PeoplePoweredHomes Rob Greenland Leeds Community Homes @TheSocBiz @LeedsCommHomes
Next ten minutes • Quick bit of context • Brief overview of social enterprise & community-led housing in Leeds • Focus on Leeds Community Homes
Social Business Brokers CIC
We have a housing crisis • Affordability • Availability • Environmental sustainability • Community
Average selling price of homes in Leeds
Ratio – lowest quartile house price to lowest quartile earnings
Council homes sold through Right to Buy
Total number of homes built in Leeds
Council homes built in Leeds
Number of affordable homes built in Leeds
Affordable housing in England 2006-2016
Community-led housing in Leeds
The benefits they bring • Purchase and refurbish empty homes • Provide volunteering and job opportunities • Provide homes for people in housing need • Latch – own 64 homes, house 118 people • Latch – 27 people trained last year • Latch – plan to buy 16 more homes in next 2 years
Canopy – World Habitat Award Winners
Empty Homes Doctor
Empty Homes Doctor – 2015 impact report • £100,000 Leeds City Council contract • 59 long-term empty homes back in use • £340,000 trade for local businesses • £354,000 New Homes Bonus for Leeds • Estimate of social value - £11 for every £1 invested in the service
LILAC – pioneering co-housing community in Leeds
@leedscommhomes • A Community Land Trust for Leeds • Build and renovate affordable homes • Support others to do the same • Raise finance – including community shares • 1000 homes over 10 years
Community share offer • Aiming to raise £360,000 • Purchase 16 flats in new Climate Innovation District • Keep 9 for rental, sell 7 at an “intermediate” price • First homes should be occupied in January 2018 • Plan to pay 2% interest from 2020
www.ethex.org.uk/leedscommunityhomes
What we’re aiming to do • Raise money for the first sixteen homes • Develop pipeline – to move on quickly to next projects • Offer support to new community-led groups • Influence the debate on how we create housing in Leeds • Think more broadly – transport, green space, community
#PeoplePoweredHomes • Help spread the word • Cathy Come Home – 10 th December • Please consider investing – from £100 • www.leedscommunityhomes.org.uk • www.ethex.org.uk/leedscommunityhomes
www.ethex.org.uk/leedscommunityhomes
Vicky Payne URBED (Urbanism Environment & Design) Ltd #LPNLEEDS
Character Brand neighbourhoods to appeal to different markets (Vathorst, NL)
Land Value Capture
Public Transport
Accessibl e Open Space
Critical Mass
Critical Mass
A Confident Bite
Q & A #LPNLEEDS
Key Points & Conclusion #LPNLEEDS
Our next event:- Housing & Planning Under Devolution 16 th February 2017 #LPNLEEDS
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