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Tenancy Strategies: A Policy Perspective December 2011 David Pipe – Policy & Practice Officer

Overview

• The big picture
• Tenure reform - What

is being introduced and why

• What do we expect to

see?

• The role of local

authorities

The big picture

Tenure reform is one element of a wide range of reforms:

• Affordable rent
• Welfare reform
• Regulation reform
• Planning reform
• HRA reform
• Right To Buy reform

Tenure reform – Why?

The government feels that:

• Social housing is a

‘scarce resource’

• It is not always ‘targeted’

as effectively as it could be

• It is a question of

‘fairness’

Tenure reform – Why?

“Do we want to reform tenure to actually enable people to move through housing rather than seeing it as something that you either get – ‘great, I’ve got my council house’ – or you don’t get – ‘bad…’” David Cameron

Tenure reform – What?

• End to automatic

assumption of ‘lifetime’ tenancies

• New flexibilities to offer

fixed term tenancies, usually for 5 years or more

• But this is permissive,

not prescriptive

What do we expect to see?

• A much less homogenous sector, with

homes let on a range of different terms and rents:

‘Lifetime’ tenancies, social rent ‘Lifetime’ tenancies, affordable rent Fixed term tenancies, social rent Fixed term tenancies, affordable rent

• The challenge for local authorities

is to manage the effect of all of these changes in your area…

Some useful resources

• Managing the impact of

housing reforms in your area

• How to… develop your

tenancy policy

• The practical implications
• f tenure reform
• www.cih.org

Any questions

David Pipe – Policy and Practice Officer David.pipe@cih.org