Transcript The Kent Housing Group

The Kent Housing Group
www.kenthousingroup.org.uk/
@KentHsgGroup
Tracey Kerly, Chair, Kent Housing Group
Who is the Kent Housing Group?
• “The Voice of Housing in Kent”
• A forum for social housing landlords and
affiliated members who share the same
vision about housing in Kent
• Representation from all 12 District and
Borough Councils, major stockholding
housing associations, KCC, the HCA and
the NLA
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What is our vision and our aims?
• To represent the collective voice of all housing
providers across the County
• To provide strategic leadership, shaping and
setting regional and national housing agendas
• Drawing in resources to benefit the residents
of Kent
• Improving the quality and supply of housing in
the public and private sectors of Kent
Reflect as well
as influence
Government
Priorities
The
Strategy
aims
to:
Be Fit
for
Purpose
Make a
Case for
Government
Investment
Celebrate
Examples of
Best Practice
Promote
Be an inclusive
process that
builds on
existing
Strategies
Innovation
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Add value and
contribute to
delivery of local
ambitions
Kent Housing Group
‘The Voice of Housing in Kent’
What have we achieved?
• Development and refresh
of the Kent and Medway
Housing Strategy
• The KHG Rural Housing
Protocol
• Housing for the Third Age
• The KHG Viability Protocol
• Training Events
• KHG Employment Support
Protocol
• Better Homes: Accessible
Housing
• Creating Sustainable
Communities in Kent
• The Kent and Medway
Tenancy Strategy
• KHG Eviction Strategy
• Annual Seminar
Rural Priority:
Developed a Kent and Medway Rural Housing Protocol, to create an
innovative environment to enable, and act as a catalyst for, an
increase in the delivery of affordable local needs housing in rural
areas:
•Affordability-average rural
house price substantially higher
than average house prices.
•Support Kent’s Rural economy40% of the County’s businesses
are based in rural areas
•85% of the land in Kent and
Medway is classed as rural.
•Maintaining and building
thriving Rural communities
•Meeting Local Needs
Kent Housing Group
‘The Voice of Housing in Kent’
What challenges lay ahead?
• Changes in Political Agendas
• Changes in funding streams
• Affordability - NPPF defines affordable housing as: Social rented,
affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible
households whose needs are not met by the market.
• Social rented about 65% market
• Affordable rented 80% market
• Intermediate shared ownership- min share of 25%, rent on balance 3% of
unsold equity capital value.
• Refresh of the Kent and Medway Housing Strategy Themed lead strategy
to support the delivery across the County.
• The Accommodation Strategy –need for specialist accommodation and
how we can join together to assist in delivery
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What are our future ambitions?
• Change to the KHG Governance Structure
• Continue to be a lobby group with
Government for FUNDING for more affordable
homes
• Deliver the political ambitions working with
CE’s and Leaders
• Deliver the Kent and Medway Strategy
• Voice of Housing through the LEP focussing on
the business growth and investment.
How will we succeed?
• Working in partnership
• The value of working in a collaborative way across
Kent
• The value that Housing can play in economic
growth and the economy of Kent.
• Supporting the most vulnerable in Kent
• Reduce Homelessness, Rough sleepers, Health
inequalities.
• Reduce HWL reduce numbers of empty homes
• Increased affordable homes