Some slides Sue Beecroft shared at Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Conference at Manchester in 2013 about the resources available and our use of data to better understand housing markets in and around the Cambridge area.
3. What drives our sub regional approach?
• From early days, housing leads committed, support of
a network of groups
• Not unusual in experiencing…
–Extreme housing pressure, with diverse symptoms
–Determined to understand issues and make links
–Share and spread the load, in time, effort, funding
4. Shared housing agenda
• Deliver new homes to economic success
• Enable better health and well-being through housing and
support
• Create mixed and cohesive communities
• Improve standards in existing homes and encourage “best
use”
• Extend housing choice, meet housing need
• Prevent and tackle homelessness
• Promote benefits of good partnership working
5. Development over time
• Always focus on the issue and gather knowledge…
2003: Key worker housing survey
2006: Sub-regional comparison of housing needs data
2006: first joint GTANA
2006+ early birds on in-house SHMA and its spin-offs
• Growing library of data
• Guides our shared thoughts & responses in these
changing times
9. Data atlas – this one for LHA proposals…
Average private rent for 3 bed Do LHAs cover the average private 3 bed rent?
Red = no
Green = yes
10. Projections project: stock changes by 2021
Scenario modelled:
• 5% social rent
• 65% afforable rent
• 30% shared
ownership
• 20% stock conversion
• One of 6 scenarios
used to start off
discussions!
12. Steps to delivery
• Much of this work is based on consultation,
networking and feedback
• Other projects include
– Annual private rents review and monthly hometrack rental
review, responding to enablers and RSLs need for data to
inform “the 80% debate”
– New development surveys began so could learn lessons
from Cambourne, now looking to learn some wider lessons
from 6+ surveys
13. Benefits of a joint approach
• Clear investment priorities (LIP)
• Lean approach to strategy makes
it more flexible
• Focussing on the benefits of
housing to other agendas
• Housing recognised as vital to a
healthy economy
• Data to support sub-regional
discussion, planning,
communication, adaptability…
14. Evolution
• Data collection and assembly is the first step
• The data becomes a catalyst.
• Sharing within a group which genuinely listens and
learns from a wide range of partners may be the trump
card.
• Plus there is always more to learn, to absorb, to adapt
to…
• …perfection is over-rated
15. More information…
• Housing market assessment is at www.
cambridgeshirehorizons.co.uk/shma (soon to move to
the JSNA web site)
• Projections Project, Market Bulletins, LIP and housing
statement at www.cambridge.gov.uk/crhb
• New development surveys and Data Atlases at www.
cambridgeshire.gov.uk
• Me? sue.beecroft@cambridge.gov.uk
Hinweis der Redaktion
One of the 4 CLG growth areas
Cambridgeshire Horizons LDV set up in 2004 to support
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Structure Plan evolved into East of England Plan
And now? Continued support for quality growth
Seven districts, two counties
Shared resources include:
housing co-ordinator
SHMA + research officer
Home-Link CBL system
HomeTrack subscription x 7
County research unit committed to “open data”
Chief Planners since 1974 and RSL forum since xxx
Quarterly housing market bulletins
Respond to need for more up to date info than a SHMA can accommodate, and for comparison data
Quarterly housing market bulletins
Respond to need for more up to date info than a SHMA can accommodate, and for comparison data
Quarterly housing market bulletins
Respond to need for more up to date info than a SHMA can accommodate, and for comparison data
Data atlases
Developed as result of partners asking for a “clickable” SHMA
Data for rents based on HT combined with annual local rent survey
Affordability projections project
Stemmed from need to start a discussion on the new agenda and how our market “fits”
Relationship between prices, needs, incomes, new products.
Overall, looking at who do the new products help?
Income curves for 3 different groups – all, Home-Link and Orbit applicant households
Then compare income levels to average housing costs, including the new 80% “affordable rent”
Gives a view on the proportions of each group able and unable to afford different tenures
Next stage = effect on the housing register, who benefits from the new and existing products, looking at effect of changes in relet rates for housing providers etc.
Broad assessments, but a guide to our similarities and our differences.
Other agendas – mention
LEP: 13 districts
Health and well-being boards
Supporting People (post ring-fence)
Quarterly housing market bulletins
Respond to need for more up to date info than a SHMA can accommodate, and for comparison data
Data atlases
Developed as result of partners asking for a “clickable” SHMA
Annual private rents review and monthly hometrack rental review
Respond to enablers and RSLs need for data to inform the 80%
New development surveys
Began so could learn from Cambourne experience, now looking to learn some wider lessons
Affordability projections project
Stemmed from need for a start fo discussion on the new agenda and how our market “fits”
Quarterly housing market bulletins
Respond to need for more up to date info than a SHMA can accommodate, and for comparison data
Data atlases
Developed as result of partners asking for a “clickable” SHMA
Annual private rents review and monthly hometrack rental review
Respond to enablers and RSLs need for data to inform the 80%
New development surveys
Began so could learn from Cambourne experience, now looking to learn some wider lessons
Affordability projections project
Stemmed from need for a start fo discussion on the new agenda and how our market “fits”