Overview Rural Housing and CLTs What

Overview • • Rural Housing and CLTs What is Community Led Housing? National case studies Delivery options Sussex (&other regional) CLTs Added value of CLTs Sussex Community Land Trust Project 3/18/2018 Slide no. 2

Barcombe resident “This village is dying (lack of people living in the village is killing off our services and community) …I would like my children to stay and bring up their own family in the village but if things stay as they are this dream will never happen. To the Parish Council and others, PLEASE START LISTENING TO US, WE WANT THIS VILLAGE TO GROW FOR US AND FUTURE GENERATIONS!” 3/18/2018 Slide no. 3

Mathew Taylor Review – Living , Working Countryside “If we fail to build the affordable homes to enable the people who work in the countryside to live there we risk turning our villages into gated communities of wealthy commuters and the retired. ” 3/18/2018 Slide no. 4

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Rural Schemes & RHE work ü 14 Local needs schemes in Sussex (2007 – 2016) ü Rural housing enabling services in Sussex and Hampshire ü HARAH partnership – very successful programme ü Chichester DC - strong rural programme ü Rural Exception site schemes delivered by rural specialist Housing Associations with PC support § 2010: Gov. introduce “affordable rents” & slash grant 3/18/2018 Slide no. 7

What is Community Led Housing? 1 – Community integrally involved throughout the process.

What is Community Led Housing? 2 – Presumption in favour of a long-term role for the community.

What is Community Led Housing? 3 – Benefits to the community are defined and protected in perpetuity.

CLH is not… • Just a more intensive engagement and consultation. • A housing association scheme with parish council or community backing. • Completely different to a conventional housing development process. • Dependent on free land or unusual subsidy. 3/18/2018 Slide no. 11

What is a Community Land Trust? A non profit community based organisation that develops housing or other assets at permanently affordable levels for long term community benefit ü Legal definition in the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 ü 175 in UK currently, 7 enabling organisations 3/18/2018 Slide no. 12

CLT – key defining features ü Community owned and controlled ü Open and democratic structure ü Permanently affordable homes or other assets ü Not for profit ü Long term stewardship * Slide no. 13

Community Land Trust self build St Minver, Cornwall All shared ownership No Housing Grant £ 85, 000 build cost (simple design) Modest subsidy North Cornwall DC Managed self build - On time & on budget Slide no. 14 14

Lyvennet Community Trust Crosby Ravensworth 10 rented homes 2 shared ownership Slide no. 15 7 self build plots 15

Lyvennet Community Trust Photo Cumberland & Westmorland Herald Slide no. 16 Pub bought & renovated with community share issue 16

Keswick CLT ü 5 homes for rent @ £ 500 per month for a 3 bed house ü 5 shared ownership homes @ 50% of £ 265 K ü 1 outright sale –with local occupancy restriction ü Some grant funding (HCA) and Community shares ü Professional team employed by the CLT; Architect, Quantity Surveyor & Housing Association 3/18/2018 Slide no. 17

“Buying from the CLT was the only form of ownership we could afford. The size, quality and affordability has completely changed our lives for the better. ” Gary and Lucie Wilson, Keswick Slide no. 18 18

2015 on site with 22 more homes plus town center conversion to 4 flats Lay people now experts Slide no. 19 19

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Different routes to delivery l ‘Hands on’ CLT leads, develops & carries ‘risk’ (mitigated via legals and professionals) ü CLT owns assets & income l Lease based CLT leases site to Housing Association. HA develops & carries risk ü Little work for CLT HA gets income (share with CLT? ) Slide no. 21 3/18/2018

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SDNPA Rural Exceptions Policy (SD 25) & CLTs ü Strong support for the principle of rural exception sites ü Support for an element of self-build to be allowed ü Mixed opinion on the allowance of market housing to increase the viability of rural exception sites. ü Several recommendations to make policies as flexible as possible ü The SDNPA supports the involvement of CLTs as one delivery mechanism for affordable housing, 3/18/2018 Slide no. 25

CLTs add value by… Being locally-controlled / democratically accountable Being flexible to meet local priorities Creating community support Providing locally affordable homes + Delivering actions from community neighbourhood plans • Closer community & landowner involvement • Generating re-investment for the community • Enabling the long term stewardship of community assets • • • 3/18/2018 Slide no. 26

Sussex CLT Umbrella Project (2014 – 2017) ü Robust business planning and feasibility ü Identify project finance. ü Tendering ü Access funding, grants & loans ü Advise on company forms. ü Link to legal experts and project partners. ü Guidance throughout Supported by: SDNPA, C 2 C LEP & National CLT Network 3/18/2018 Slide no. 27

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Community Housing Fund - Objectives • “deliver affordable housing units of mixed tenure. . . ” • “build collaboration, skills and supply chains at a local level to promote the sustainability of this approach. . . ” • “capital investment, technical support and revenue to be provided to make more schemes viable and significantly increase community groups’ current delivery pipelines. . . ” 3/18/2018 Slide no. 29

Using the CHF - Capital ü Unlocking/removing barriers on difficult sites. ü Site purchase and preparation (with some costs recovered when scheme completed). ü Revolving land purchase fund ü Investment in pipeline projects ü Land banking ü The provision of serviced plots for self-builders ü An equity loan fund 3/18/2018 Slide no. 30

Using the CHF - Revenue ü Start up support – advice and grants. ü Professionals’ fees during development process. ü A budget for community groups’ feasibility, legal and planning costs ü The appointment of specialist advisers for specific projects ü Strengthening an existing enabling organisation ü Collaboration to create a community housing ‘hub’ 3/18/2018 Slide no. 31

CLH Challenges • What are the challenges preventing greater roll out of Community Led Housing (CLH) 1. Access to land 2. Access to finance 3. Access to enabling 3/18/2018 Slide no. 33

Independent Development Fund ü Solution – fund the purchase of commercial development land for community trusts Buy Develop Repay 3/18/2018 Slide no. 34

Fund linked to; special vehicle development company ü USP - Communities shape the vision and own the completed asset. The special vehicle does the work. • How would the fund / company do that? 1. By buying sites 2. Providing top up or alternative predevelopment funding 3. Providing secondary development finance 4. By taking responsibility for development 3/18/2018 Slide no. 35