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St Vincent’s Housing Association Snug. Bug house share
What is Snugbug • Original idea as move-on from Manchester Foyer • Intensively managed shared housing for 1825’s • 18 properties across the city • Purchased & other Registered Provider leased properties • Accessed via website vwww. snugbughouseshare. co. uk
www. snugbughouseshare. co. uk
Initial properties • St Vincent’s own properties • Leased from other Manchester RPS, with ‘easy in easy out lease’ • Purchased for Snugbug, Hulme, Withington, Fallowfield Burnage – areas where people want to live -
Property Considerations • Locations must work for young people, amenities, transport, colleges • Areas where housing choices are limited, barriers, deposits etc • Ideally 3, 4 sharing • High quality property standard • Consistent, branded property, furnishings etc. • HMO considerations
Finances Non grant funded Reliant on rent roll only Rents competitive with private landlord sector Service charge to cover communal utilities and other service but kept affordable- to change with LHA § Allowance from higher voids, arrears, repair costs § Tenancies – individual AST’s – although this is under review § §
Application process • • Application form Reference request Interview (approx. 40 -60 mins) Pre-tenancy training course – now tailored to indiv. Needs • • How to pay your rent Getting on with your house mates Claiming benefits Conflict resolution
Who is it for • Foyer Move on – under 25 s originally • Now expanded out to homeless move on (Cornerstones), professional houseshare, • On benefits and engaged in education or working • majority interest has been from 19 – 24 year olds. • last few months enquiries from 25 -29 years olds. • Of the properties let approx. 71% - 18 – 24 and 29% - 26 -29 yr olds
Matching house mates • Main story so far – Where it has worked well • New property – 3 or 4 coming together to shared similar to undergraduate experience, 1 leaves easier to replace, eg my spareroom. com • Snugbug coordinator can assist with match • Expectation that house mates will sort out cleaning/chore rotas • Shared responsibility • Learned a lot about expectations of our foyer residents and young people in general
Matching house mates - Where it has not worked so well Filling a vacancy after 1 st let Tenants with complex issues perhaps ex supported housing Issues with incompatibility, house damage, ASB, Less attractive locations and smaller bedrooms
house mates - Housed over 152 young people 313 days average stay 29 recent successful move ons on data collected 14 evictions – since start 14 Abandonments- since start
The Finances Voids and Bad Debts – 10% at 23% early days Rent £ 67 plus s/c – originally £ 91 total reduced following rent cut + reduced services - £ 80£ 89 pw Heating and hotwater and water rates paid by tenant Repairs lower than assumed but voids higher Utility costs too high – switched to pay meters - omitted from s/c
Sustaining the house • • • Encourage regular house meeting Establish a rota of chores Weekly H&S inspections Ranger Service – out of hours only Intensive Housing Management required
The Difficulties • Higher than expected voids and arrears • Finding suitable properties to buy/lease with the rental income available • Issue of Council tax paid by landlord • Source of lettings – who is happy to shareex social housing sector less willing to share • Services, landscaping, utilities, • Initial ASB (Facebook parties)
Changes made • Reducing costs – getting ready for LHA only • Utilities • Servicing • Extending customer base – homeless move on – working with voluntary sector for sustaining tenancies • Professional house share • Council tax still an issue • Reviewed properties
LHA Cap All services out of rent only : which can be dropped? • Higher voids – say 10% • Furniture? • Compliance – water, gas, PAT, fire risk • Pest control • Landscaping • Council tax • Utilities • LHA cap for different areas – rent increases? • Market only product
The Successes • • • Housed over 152 young people to date Established 18 properties– 60 bedspaces Running for 36 months Ranger service - scaled back as few problems xx successful move-ons – University house share, back to family home, own tenancy • Good partnership working
The Successes Housed over 152 young people to date Average stay 333 days Established 18 properties– 60 bedspaces Running for 36 months – tailored along the way • Expanded into houseless move on with Cornerstones • Some great move on cases • •
• What next… • Can it tackle under 35 s single room rate? • Issue of intensive mgt – who pays (Stepping Stone example) • Licences & deposits? • Customer base? – working well for homeless & refugees • Switch model to s/c studios at LHA?
Contact details • • Tel: 0345 450 6670 Mobile: 07976 222 897 Email: Yvonne. Mc. Dermott@svha. co. uk Website: www. snugbughouseshare. co. uk A Part of St Vincent’s Housing Association www. svha. co. uk www. twitter. com/svha www. twitter. com/snugbug 7
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