A New Era for

Co-operative Development

Blase Lambert

Chief Officer

23rd January 2015

The Confederation of

Co-operative Housing• The representative body for co-operative and mutual

housing in England & Wales since 1992

• Aims and objectives:

Promote viable forms of co-operative, mutual &community led housing

Assist organisations to enhance governance &deliver excellent services

Provide networking opportunities

• Our member organisations range from 1 home toseveral thousand homes (c£2b of uncharged assets)

• Current programme in Wales with 19 projects todeliver 600 new co-operative homes

Commission on Co-operative &

Mutual Housing

Models of Community Housing

• Ownership

co-operatives

• Custom (self) build

• Management

co-operatives

• Co-housing

• Community land trusts

• Mutual home ownership

• The Community Right to Build & Neighbourhood Planning

LILAC

• 20 homes in Bramley based on the co-housing model with mutual home ownership

• Common house for cooking, eating, laundry, meetings, office & recreation

• Low impact living

• Straw-bale construction

• Monthly payments set at 35% of net income

Leasehold Management

Redditch Co-operative Homes

Accord Housing Association

(Finance & Development)

Development, Corporate & Financial Services

Agreements

Redditch Co-operative Homes

(Management Services)

7 year lease & Management Agreement

Neighbourhood Co-ops

(Local Scheme Management)

• Partnership between Accord HA & Redditch Borough Council

• Financed & developed through Accord HA (which retains freehold)

• Long lease to intermediary (RCH)

• Shorter leases to 6 local management co-operatives

• Currently another 226 homes in the pipeline through Accord / BCHS

Further Advice & Guidance

Blase Lambert

Chief Officer

CCH

07940 448014

blase@cch.coop

www.cch.coop