Co-operation in housing - the new era

Nic Bliss - CCH

#CoopHousing15

Co-operation in housing – the new era

Welsh co-operators Welsh local

authorities Welsh associations Welsh Government Wales Co-op Centre

Co-operation in housing – the new era

doom and gloom! 1% rent reductions welfare reform Right to Buy market failure Generation Rent interest rates to rise argh!

Steps along a road

• Bringing Democracy Home 2009• Mutual Housing Group 2011• Welsh co-operative housing• English community led, self-help, and

self/custom build housing programmes

• growing numbers who want an alternative to the dysfunctional housing market

• a need for an alliance• a stronger and more coherent message• support structures to scale up the sector

BSHF/Nationwide project

• stakeholder analysis• knowledge exchange• shared lobbying messages – RTB exemption• strategic visioning• spreading the word

Jon’s views!

• an opportunity to be grasped• it will require active

engagement from the main stakeholders plus new links

• alliance building will be challenging

• CCH can play a pivotal role

Nic’s views!

• are we the antedote?• to dysfunctionalism; market

failure; the second housing crash & paternalism

• schemes; schemes; schemes• flexibility and adapting• people; people; people• building on a wave of

popular desire for change

Rhidian Jones – the Welsh Government

#CoopHousing15