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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