Solving the housing crisis
Gill Payne
Director Policy & External Affairs
National Housing Federation
VISION 2033:
‘IF YOU WANT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE,
COME TO A HOUSING ASSOCIATION’
• social enterprises: independent private bodies that exist for social good
• building, maintaining and managing good quality homes across all tenures and for all income groups
• investing in economically and socially healthy and resilient communities.
General Election Campaign and Beyond
key issues
The Undecided Election (according to
the pollsters!)
A Resounding Win
Queen’s Speech
The speech highlighted:
• Full employment
• Welfare Benefits
• Housing Bill and extension of right to buy
• More devolution to cities and local
government
• Increased NHS spending
Housing Bill
“Legislation will be introduced to support home
ownership and give housing association tenants
the chance to own their own home”
The purpose:
• Help provide more hard working people with a
chance to own their own home
• Increase housing supply and access to home
ownership
Challenges and Opportunites
• Housing high on agenda – housing crisis acknowledged
• Our unique offer- housing supply; economic impact;
social value; partnerships
• Successful private public partnership – £72bn private
investment
• Focus on meeting aspiration and home ownership.
Right to Buy & relationship with Local Authorities ?
• Investment in demand not supply
• Welfare reform- will bite hard
• Devolution and new partnerships
• Investors