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David CowansGroup Chief Executive

Places for People

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The UK Context• Social housing exists to provide housing at

discounted rents to those who cannot afford to pay market rent.

• There are 4.1 million households in social housing in the UK– 1.9m renting from Registered Providers

– 2.2m renting from Local AuthoritiesSource: Office for National Statistics

• 64% of households in social rented properties receive housing benefit

• 26% of households in private rented properties receive housing benefit

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Housing Tenure

Trends in UK Housing Tenure 1980 to 2010 - 11

Source: CLG

Owner occupiers

Social renters

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ion

hous

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ds

Private renters

• If these trends continue, there could be over 5.5m private rented households by 2016

2016

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Social Changes• Number of households now

stands at 22.1m

• Number of households anticipated to grow by 221,000 per year or 2.2m by 2021 to reach 24.3m

• 1 in 6 people now aged over 65

• 1 in 4 people will be aged over 65 by 2050

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Dwelling Completions 1949 to 2012 (England)The Housing Challenge

Source: CLG

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About Places for People

• One of the largest property management, development and regeneration companies in the UK

• Assets in excess of £3 billion• Manage more than 143,000 homes across the

UK• Work with 230 local authorities and thousands

of customers• Equivalent of 6,000 full time employees

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A range of requirements

A range of solutions

Affordable Rent

Market Rent

“Try

before yo

u buy”

Share

d ow

ners

hip

Sha

red

equi

tyStaircasing

Supported Housing

Equity Release

Buy outright

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A range of products and services

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Brooklands 365 acres

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Our Approach

DevelopmentMasterplanningPartnerships & JVs

ServicesPlace Management

Facilities managementAsset management Individual supportEnsuring

successful places

FacilitiesManagement

Sales Regeneration

AccessAffordable rent

Rent conversionSave a deposit scheme

Try before you BuyMarket rent

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A Place for Everyone

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Employment

Training

Leisure

Local facilities Education

SupportChildcare

Regeneration

Playgrounds

Service

s

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Doing Things Differently• Innovative funding models

accessing new types of funding

• Improved profitability through efficiency, scale and diversification

• New business models to cross subsidise activities

• Flexibility over income groups and tenures.

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Flexibility

Capability CapacityMaking a difference


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