The Challenges of Mixed Tenure Management

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The Challenges of Mixed Tenure Management

• Gordon-James Associates
• Specialists in Leasehold Management
• www.rgjhc.com

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History of Tenures

• Up to end 19th Century owner or tenant
• Into 20th Century social landlords start to
  appear
• Post WW2 mass LA house building
• 1960s onwards growth in ownership
• 1980 RTB
• 1990s - Mixed Tenure
• 21st Century Key workers

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2007

• Home Buy-
• New Build
• Open Market
• Social Homebuy
• Traditional Shared Ownership
• Right to Buy
• Market Renting
• Intermediate Renting
• Social Renting
• Outright Sale

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Single Tenure Social Housing

• For long periods social housing developments
  always single tenure rent
• Many estates become unpopular as economic profile
  of tenants changes
• Collapse of blue collar work contributes to
  poverty
• Increase in anti-social behaviour

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Mixed Tenure

• First seen when RTB introduced 1980
• RTB mixed tenure by default?
• RTB changed tenure make up
• but
• Affluent tenants left
• Low end private rent market
• Maintenance Costs
• Less well maintained

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RTB Management Difficulties

• LAs and RSLs not geared up for homeownership
• Poor management
• Improper accounting
• Difficult client group
• Poorly drafted transfers and leases

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Planned Mixed Tenure

• Introduction of shared ownership was key
• Initial concerns regarding values, marketability
• Difficulties with management unless specialist
• Tenures often kept apart
• Cross subsidy

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21st Century Mixed Tenure

• Diversity of tenure is essential ingredient in
  Neighbourhood Renewal social rent, shared
  ownership, outright sale, market rent etc
• S106 Planning Agreements affordable housing now
  alongside new homes for sale by private
  developers

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.mixed tenure does not stimulate the development
of strong communities people may live side by
side, but they do not mix.Demos 1999
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• It is not so much that balanced communities
  work, it is that unbalanced ones dont
• David Page

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General Problem AreasLA Estates

• Rented v Leasehold skills change
• Expectations of leaseholders
• Estate improvements and major works

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General Problem AreasRSL Developments

• More integration of tenures into estate
  management
• Reluctance of owners occupiers to be involved
• Management difficulties for RSLs leaseholders v
  tenants
• Specialism or generic management?

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General Problem Areass106

• Affordable units isolated
• Developers prefer shared ownership to social rent
• Higher costs of private sector management
• Lack of RSL control
• NIMBYISM