SMARTKLUB

COUNCIL HOUSING TOWERBLOCKS PROJECT

Council Housing Stock

□57,000 dwellings

□32,000 houses

□1,000 low/mid rise blocks of flats

□116 tower blocks

□In high demand

Tower blocks

□7 storey and above*

□116 in total

□14% of council stock

□8,000 tenants

□200 leaseholders

* plus 2 x 5-storey blocks

Construction

□Built 1957-1972

□12 different construction types Cook, Costain, Myton, Reema, Shepherd, Terson,

Townsen, Trad brick, Wimpey (x4 types)

Location

□Some isolated blocks

□Some grouped (2’s, 3’s and 4’s)

□Some in busy mixed commerce locations

Residents views on Tower blocks

□High satisfaction as a place to live

□However biggest area of dissatisfaction: Cost of heating How well the heating works

An area of strategic focus

□Develop a 10 year investment strategy for the Towerblocks Structure Communal services (lifts, lighting, CCTV…..) Communal spaces Energy Efficiency Heating Technology and enabling residents

…therefore engagement with Smartklub

Housing Revenue Account Business Plan

□Ring fenced

□30 year income and expenditure plan

□Major Investment Programme £80m p.a.

□Any plans need to be affordable within Rental income structure Other investment needs of stock

Incinerator/District Heating

□District heating network to 40 tower blocks in Lincoln Green/Burmantofts area, at design stage

What next

□Co-Production Session – 6th May

□Consultancy/Analysis - summer

□Action Planning - autumn/winter

□Council budget approval - February 2016

□Engage the market….

10 Year Investment Strategy questions questions questions…..

□Data: What do we seek to understand

How can we determine itPredictions/actuals/calculation models

□Technologies: What are the opportunities

How should they be deployed, what will they deliver Value/cost conversation

□Community:Determine, engagement, empowerment and impact

□Procurement & Business Models:High level models Sector specific market,

skillsets,benefits/risks