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Quarterly Report

January 2001

Representation

No organisations have joined the CCH in the last 3 months.

Policy

A strategy discussion has been initiated by the CCH with the Co-operative Union, the UKCC and representatives of leaseholder resident management co-ops. The aim of this strategy discussion is to develop an overarching co-operation in housing strategy by the forthcoming Confederation of Co-operative Housing conference.

It is anticipated that key elements to this strategy will include:

Community Land Trusts

Pilot projects for Community Land Trusts are currently being drawn up in partnership with other organisations in Birmingham, Wessex, Suffolk and North Lancashire. The CCH is primarily involved in the Birmingham pilot, which is being jointly funded through Birmingham City Council and the Housing Corporation.

Stock transfer

The CCH has drafted a stock transfer strategy paper which it aims to discuss at the forthcoming CCH conference.

RSL - best practice in tenant control

The CCH continues to negotiate its IGP bid for funding for best practice in tenant control with the Housing Corporation. The programme appears to be gradually growing in its scope.

Promotion

The CCH's next annual conference is still planned at the International Co-op College in Loughborough on 23/25 March 2001.

The London regional conference has been rescheduled for May 2001.

Research

It is anticipated that the CCH will launch 3 pieces of research at its annual conference:

Service provision to housing co-ops

This research hit some technical hitches, which have now been resolved and the research will shortly be complete.

Database of policies & procedures

Similarly this work is now almost complete and will be published shortly.

Tenant Control & Social Exclusion

The CCH's research into the effects of tenant control on social exclusion is now well underway and is due for completion by March 2001.

Code of Governance

The CCH Code of Governance has now been endorsed by the NHF, and will shortly be published.

Publicity

Events attended in the last 3 months include:

The CCH's interactive website is now sited at www.cch-uk.org.
The CCH also now operates an "eGroups" housing co-ops mailing list, for serious housing co-op afficienados! For further details, please contact the CCH webmaster at webmaster@cch.coop.