Policy documents
Developing Housing Strategy in a Post Credit Crunch World
The CCH, with its partner national tenant organisations, TAROE and NFTMO, has published a housing reform proposal paper:
Developing Housing Strategy in a Post Credit Crunch World (MS Word document, 290 Kb)
Response to CLG consultation (January 2008)
Joint CCH / NFTMO/ TAROE response to CLG consultation An Action Plan for Community Empowerment: Building on Success
Response to to CLG consultation An Action Plan for Community Empowerment: Building on Success (MS Word document, 303 Kb)
Joint CCH / TAROE / NFTMO response to CLG consultations (September 2007)
Response to the CLG consultation on the future of Communities England and regulation of social housing (MS Word document, 300 Kb)
Response to the CLG consultation on tenant empowerment (MS Word document, 328 Kb)
Joint CCH / TAROE / NFTMO submission to the Cave Review (February 2007)
A joint response from the CCH with TAROE (the national representative body for tenant and resident organisations in England) and NFTMO (the national representative body for Tenant Management Organisations) to the Government's Cave Review into the future of housing association regulation (and wider issues).
Submission to the Cave Review (MS Word document, 123 Kb)
From Decent Homes to Sustainable Communities (September 2006)
CCH response to the DCLG discussion paper "From Decent Homes to Sustainable Communities" - a paper that seeks to chart the way forward for housing strategy in the UK following the Decent Homes programme to improve local authority and housing association housing.
Download CCH response to DCLG (MS Word document, 104 Kb)
CCH submission to Labour Party Sustainable Communities Policy Commission (May 2006)
The CCH was asked to make a contribution to the Labour Party's Sustainable Communities Commission. We were particularly asked to focus on the future role and funding of the social housing sector.
Download CCH's submission to the Labour Party's Creating Sustainable Communities Policy Commission
(MS Word document, 63 Kb)
CCH submission to the National Housing Federation's Tenant Involvement Commission (May 2006)
Following the launch of David Miliband's Together We Can Initiative, the National Housing Federation has launched a Tenant Involvement Commission to explore how the housing association sector engages with its tenants. This is the CCH submission to that commission.
Download CCH's submission to the National Housing Federation (MS Word document, 104 Kb)
Comments on the role and effectiveness of the Housing Corporation (March 2004)
Response to Home Office consultation paper "Building Civil Renewal" (March 2004)
Response to The Housing Corporation's "Board member remuneration" (February 2003)
The Housing Corporation's paper on board member remuneration indicates that the decision to allow associations to pay board members has already been taken, and that those who wish to respond are only being asked to comment on how this should be done.
We would urge the Corporation to step outside the closeted world of the housing association sector to carefully consider how such a decision will be received by the general public.
The Community Gateway (January 2003)
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A joint report by the Confederation of Co-operative Housing, Chartered Institute of Housing and Co-operative Union launched in January 2003 examines how the CCH's proposed Community Gateway Model could be implemented in council stock options appraisals to give tenants and communities a range of options for empowerment including housing co-ops in their local communities.
"Empowering Communities: The Community Gateway Model" describes a new type of body, the Community Gateway Association, for stock transfer, arms length management organisations and other potential scenarios, which will enable tenants and communities to choose from and staircase between a range of potential options about how they engage in their local communities.
Designed to be an attractive option for tenants, the Community Gateway offers a vehicle where communities can determine their own vision for their neighbourhoods at their own pace and take on the level of responsibility that is right for them.
Law Commission - consultation on creation of single tenancy agreement for housing in England & Wales
The Law Commission has been consulting on the creation of two forms of tenancy for all tenancies (including fully mutual housing co-ops) in England and Wales.
- Summary of key points affecting housing co-ops (June 2002)
- CCH's response to the consultation document (June 2002)
- Report on CCH meeting with the Law Commission (Oct. 2002)
Rent Restructuring (July 2002)
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Community Land Trusts - Report on a Feasibility Study (July 2002)
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Stock Transfer - the Community Gateway Model (October 2001)
The CCH has developed proposals on creating community control through stock transfer. It is intended that these policies will form the leading part of a publication on stock transfer to be published through the Co-operative Party in October. In the meantime, any comments on these proposals should be directed to nic@cch.coop - together with the attachment on the proposals.
A joint strategy for developing the co-operative housing sector (April 2001)
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This paper outlines a strategy to develop co-operation in housing. The co-operative movement recognises that housing and local communities are fundamental to everyone and therefore need to be key elements of the co-operative family, and there is extensive support within the co-operative movement to develop effective strategies to stimulate co-operation in housing.
Code of Governance for Housing Co-operatives (February 2001)
This code of governance has been written in an attempt to clarify the important issues to do with how housing co-ops should be governed in order to provide maximum benefits for their members. It is hoped that housing co-ops will sign up to this written down code of governance and that this will both ensure internally that co-ops are running effectively and to high ethical standards, and will demonstrate these high standards externally.
Response to the Government Green Paper - 'Quality & Choice - A Decent Home for All' (June 2000)
Response to the Social Exclusion Unit report (June 2000)
In May 2000, the Social Exclusion Unit published its 'National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal: a framework for consultation'. The CCH's hard-hitting response outlines that the strategy should have been a blueprint for transferring power democratically to local communities.
Submission to the Co-ops Commission (May 2000)
The Co-operative Movement, with the support of the Prime Minister, are currently looking at the future of the co-operative movement in the UK. As a part of this process, the CCH has made a submission to the Co-op Commission in partnership with the UK Co-operative Council.
Continuing dialogue between the CCH and Nick Raynsford, the Housing Minister (May 2000)
With the assistance of Lord Graham of Edmonton, the Chair of the UK Co-operative Council, a meeting was held between representatives of the housing co-operative movement and Nick Raynsford on 15th February. Subsequent to the meeting, Nick responded in writing on the key points raised, and the CCH has responded to that letter. The CCH's response can be found here. For copies of Nick Raynsford's letter, please contact the CCH office.
Response to the Housing Corporation's 'Options for Community Housing' and 'Community Training & Enabling' (December 1999)
In October 1999, the Housing Corporation published an 'Options for Community Housing' consultation paper, that was the result of pressure from the CCH and the housing co-operative movement to force them to consider the role played by resident controlled housing. Alongside this consultation paper, the Corporation also published a paper on 'Community Training & Enabling Grant'.
Response to the Institute for Public Policy Research consultation document 'Social Housing in the 21st Century' (October 1999)
The IPPR, an independent think tank, is currently considering the future of social housing and launched a consultation paper in 1999. The CCH's response promotes housing co-operatives and tenant controlled housing as models for consideration as well as looking at a number of other wide-ranging issues.
Tenants Taking Control (September 1999)
The CCH's official policy paper, that was consulted on with the housing co-operative movement and published in 1999. (Copies of the full report available from the CCH office at a price of £5 to cover administration costs).
For further information or any comments on CCH policy issues,
please contact Nic Bliss at nic@cch.coop
