Joined by our Chair, Lord Best, #Renew visited Scarborough, a regeneration priority for the North Yorkshire Council, designated the country’s first coastal Mayoral Development Zone by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, and part of the Government’s Pride in Place programme. Nick Atkin, Chief Executive, Yorkshire Housing and Chair, York and North Yorkshire Housing Partnership, talked about the […]
The Liverpool City Region Renew tour showcased how housing associations, councils, the combined authority and other partners are doing all they can to improve the area. However, there are significant barriers, particularly around viability of regeneration schemes. We saw some fantastic work to improve town centres, city centres and estates. These schemes will bring about significant […]
“I want kids from this estate to look across the city and see a real, achievable future before them, a future that with investment in their roots, can give them hope to grow.” Lara Joyce, Secretary, Gleadless Valley Tenants and Residents Association (GVTARA). That’s what regeneration is about, the people and the community. This came through strongly in our Renew inquiry tour of […]
Renew visited Middlesborough to see one of the UK’s largest urban brownfield regeneration sites. The tour also went to some of the UK’s most deprived estates where progress is being made with regeneration, but significant barriers still exist. Renewal of homes in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) was also discussed – particularly what can be done to improve the lowest quality PRS homes and the challenges […]
Our Renew Advisory Group met to review activity so far, including the launch of Unlocking over 500,000 good quality homes in the North, and what the project should prioritise to maintain momentum. Following the meeting, the group visited city centre brownfield developments on the South Bank in Leeds, which has been earmarked as a new town, and Sugarhill in Oulton where 70 prefabricated Airey homes have been replaced […]
Andy Burham MP was today appointed as Prime Minister, the seventh Prime Minister in ten years. Mr Burham has promised to ‘do things differently’ and to take a more collaborative approach to politics. He has pledged to launch a new 10-year plan for Britian later this year, though he was keen to stress he will […]
A Westminster Hall debate on estate regeneration was called by Luke Murphy, MP for Basingstoke. It triggered a lively discussion with broad consensus on the benefits of estate regeneration and the need to make sure it is done with residents rather than to them. Chair of our Renew Westminster Group, Andrew Cooper MP spoke as part of the debate referencing findings […]
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP spoke at the launch of the first Renew research report ‘Unlocking over 500,000 good quality homes in the North’. The event took place in Westminster, and there was a strong turnout of parliamentarians. The Minister welcomed the new report and reflected on the importance of regeneration. He listened to all the speakers and engaged with guests. Other speakers included Andrew Cooper MP, who hosted the event […]
The Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) has today welcomed Andy Burnham’s focus on greater devolution of powers to places, and his statement that regeneration will be one of No10 North’s three priority areas. He stressed that everything starts with a good home, and the country needs to put that at the top of its priority list. Andy Burnham’s call for greater devolution and a focus on housing and regeneration reflects recommendations made by the NHC’s current Renew inquiry into housing-led […]
The far-reaching role of housing-led regeneration, and the Renew inquiry, and partnership working have been big talking points at the Great Northern Theatre 26. The importance of housing-led regeneration shone through in the morning. The day opened with a speech from Lord Best who set out how the continued focus on new homes was crowding […]