John Lefever, Hastoe Housing. John has worked in the housing sector for over thirty years, both as a private developer and a social provider. Former regional head of development for Hastoe Housing Association, whilst in that position his team delivered over 120 Passivhaus homes. Hastoe are leaders in delivering with Community Land Trusts, currently on site in Lavenham with its 9th scheme and delivering a scheme on the Southwold hospital site with a community benefit society.

1. Community Led Housing Event
Housing Association Perspective
By
John Lefever
Land & New Business Manager

2. How Housing Association have
changed
• The next few slides will introduce Hastoe
• Explain How Housing Associations have
changed.
• The Impact of Quality

3. Protecting the climate and addressing rural fuel poverty
Passivhaus
• Carbon emissions approx 10% UK
average
• Fuel bill 3 bed house £125 pa
• Highly insulated, high performance
doors/ windows, minimal thermal
bridging, reduced water usage
• Mechanical ventilation with heat
recovery
Straw bale homes
• 60% reduction CO2 emissions
• Insulation 3x more than building
regs
• Fire resistance 2x required

4. Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, church land with
overage on market unit (Passivhaus)

5. Methods Hastoe has been involved in
to deliver Community housing
• Rural Exception schemes
• Rural Exception schemes in
partnership with CLT’s
• Almshouses
• Community Housing in partnership
with Community Benefit society.
• Co - Housing

6. Housing Needs survey
• The corner stone of a
successful rural
exception scheme is to
establish the Local need
• Surveys are best done
by an independent
organization.
• In Suffolk Community
Action Suffolk are
leaders
• The survey should
belong to the Parish
Council.
• The Questions are very
important.
• Any scheme should be
designed based on the
local need

7. Co-housing
• Currently working with 2 community groups
• Both own the land but no monies to build
• Schemes will be different.

8. Community Benefit society
• Southwold Community Hospital
• 9 homes (exchanged Feb 2018)
• Community group – Farm to folk café, library,
Crèche, Starter business unit
• Getting 125 year lease

9. Almshouses
 Hastoe has acquired failing
Almshouses
 Hastoe is working with an existing
group to deliver a hybrid scheme
 Hastoe is working with Landowner
to deliver 29 Self build homes &
13 Almshouses

10. CLT schemes with Hastoe
 Hastoe is working on or delivered
9 CLT schemes in the West country
 Hastoe South East has gone on site
to deliver 18 homes in Lavenham
having taken 125 year lease.

11. CLT – scheme – Former Depot off Melford Road Harwood Place
Lavenham

12. Any Questions
Please be kind - only easy ones
Thank you