Refurbishment of Existing Properties: Park Hill

A case study from Sheffield City Council looking at how they approached the refurbishment of a 1950s built housing estate. In the late 1990s, in considering how to meet the Government’s Decent Homes standard, the council decided that promotion of a mixed tenure redevelopment, working with private sector partners, would deliver a more sustainable future. Read the case study on the IDeA website.

Estates Redevelopment: Scowerdons, Weakland and Newstead

This case study looks at how Sheffield City Council approached the tricky task of demolishing and rebuilding an out-of-date estate. The Scowerdons, Weakland and Newstead (SWaN) regeneration scheme in the south-east of Sheffield is an ambitious programme of phased demolition and redevelopment, which aims to create homes for the future in sustainable neighbourhoods, transforming the long-term prospects for the area. Read the case study at the IDeA website.

Delivering New Homes: Norfolk Park Green Homes

This case study outlines how Sheffield City Council project-managed their award-winning energy efficient development, Norfolk Park green homes. The Green Homes development is Sheffield’s first of its kind and compromises of 47 properties. It was built in partnership with Sheffield City Council, Transform South Yorkshire (TSY) and the Environment Trust (ET). Read the case study on the IDeA website.

Refurbishment of Existing Properties: Page Hall

The Page Hall project is one of two major energy efficiency programmes that Sheffield City Council has implemented. It aims to create four refurbished homes from five empty properties as showcases of good practice that individual owners can apply to their own properties, backed by a variety of relevant workshops. Read the case study on the IDeA website.

Sustainable Housing Projects

'Homes for the future' beacon Sheffield City Council has published five new case studies on its award-winning housing projects. Read how the authority has built energy-efficient homes and is regenerating a series of estates challenged by deprivation, while redeveloping city-centre spaces to spectacular effect. Find the case studies on the IDeA website or read about four of them in the postings immediately above this one.

Social Housing Equality Framework

The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) is developing a new equality framework for social housing organisations. Designed as a bespoke equality performance measurement and improvement tool, this new framework will enable ALMOs and housing associations to drive service improvements. A working group of housing officers has designed the draft but IDeA is now seeking views from the wider housing sector and partner organisations. The consultation for the Social Housing Equality Framework (SHEF) will finish on the 26 March 2010, and the aim is to launch the framework in May 2010. Find more details and a link to the consultation on the IDeA website.

The Future Of Housing With The Chief Executive Of The HCA

Sir Bob Kerslake, the Chief Executive of the HCA attended the LGA Environment Board November meeting. The work of the HCA and councillors’ concerns and future challenges were discussed. Subjects included;
*Design and environmental standards
*The future viability of Section 106
*Single conversation
*The regeneration of empty housing
Find out what Sir Bob had to say on the IDeA website by clicking on the logo below.

Good Practice In Housing

IDeA have produced several housing-related case studies on a range of themes. The current themes include :
*Good practice in design
*Housing matters: meeting the recession challenge
*Online support during the recession
*Building new homes
*Empty homes case studies
*Innovative good practice
Find the case studies at the IDeA website by clicking on the logo below.