This is the background to the SmartKlub Leeds Co-Production event that held on 6th May 2015 and sets the scene of Housing Leeds and the opportunity that surround the maintenance and refurbishment of its 116 Towerblocks in the City.

1. SMARTKLUB
COUNCIL HOUSING
TOWERBLOCKS PROJECT

2. Council Housing Stock
□57,000 dwellings
□32,000 houses
□1,000 low/mid rise blocks
of flats
□116 tower blocks
□In high demand

3. Tower blocks
□7 storey and above*
□116 in total
□14% of council stock
□8,000 tenants
□200 leaseholders
* plus 2 x 5-storey blocks

4. Construction
□Built 1957-1972
□12 different construction types
 Cook, Costain, Myton, Reema, Shepherd, Terson,
Townsen, Trad brick, Wimpey (x4 types)

5. Location
□Some isolated blocks
□Some grouped (2’s, 3’s and 4’s)

6. Residents views on Tower blocks
□High satisfaction as a place to live
□However biggest area of dissatisfaction:
 Cost of heating
 How well the heating works

7. An area of strategic focus
□Develop a 10 year investment strategy for
the Towerblocks
 Structure
 Communal services (lifts, lighting, CCTV…..)
 Communal spaces
 Energy Efficiency
 Heating
 Technology and enabling residents
…therefore engagement with Smartklub

8. Housing Revenue Account Business
Plan
□Ring fenced
□30 year income and expenditure plan
□Major Investment Programme £80m p.a.
□Any plans need to be affordable within
 Rental income structure
 Other investment needs of stock

9. Incinerator/District Heating
□District heating network to 40 tower blocks in
Lincoln Green/Burmantofts area, at design
stage

10. What next
□Co-Production Session – 6th
May
□Consultancy/Analysis - summer
□Action Planning - autumn/winter
□Council budget approval - February 2016
□Engage the market….

11. 10 Year Investment Strategy
questions questions questions…..
□Data: What do we seek to understand
How can we determine it
Predictions/actuals/calculation models
□Technologies: What are the opportunities
How should they be deployed, what will they
deliver Value/cost conversation
□Community:
Determine, engagement, empowerment and impact
□Procurement & Business Models:
High level models
Sector specific market, skillsets,benefits/risks