Coast & Country Housing Limited
| Industry | Social Housing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | NE England |
| Website | coastandcountryhousing.org.uk |
Coast and Country is a Registered Housing Provider located in the north of England and established in 2001. It took over the ownership and management of homes from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in July 2002. Its rental housing stock stood at 10,309 properties in April 2008.
The company is a 'not for profit' company limited by guarantee and regulated by the Tenant Services Authority.
As of 2010[update] the Chief Executive is Iain Sim. The company is governed by a board of 15 members consisting of Tenant Board Members, Independent Board Members and Local Authority Board Members. The current chair of the Board is Paula Breen.
Coast and Country is the largest social housing provider within Redcar and Cleveland. In addition to providing core housing services the company has also heavily invested in independent living services, including the development of a new Telecare service in partnership with the Borough Council.
Systems to support independent living
Telecare alarms
Telecare is an alarm system designed to provide a direct link to the company’s Customer Contact Centre, with a unit connected to a residential phone socket. A series of ‘intelligent’ telecare sensors are connected to the unit and placed around the home which monitor the health, safety and security of the resident.
For example, if a telecare sensor is activated, a message is automatically sent to the customer contact centre, where a trained customer advisor would forward the alert as required. So, this could involve contacting a family member, carer, warden or the emergency services.
Regeneration projects
The company is also pursuing an ambitious regeneration and development programme which will see multi-million pound investment in the regeneration of several estates within Redcar and Cleveland including Blayberry/Burnmoor Estate, Redcar and the Westfield Estate, Loftus as well as developments further afield in Filey[1] and Middlesbrough.
Energy efficiency projects
Coast & Country, is investing £1.5 million in making nearly 100 homes more energy efficient and economical to run. Three blocks, comprising 72 flats, at Barley Hill Close, Normanby, are to undergo a series of environmental improvement work. This will include external wall insulation, new windows, new roof coverings and solar panels, which will power the lifts and lights in the communal areas and the installation of one communal satellite dish.
Spencerbeck House
Another block of flats, Spencerbeck House, taken over by Coast & Country Housing in 2002, had only undergone minimal internal work since it was built three decades ago.
Extensive building and modernisation work, which includes new high performance thermal windows, solar panels, rewiring throughout the property, complete external re-cladding and energy efficient heating systems, was completed early in 2011, along with internal fittings including kitchen units and new bathroom fixtures.[2]
New housing
In 2011, Coast & Country secured planning permission to build 300 new homes in Filey at a cost of £45 million. As the town was hit by floods twice in the 2000s, the development is conditional on not increasing flood risk to existing homes.[3]
References
- ^ Coast & Country serves up information for Filey residents Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Coast & Country transforms the skyline with multi-million investment project Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Filey new homes plan approved by Scarborough council". BBC News. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
External links
- Official website
- 2007 Statistics at the Tenant Services Authority website
- 2007 Assessment by the Housing Corporation