Management of Dwellings
Objective 4
All affordable dwellings provided will be transferred to a Registered Social Landlord, unless there are exceptional circumstances which support the implementation of alternative management arrangements.
5.19 The affordable units will be transferred to a Registered Social Landlord unless it can be demonstrated that adequate measures, legal controls and management frameworks are in place to ensure that the properties are made affordable in perpetuity and are occupied by households in need of affordable housing. The most effective method of ensuring these criteria are met is through the transfer of the dwellings to an RSL. The affordable dwellings will be let and managed in accordance with the RSL’s allocation policy.
5.20 There are a number of Housing Associations with whom the Council deals on Section 106 sites, namely Jephson HA, Pennine Housing 2000, St Vincents HA, Home Housing Group, and Yorkshire Housing. These RSLs have affordable housing stock in the district and are supported by the Housing Corporation as developing RSL’s with access to Social Housing Grant, and also have agreements to recycle surplus balances for development in Calderdale. The Council will expect these to be the RSLs with which developers normally work having regard to the RSL’s presence in the locality of the site and ability to provide the types of affordable housing needed with grant subsidy when required. However, there is also a wider number of Housing Associations with some activity in the district who would also be considered as RSLs to enter into Section 106 agreements, as on occasion would RSLs with no previous history in the district.