Background and Objectives

Tees Valley Housing has moved on significantly since the creation of the Tees Valley Housing Association from the merger of Cleveland and Teesside Housing Association and Phoenix Housing Association in 1996, and the subsequent formation of Tees Valley Housing Group. The Group, prior to joining Fabrick, included Banks of the Wear Housing Association, with property holdings primarily in Sunderland and Newcastle, and Tees Valley Trust Ltd which specialised in supported and sheltered housing across the Group, as well as leading the Group’s community investment initiatives.

On 1 April 2008, Tees Valley Housing became a partner in the Fabrick Housing Group that brings together Erimus Housing and Tees Valley Housing Ltd. In total, the Group manages nearly 20,000 housing units. Tees Valley Housing continues as a separate company within the Group managing over 4,000 homes and with an ambitious development programme. Fabrick provides strategic direction to the Group, and financial, corporate and development services to the partner companies.

Tees Valley Housing itself is primarily concerned with the provision of affordable housing across a number of different forms such as:

affordable rents
shared ownership
shared equity
intermediate market rents

In addition to the above, Tees Valley Housing is looking to increase the number of options given to current and future residents in terms of tenure in order to ensure that the package offered to them is truly affordable and suits the individual’s financial status.

An integral part of Tees Valley Housing’s approach to housing provision is to develop properties of varying tenure both with and without grant assistance from the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA). A programme of over 140 units per annum has been successfully pursued by Tees Valley Housing for a number of years.

In order to ensure that our residents receive the best possible service, Tees Valley Housing continually strives to improve its performance. The success achieved to-date in this regard is evident through its Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the results of its Housing Corporation assessments.

Tees Valley Housing has a specialist team dealing with Supported and Sheltered Housing. The client groups we serve range from those with mental health issues to those with learning difficulties. The services are offered to our clients within both specialist accommodation and their own homes. The Extra Care schemes at Pennyman House in North Ormesby, and Barnaby House in Eston provide examples of the new developments which Tees Valley Housing is delivering in terms of an ageing population and those in need of care.

We believe in investing in neighbourhoods through new and innovative ranges of services and initiatives. This approach helps us develop sustainable communities and provide positive attractions for new residents. These initiatives can be geographically focussed, such as the Neighbourhood Management Scheme at North Ormesby, or user/client focussed such as the OpENhOuse Project which aimed to bring the community into job and contracting opportunities within the housing sector.