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

Redcar and Cleveland

The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Eston, Skelton and Loftus. It had a resident population of 139,132 in 2001, and is part of the Tees...

 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

Company limited by guarantee

In British and Irish company law, a private company limited by guarantee is an alternative type of corporation used primarily for non-profit organisations that require legal personality. A guarantee company does not usually have a share capital or shareholders, but instead has members who act as...

 and regulated by the Tenant Services Authority.

the Chief Executive is Iain Sim. The company is governed by a board

Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

 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

Independent living

Independent living, as seen by its advocates, is a philosophy, a way of looking at disability and society, and a worldwide movement of people with disabilities working for self-determination, self-respect and equal opportunities...

 services, including the development of a new Telecare service in partnership with the Borough Council.

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

Redcar

Redcar is a seaside resort in the north east of England, and a major town in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It lies east-northeast of Middlesbrough by the North Sea coast...

 and the Westfield Estate, Loftus

Loftus, North Yorkshire

Loftus is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in a region between Saltburn-by-the-Sea and the North York Moors...

 as well as developments further afield in Filey

Filey

Filey is a small town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the borough of Scarborough and is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on the North Sea coast. Although it started out as a fishing village, it has a large beach and is a popular tourist resort...

 and Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

.

Energy efficiency projects

Coast & Country, is investing £1.5m 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.

New housing

In 2011, Coast & Country secured planning permission to build 300 new homes in Filey

Filey

Filey is a small town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the borough of Scarborough and is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on the North Sea coast. Although it started out as a fishing village, it has a large beach and is a popular tourist resort...

 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.

External links

• Official website
• 2007 Statistics at the Tenant Services Authority website
• 2007 Assessment by the Housing Corporation
  Housing Corporation
  The Housing Corporation was the non-departmental public body that funded new affordable housing and regulated housing associations in England. It was established by the Housing Act 1964...