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Home building skills: an action plan for 2020
Posted on: 10 July 2011
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Housebuilding’s future skills are set out in a new report produced by a joint initiative between NHBC, Zero Carbon Hub and ConstructionSkills, supported by the Home Builders Federation, supported by the Home Builders Federation. The initiative was set up 18 months ago to investigate the likely changes affecting the new homes industry and advise on how professional, trade and technical roles should prepare in terms of training and qualifications. The report sets out a series of scenarios depicting the future of homebuilding.
Implications of the Affordable Rent Model in London
Posted on: 8 July 2011
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This report from the London Assembly’s Planning and Housing Committee sets out a number of issues relating to implementing the Affordable Rent Model in London. The new model gives housing associations the flexibility to raise rents for new tenants to provide funding for new affordable homes now that government grant has been reduced. The Committee found that raising enough income through higher rents to build new affordable homes and setting rents at levels people can actually afford will be particularly difficult in London, where rents and need are already so high.
A guide for assisted living: Towards LifeHome 21
Posted on: 8 July 2011
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This RIBA/BRE Guide on Assisted Living aims to provide authoritative guidance for architects, other design professionals and many other interest groups on the appropriate design of new and refurbished homes to create the right sort of detailing and services both within the home and adjacent to the home that will enable those living with long term chronic conditions to remain in their homes and to lead independent lives for as long as possible. Creating flexible and adaptable homes will include the installation of digital services to create a safe and comfortable internal environment and, of course, to support the occupants’ health and wellbeing and their contacts with friends, family, carers and the wider community. The first section addresses building fabric and space issues, while the second looks at approaches to the integration of digital infrastructure into homes and small communities such as residential blocks. Presentations from the report launch, held on 30 June 2011, are available here.
Warmer Bath: a guide to improving the energy efficiency of traditional homes in the city of Bath
Posted on: 6 July 2011
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The city of Bath, which is a world heritage site, hopes to show preserving heritage and tackling climate change are not mutually exclusive and could be used in other cities. The guide is the final product of the Low Carbon Bath project, a collaboration between the Bath Preservation Trust and Bristol’s Centre for Sustainable Energy, funded by the government’s Department for Communities and Local Government. It aims to make Bath’s historic buildings more energy efficient.
Allowable solutions for tomorrow’s new homes: Towards a workable framework
Posted on: 6 July 2011
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Zero Carbon Hub has launched proposals for a delivery framework for Allowable Solutions. The proposed framework shows how developers will be able to reach the zero carbon standard set for 2016 and is a direct response to the Housing Minister’s call in February this year for a workable approach to Allowable Solutions, the third and final part of the Zero Carbon Homes Policy hierarchy. The proposed framework, which has been developed in close collaboration with a range of collaborators representing housebuilding, planning, financial and government interests, proposes a system that will meet key working principles, including flexibility, simplicity and transparency in delivery. At present the Government has yet to define what will constitute an Allowable Solution, however on-site, near-site and off-site carbon-saving projects are expected to be available. The framework sets out the mechanism by which affordable, verifiable carbon savings projects might be funded and how they might be delivered in a way that encourages additional investment, limits the impact on those who are making. The aim of the report now published is to provide a consolidated proposal for Government policy development. Any comments on the proposals are welcomed.
English Housing Survey Housing Stock Report 2009
Posted on: 5 July 2011
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This is the detailed report of findings relating to the housing stock from the survey, and builds on results reported in the EHS Headline Report published in February 2011. The English Housing Survey Household Report 2009-10 has also been published.
Tackling housing market volatility in the UK
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a report which contains the conclusions of the Foundation’s Housing Market Taskforce. It argues that urgent action is needed now before another boom and bust cycle takes hold. The report examines: how improving housing supply can limit volatility in the long run; how using credit controls and reforming taxation could limit volatility in the short run; how promoting financial capability among borrowers and responsible lending could be combined with an improved safety net to limit mortgage arrears and repossessions; and the possibilities for developing alternatives to home-ownership.
Self-help housing: Supporting locally driven housing solutions
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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Self-help housing involves local community groups bringing empty properties back into use. This report is based on a consultation that the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) co-ordinated and research led by Professor David Mullins at the Third Sector Research Centre. The consultation brought together representatives from groups undertaking self-help housing, academia, trade bodies, think tanks and government departments. As well as providing an additional source of housing from empty properties, self-help housing can create work and training opportunities, build local communities and support neighbourhood regeneration. This report offers recommendations, for central government, charitable trusts, local authorities and others, which would help self help housing to play a greater role in the UK.
Forever blowing bubbles? Housing’s role in the UK economy
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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The report investigates housing market bubbles and proposes reforms to prevent them from occurring in the future.
New affordable homes: What, where and whom have Registered Providers being building between 1989-2009?
Posted on: 1 July 2011
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This report provides detailed retrospective analysis of the new homes built by Registered Providers in England over the period 1989 to 2009. The research, funded jointly by the Tenant Services Authority and the Homes and Communities Agency, was carried out by a team drawn from the Universities of Sheffield and Cambridge and the London School of Economics. The research used a wide range of data to investigate in detail what new homes were built by England’s Registered Providers, where these were located and who rented or bought them. In particular, the research: looked in detail at the types and sizes of new homes that were constructed and how these changed over time; mapped where all these homes were built at the postcode level across the whole of England and linked this to new analyses of social deprivation and tenure mix; and used anonymous data on tenants analysed who were being allocated these new homes or who bought new low cost homes, including the social, economic and demographic characteristics of the households that moved into them. Appendices to the report are also available online.
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