22 COMMENT DELIVERING Stephen Wasserman


SOCIAL HOUSING THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE


Stephen Wasserman of National Housing Group discusses the keys to delivering good quality ‘eco’ social housing


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WE’VE SEEN DEVELOPERS TALK ABOUT BUILDING ON THE GREEN BELT AS A SOLUTION, BUT THIS JUST ISN’T NECESSARY


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rom ITV’s ongoing investigation to young in uencer wao Tweneboas tireless social media campaigning, social housing is becoming an inescapable subect, and rightly so. lainly put, there isnt enough social housing to go around and much of the housing stock out there is, frankly, abysmal. All too often landlords are not held accountable for poor quality housing. Weve heard horror stories fi rst hand from our tenants of their eperience with mould, broken facilities, safety concerns and rodent infestations to name ust a few. t seems its only with the recent implementation of Awaabs aw that people are understanding the severity of poor or absent housing. There has been a huge decline in the affordability and availability of housing in the . Statistics released at the start of  by Shelter show that one in every  people in the  is homeless  thats , people, including children, without a place to live. The number of people living in temporary accommodation has skyrocketed by  over the last decade.


ational ousing roup  was founded to combat the housing crisis and homelessness. y salvaging disused properties we have so far housed more than  people in highquality social housing. Working specifi cally with local authorities, housing associations and charities, we are collaboratively providing social housing for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. We provide high quality and aboveindustry standard homes, while also providing realistic business margins. We believe developers can provide high quality social housing, positively affect homelessness and the housing crisis, reduce the cost of living for tenants and help the overnment on its way to net ero by .


RETROFITTING FOR PEOPLE & PLANET According to the ational ousing Federation, , new homes need to be built in ngland each year to keep up with housing demand. Weve seen other developers talk about building on the green belt as a solution to fi nding more space for new homes, but this ust isnt necessary.


The inistry of ousing, ommunities and ocal overnment last year put the number of empty homes in ngland at ,. That number is likely to have increased in  and doesnt take into account second homes and other empty houses, commercial or mieduse freeholds. To date, all our developments have been


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