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Does the UKs housing stock offers the worst value for money? Addressing the UK housing crisis requires a multifaceted approach that tackles both the supply and quality of housing. Here are some recommendations for house builders: Maximize Space Efficiency: Focus on designs that maximize living space within a smaller footprint, utilizing innovative spatial planning and multi-functional rooms to provide more living area per square meter Modernize Older Homes: Prioritize the retrofitting of older homes with energy-efficient insulation and modern amenities. This can significantly reduce energy bills and improve living conditions Cost-Effective Construction: Employ cost-effective construction methods and materials that do not compromise on quality. Prefabricated panels, for example, can save on labor costs and time Sustainable Practices: Incorporate sustainable building practices and materials to reduce the environmental impact and long-term costs for homeowners Affordable Housing Solutions: Develop affordable housing solutions that cater to a range of income levels, ensuring that quality housing is accessible to more people Community Development: Build not just houses, but communities, with a focus on creating shared spaces and amenities that enhance the quality of life. By concentrating on these areas, house builders can contribute to solving the UK’s housing crisis by providing homes that are not only more affordable but also offer better living conditions and sustainability for the future. #ukhousing, #building #construction

Among affordable housing developers today, there’s one commonality tying projects together: uncertainty. Here are the top 10 trends in the affordable housing sector. https://loom.ly/89brB3s

The National Housing Federation has identified that England needs 340,000 new homes – including 145,000 affordable homes – each year until 2031, to meet current demand. 🏘   With residential construction demand high this forecast demonstrates why our role to detect and plan for unknowns, enabling the best decision making throughout the entire project lifecycle, is so important.   Read how Rund is supporting the smooth delivery of Abri Group's Sawyers Close development, an ambitious affordable housing regeneration scheme, where Rund has acted as #ProjectManager, #QuantitySurveyor, and #PrincipalDesigner.   Together with Abri, we are #BuildingStrongerOutcomesTogether via close collaboration to bring these affordable homes to the communities that need them. Read more about our role on the project and how it is progressing in our latest website article: https://lnkd.in/ehhBntDZ

Innovative housing options like tiny houses and modular homes must be considered to add to the affordable housing supply. There are companies building sustainable modular housing that can be completed in less than 2 years which allows developers like Next Step Development to build attractive communities faster. The concept of modular housing isn’t new and the industry is growing. “Modular construction was among initiatives the Biden Administration in 2022 named as ways to raise the nation’s housing supply. Across U.S. residential and commercial sectors, modular construction was estimated to represent more than 6.6% of new construction started in 2023, representing more than $14 billion in total project value, up from $3.7 million in 2015, according to trade association Modular Building Institute. Multifamily and workforce residential housing represented 20% and 8% respectively of the total projects.”#affordablehousing #modularhousing #nextcity

Top 10 trends in affordable housing

Fantastic to see public lands being leveraged to develop affordable housing. However, with a project cost of $25 million for 42 units, approximately $600,000/unit, the issue of how the cost of construction makes building affordable housing is apparent. To tackle the housing affordability crisis we must find a way to build in a more cost effective way.

In the Business Post today The Housing Commission warns the government that 80,000 houses a year will need to be built in Ireland every year until 2050. To back that up a report by the US Census Bureau predicted that Ireland will experience the second-highest rate of population growth in Europe over the next three decades, @shamob96 Jan 2023 IrishCentral to around 6.33 million in 2050, a rise of 33.04%. The largest construction companies across Ireland are pushing as hard as they can to lead the way bringing sustainable construction into mainstream but companies like Glenveagh Properties plc John Sisk & Son Ltd John Paul Construction Walls Construction Limited who can only do so much. Adopting strategies to help include smaller sustainable companies get access to the market is key. Collaboration across the industry where the local authorities, the developers and housing bodies work closely with new innovative companies like Grian Homes to design and create projects that bring real sustainable solutions offering huge opportunities for Ireland to become the leader in sustainable construction. We see super work by the Irish Green Building Council MMC Ireland @Circular Bioeconomy Cluster South West (MTU) CIRCULÉIRE GreentechHQ and many more highlighting the benefits of adopting sustainable and biobased approaches. Support is available from brilliant companies like Green Crowd Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI) Local Enterprise Offices Enterprise Ireland South Tipperary Development Company | STDC but not enough from key places to bring green mortgages to purchase homes, investment into new companies, and partnerships to pilot projects to showcase the opportunities. With collaborating, Ireland could see a high percentage of all social and affordable buildings become fully sustainable low energy passive houses within 2 years. The construction of all homes could easily hit 10% sustainable buildings in 3 years. By 2030 we could reach 30% sustainable buildings and help hit the CO2 emissions reduction required by the Paris Agreenent. If 80,000 houses are to be reached we need to build over a 1,000 more houses per day than we are currently doing. So why not build those 1,000 houses sustainably through innovative companies offering real quality sustainable solutions. We have many solutions at Grian Homes that can push sustainable building for the coming years and create thousands of houses using bio-based, upcycled, recycled product's. So let's develop the next generation of houses together. Mark, Grian Homes. Kevin Deasy Paul Lynch Martin Mulligan EcoCocon Canice Maher Christopher Bullock Darryl C. Philip Duffy Barry George Farrell Hannah Wrixon 🎓 FAIBF WOHN A/S We Are Global Irish Inc Rob Reynolds https://lnkd.in/eViDXwCX

Imagine a future where we can significantly increase the supply of affordable homes, limit urban sprawl into precious greenfield land, reduce carbon emissions and provide ample parkland. I believe this future is within reach, writes Geoff Alexander. In Melbourne, the average size of a new house is 241 square meters – about twice the size of a typical German home and three times larger than those in the United Kingdom. Have we truly considered the impact of these oversized homes on carbon emissions? Approximately 18 per cent of Australia’s direct emissions come from construction, including the energy needed for heating and cooling. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/g_N2DsAi #Melbourne #planning #sustainability #housingaffordability #carbonemissions #urbansprawl #greenfields #heatingandcooling

Ahead of the The Scottish Government’s consultation on the introduction of design standards for all new build housing to meet a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard, the Passivhaus Trust has now set out its key recommendations for how the policy could be delivered. We wholeheartedly support The Scottish Government's vision to raise the standards of new build housing - which is very needed, not just in Scotland but across the UK. Our timber superstructure systems for new homes exceed Passivehaus energy standards - as standard - and with no cost premium or compromise on design. But if the UK is going to reach its net zero goals and eradicate fuel poverty for those families who need it the most, the housing sector has to raise standards. Central to the Passivhaus Trust's recommendations is a transition period to allow the construction industry to prepare, upskill and undertake training once there is clarity on the exact policy requirements. If you would like to start a discussion on how we can help housing providers and developers raise standards, and contribute to eradicating fuel poverty, please do get in touch - hello@talo.co.uk Read more here - https://lnkd.in/ewFYiAjD #scottishgovernment #passivhaus #housebuilding #affordablehousing #scottishproperty #ukconstruction #netzero #energyefficiency #constructionindustry #zerocarbonhomes

It’s great to know that there is a timber superstructure system available now for new build home that can deliver in excess of #passivhaus standards. It’s time to get on with building the much needed homes to the highest possible standard uning #sustainable materials such at timber while also meeting head on the energy use question and how this system can effect it #fuelpoverty. Well done #talo #qualityconstruction #passivhaustrust #zerocarbonhomes