Better Homes for Britain: Call for Evidence
January 20, 2012 | Levent OZLERThe Future Homes Commission, chaired by British business leader Sir John Banham, is conducting a major national inquiry into the quality and delivery of newly built housing, and has this day announced a call for evidence, asking the public, housebuilding industry, architects, academia and policy makers to submit their views on the future of housing in Britain.
The independent Commission will engage with the public and experts from across the housing sector as part of a major consultation, aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of the challenges affecting the delivery of housing and identifying innovation in order to shape its blueprint for the future.
Alongside the Call for Evidence and conversations with the housing industry, the Commission will be visiting people in their front rooms, town centres and online, to build a truly comprehensive picture about what people want and need from their homes and how the market can deliver this.
In reaching its recommendations the Future Homes Commission will report back to Government, the housebuilding industry and the RIBA in autumn 2012.
“We want to hear from all of those with a stake in the housing sector in order to gain a deep understanding of the barriers to development, the challenges in the design process and the impact of economic pressures on the housing products that are delivered,” commented Sir John Banham, Chair of the Future Homes Commission.
“We’re embarking on a demanding and challenging exercise to comprehend what makes a quality home today, and how it can be designed and delivered to ensure a sustainable housing stock for the future.
Crucially, we will not just be analysing the problems of the past. We want to look to the future, draw lessons from some of the excellent and innovative schemes that have been delivered, from the developers that are doing things differently and look to find solutions that will ensure that more new homes are delivered, to the right quality and at the right price for the British consumer.”
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