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| Housing Forum unveils its vision for the future |
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| Thursday, 02 April 2009 14:50 |
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The Housing Forum has called for a radical shake-up of housebuilding and planning priorities to accommodate current market conditions and prepare it better for future market recovery. At a meeting in London on 1 April the forum unveiled the findings of its Reaching for Recovery report and highlighted the urgent need to review funding and planning models, re-evaluate land value and quality standards and ultimately reinstate “a stronger sense of realism” about the short- and long-term challenges facing the housebuilding industry. The report summarises the findings of four cross-industry working groups to investigate several key areas of housing industry reform, including: Working Through Housing Market Changes, Land for Homes – Creating Real Value, Designing-in Quality in Housing-led Mixed Use and Regeneration, and Sustainable Housing Solutions in Major Regeneration and Refurbishment Schemes. Each group produced a set of proposals which will be further developed in collaboration with Housing Forum members and presented to government. The Housing Forum entered into a new strategic relationship with the NHBC earlier this year and the two bodies will also be working together to take forward relevant recommendations. Jeffrey Adams, chairman of The Housing Forum and group chief executive of United House Ltd, said: “The need to increase housing volumes and improve existing homes does not lessen in the wake of the financial crisis; rather the challenges and timescales for delivering reform simply become tighter and shorter. Without a radical shake up of how we value land, maximise existing stock and the steps we take to fund, plan and upskill for new development, we may fall well short not only of our targets, but of the prospect of a sustainable market recovery. "The Housing Forum is uniquely placed to support the industry, thanks to the access we have to the knowledge and insights of people from across the sector and our new strategic relationship with NHBC. The findings of the working groups provide a valuable contribution, not only to this year’s conference, but to the future direction of the industry. We will now take this set of comprehensive recommendations to both government and the industry and press for change where it is needed.” |
| Last Updated on Sunday, 24 January 2010 20:57 |