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Morning Briefing: is 3D printing the future of social housing?
The BBC looks at whether 3D printing could be the future of social housing, and the rest of the morning’s housing news
In the news
The BBC asks if 3D printing is the future of social housing, following the completion of a home built with 3D printers in France. The property was built in just 54 hours at a cost of £176,000 and the team responsible think they could repeat the process in just 33 hours.
The 95 sq m (1022 sq ft) house – built for a family of five with four bedrooms and a big central space in a deprived area of Nantes – is a collaboration between the city council, a housing association and the University of Nantes.
Elsewhere, the government’s new development deals with housing associations are making the news. Read our report of the deals this morning, featuring interviews with Homes England boss Nick Walkley and a number of the providers involved. The story is also the front page of our print edition.
A new blog and research by Shelter looks at the increase in renting across England, describing it as a “rentquake”. It cites data from pollsters YouGov to assess how the make up of renting and ownership has changed across the country.
Coverage of the Grenfell Inquiry continues across the national media, with papers focusing on yesterday’s evidence about how the firefighting operation was hampered by equipment.
The Guardian takes the same line.
Our report – and our reports from each day of the inquiry – can be found here.
Also on Grenfell, Architects Journal runs a comment piece calling for architects to be allowed to “see projects through to the end” to prevent the kind of design flaws which may have contributed to the disaster.
Elsewhere, the National Housing Federation has released a note for members setting out its view on the government’s cladding guidance.
In among a lot of news to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS is a report covered in depth in The Independent about how better housing can reduce hospital admissions.
And finally, website Scottish Housing News carries a report of yesterday’s protest about Glasgow Council’s homelessness record.
On social media
Paul Hackett, chair of the G15, responds to the Shelter research:
Of all dire consequences of our broken housing market, the one needing most urgent action is growing numbers of low income families dependence on insecure, bottom-end of the PRS. It costs a fortune in HB and is terrible for children’s health, education and development #ukhousing t.co/8bewBcBZqN
— Paul Hackett (@PaulHackett10)Of all dire consequences of our broken housing market, the one needing most urgent action is growing numbers of low income families dependence on insecure, bottom-end of the PRS. It costs a fortune in HB and is terrible for children’s health, education and development #ukhousing https://t.co/8bewBcBZqN
— Paul Hackett (@PaulHackett10) July 6, 2018
And Shelter’s chief executive Polly Neate tweets about how social landlords can sometimes reinforce the stigma against social tenants:
Our #BigConversation @Shelter is finding that social housing tenants are stigmatised. @CIHhousing found same. Excellent article by @John_A_Wade on how landlords themselves can reinforce this (relevant far beyond housing in fact) t.co/H6xdA8juK6
— Polly Neate (@pollyn1)Our #BigConversation @Shelter is finding that social housing tenants are stigmatised. @CIHhousing found same. Excellent article by @John_A_Wade on how landlords themselves can reinforce this (relevant far beyond housing in fact) https://t.co/H6xdA8juK6
— Polly Neate (@pollyn1) July 6, 2018
What’s on
- The Grenfell Inquiry continues today in central London
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