Outcomes of the collaboration amongst the extensive cross-sector membership of The Housing Forum, include the practical and usable reports that we produce.
The Housing Forum makes a range of engaging and relevant reports freely available in the service of our shared vision to cultivate action towards A Quality Home for All.
These reports come from 2 primary channels –
REPORTS: FROM OUR EVENTS:
We are honoured, as a uniquely-positioned membership organisation, to regularly host ‘best in their field’ expert panels at our events. Speakers at these events are those leading the pack in terms of their knowledge, insight and real-world experience of the challenges and opportunities facing the UK housing sector. The results of these value-adding interactions and knowledge-sharing experiences is captured in our event reports from such series as: Development Partnership Forums, Decarbonisation webinars’ and more.
KEY PUBLICATIONS:
The Housing Forum champions thought leadership in UK housing. Working groups draw on expertise and collaboration amongst members to research and spotlight the issues of the day . We share them here and throughout industry media.
We welcome input and suggestions for future reports.
POLICY BRIEFINGS:
These reports are focussed on topical issues of interest to our membership and the wider housing and construction sector.
Reports
Linking social rents to energy efficiency – how might it work?
Our manifesto advocates updating the social rent formula, so that rents reflect the energy efficiency of the property. How would this work in practice? And are there other ways we could link rent levels and energy efficiency?
Housing Supply
Development Partnership Forum | Bristol Tapestry: The Golden Thread of Housing Delivery, with Foot Anstey
Our first Development Partnership Forum of the year featured a series of talks in Foot Anstey's office, and a site tour in the surrounding area.
Reforming the Right to Buy
Our new briefing on the Right to Buy sets out practical steps for reforming the system, including introducing a Buyers' Charter on sales, giving councils the confidence to build, and making this easier by making the most of Right to Buy receipts.
Housing Supply
Insight Report | Joint Venture Forum
The Housing Forum and Baily Garner hosted a roundtable of of industry leaders to share their experience of delivering housing through Joint Ventures (JVs).
Housing Supply
CEO Forum | Preparing the housing industry for a market uplift, what might change and who will drive delivery forward?
Against a volatile backdrop to housebuilding, staying close to partners and investors brings stability and gives forward visibility to the supply chain. Studying data widely across the market and applying it rationally will help with preparations for the future.
Building Safety & Existing Stock
Housing Asset Strategy Forum No 1 | 2024 | Insight Report
As the housing sector seems to lurch from crisis to crisis in the sector, a multitude of requirements have become a particular challenge for asset managers: fire safety, quality of workmanship, damp and mould, net-zero carbon and various component programmes.
Baxi Heating, PPS CHP Plant Room
What our members say
‘We believe that The Housing Forum’s Manifesto of ‘a quality home for all’ has never been more true. An important aspect of this includes safe, efficient, affordable heat for all. Baxi Heating has joined The Housing Forum to share ideas and best practice to help meet this manifesto. We’d like to share and collaborate with the other member organisations to help The Housing Forum realise this aim’
Baxi Heating
British Gypsum, Newham, Installation of Gyproc Habito
What our members say
‘We joined The Housing Forum to collaborate with other members who are looking to improve the quality of the homes they provide and share experiences of how this can be achieved. We want to challenge existing thinking and practices in the industry about what better really means and could look like.’
British Gypsum
NHBC, Inspectors on Site
What our members say
‘NHBC supports and promotes the excellent work of The Housing Forum, whose breadth of membership, thought-provoking working groups and regional events mean it identifies the real needs of the sector. The promotion of partnership across house building that is central to the Housing Forum’s purpose is key to NHBC, with all elements of the sector having a role in increasing the quality of new housing supply.’
NHBC
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