Ministers Urged To Create 250,000 New Homes For ‘Heroes’ Of The Pandemic

 The Government is being urged to create 250,000 new homes for key workers as a reward for their efforts during the pandemic. The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) – a centre-right think tank – has called on ministers to set aside land for a new class of “homes for heroes”. The CPS said the majority of properties should be offered on a rent-to-buy or shared ownership basis, with the rest on long leases, with priority given to local key workers – both public and private sector. Read more on the Belfast Telegraph website.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/ministers-urged-to-create-250000-new-homes-for-heroes-of-the-pandemic-40855783.html

G15 Calls For Additional Funding To Convert Unsold Units To Key Worker ‘Homes For Heroes’

The G15 group of London’s largest housing associations has urged government to provide financial backing to convert unsold properties into affordable homes for key workers, as part of a new five-year programme to deliver 100,000 ‘homes for heroes’. In a report, the group set out a number of requirements for scaling delivery over time, including an opportunity to “invest in precision-manufactured homes on a scale not seen since the original Homes Fit for Heroes programme” launched in 1918. But it said that to help essential workers in the shorter term there should be an “immediate response to make available completed or nearly completed homes”, with government funding matched to housing associations’ resources. Read more on the Social Housing website.

https://www.socialhousing.co.uk/news/g15-calls-for-immediate-additional-funding-to-convert-unsold-units-to-key-worker-homes-for-heroes-66397?utm_source=Housing60&utm_medium=email&utm_content=article_link&utm_campaign=H60

Industry Launches 100,000 ‘Homes For Heroes’ Drive

A campaign to build 100,000 factory-built homes for key workers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has been launched by a group of major housing associations, developers, residential architects and modular housing manufacturers. The Homes for Heroes campaign is deliberately designed to echo the post-war drive to build homes for returning soldiers after the First and Second World Wars, but is instead focused on helping those who have risked their lives to keep UK safe and functioning during the covid-19 crisis. The aim of the campaign is to persuade government to support investment in modular construction and set aside public land for new homes. Read more on Housing Today.

https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/industry-launches-100000-homes-for-heroes-drive/5105954.article