Housing & Development

As the UK grapples with increasing pressures in the housing market, the notion of delivering ‘Truly Affordable Housing’ presents an opportunity to rebalance and optimise housing provision to better meet local needs…

Vestega – a 31ten-backed initiative – is a company using data innovation to optimise land and property investments.

Local government are ideally placed to build their economic future and engage their communities through collaboration. Warwickshire County Council has done just that over a series of recent projects that 31ten have supported on.

We have worked on a number of delivery and partnership arrangements over the last 15 years and have seen a lot of successful arrangements as well as a fair share that have experienced difficulties. So how do you develop arrangements that deliver on what they promise and stand the test of time?

Our Director, Gary O’Connell, and Consultant, Ivan Brodrick, consider the impact of COVID-19 on the housing market by looking at historic pandemics and economic recessions.

We have been working with local authorities that want to bring a commitment to deliver truly affordable housing into their Housing Strategy. But what does ‘truly affordable housing’ mean?

The lifting of the housing revenue account debt cap will only boost housing numbers effectively if councils combine the new flexibility with existing models such as housing companies.

Andy Pack tells Room 151 his views on the Government’s announcement to scrap the HRA cap.

Our Director, Chris Shepherd, talks to Room 151 about the guidance over local authorities borrowing for property investment.