The Green Register will be hosting a webinar on Monday 11th November 2024 (5:00pm - 6:00pm)

Webinar info:

The UK's new government has pledged to build 1.5 million homes over the next five years. Such ambitious targets are not new, and mismatch with the continuous decline in the total number and share of social rented homes in England.

To meet these targets within the current system, social housing providers have been pressured to demolish social housing estates and densify them with market homes to reinvest the surplus in the maintenance and construction of social housing—a practice known as the 'cross-subsidy’ model.

But what if, instead of building more, we stopped building altogether? Following a brief introduction to the findings of an exploratory study with English housing associations, we will reflect on the potential consequences of a new housebuilding moratorium for the construction sector.