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Housing Festival
@housingfestival.bsky.social
We are a think-and-do tank. Our goal is to find innovative and scalable solutions, implemented and refined in the real-world.
The Building Better Community of Practice:
👷 Enables innovation and collective leadership
🤝 Fosters a culture of trust, respect, collaboration, reciprocity, knowledge sharing
📁 Creates resources for others
📉 Meets regularly and evaluates progress

Find out more: www.buildingbetter.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
👏 We're delighted today to launch the Building Better: Community of Practice! We have joined forces with
Building Better to form a learning partnership to accelerate our shared mission to drive an uptick in social and affordable housing delivery. Find out more below:

buildingbetter.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🏡 Don't miss the Just Life Foundation's report "A Better Vision for Temporary Accommodation." Part of the solution is increased delivery of social rent homes, and we're delighted to see the #SocialRentPlaybook ecosystem recommended.

www.justlife.org.uk/our-work/res...
A Better Vision for Temporary Accommodation
Short. Safe. Healthy. It’s time to fix temporary accommodation. Across the UK, thousands of people are living in temporary accommodation (TA) that’s…
www.justlife.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🏗️ Work has started on 25 net zero homes in Bristol, a pilot scheme for a new model for providing social rent homes in Bristol developed through the UN Habitat #ClimateSmartCitiesChallenge with Edaroth UK, AtkinsRealis and @Bristol City Council

Find out more: www.atkinsrealis.com/en/media/tra...
EDAROTH starts work on affordable net zero homes for Bristol
Work on a pioneering scheme to deliver affordable and sustainable housing across five sites in Bristol has started after receiving planning permission from Bristol City Council. Social and affordable ...
www.atkinsrealis.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
💪 What is needed to make collaboration in housing delivery work? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from Session 9 at the #NHNWSummit, hosted by HTA Design LLP

✏️ Read the blog: www.housingfestival.org.uk/blog/summit-...

📹 Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMkD...
Aggregation, absorption and MMC, unlocking brownfield sites for affordable homes — Housing Festival
What is needed to make collaboration in housing delivery work? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from  Session 9 from the New Homes in New Ways Summit , hosted by Trowers and Hamlin...
www.housingfestival.org.uk
May 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🤝 What do partnerships look like in action? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from Session 7 at the #NHNWSummit, hosted by Remagin

📹 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=2LA3...

✏️ Read: www.housingfestival.org.uk/blog/summit-...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
💲 How can we make energy-efficient homes viable for social housing? This blog is our key takeaways from Session 5 at the #NHNWSummit, hosted by Sano with ZED PODS OctopusEnergy and UCL

✏️Read: www.housingfestival.org.uk/blog/summit-...

📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gRf...
Session 5: Delivering affordable energy efficient housing for communities in need
YouTube video by Housing Festival
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May 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🤝 How can partnerships between stakeholders boost housing delivery in the UK? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from Session 3 at the #NHNWSummit, hosted by Saint Gobain Off-Site Solutions.

✏️ Read: www.housingfestival.org.uk/blog/summit-...

📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or66...
Building better partnerships to build better homes — Housing Festival
How can partnerships between stakeholders boost housing delivery in the UK? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from  Session 3 from the New Homes in New Ways Summi t , hosted by Sai...
www.housingfestival.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
❓ What we can do now to de-risk planning for social housing delivery? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from Session 13 at the #NHNWSummit, hosted by Womble Bond Dickinson

✏️ Read the blog: www.housingfestival.org.uk/blog/summit-...

📹 Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqm...
What we can do now: De-risking planning for social housing delivery  — Housing Festival
How can planning become an enabler of accelerated social rent home delivery? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from  Session 13 from the New Homes in New Ways Summit , hosted by Wo...
www.housingfestival.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
👫 How can better quality temporary accommodation provide a quality alternative to hotels and hostels? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from Session 6 at the #NHNWSummit, hosted by Wates Group.

✏️ Read: www.housingfestival.org.uk/blog/summit-...

📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HqN...
Using a whole systems approach to transform transitional homes — Housing Festival
How can better quality temporary accommodation provide a quality alternative to hotels and hostels? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from  Session 6 from the New Homes in New Ways Su...
www.housingfestival.org.uk
April 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🇮🇪 What is the role of national leadership in the incubation of MMC? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from #NHNWSummit session 4, wth Edward Jezeph, Homes England & PaulTierney, MMC Ireland.

✏️Read: housingfestival.org.uk/blog/summit-...

📽️ Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djha...
a conversation with MMC Ireland and Homes England — Housing Festival
What is the role of national leadership in the incubation of MMC and broader transformation in housing delivery? This blog is our summary and key takeaways from  Session 4 from the New Homes in ...
housingfestival.org.uk
April 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
👋 Hello, we are Housing Festival, a think-and-do tank whose goal is to find innovative and scalable solutions to the housing and Temporary Accommodation crises, implemented and refined in the real-world.

We're new to Bluesky but you may know us already. We look forward to connecting with you.
April 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM