Design Council Homes Taskforce
Advising the government on the design challenge of creating 1.5 million homes within the UK’s legally-binding climate commitments.
Creating 1.5 million homes within legal climate commitments is a critical design challenge.
Solving Britain’s housing crisis is an urgent challenge and critical strategic opportunity. The new government has committed to creating "more high-quality, well-designed, and sustainable homes and creating places that increase climate resilience and promote nature recovery".
We established the Design Council Homes Taskforce to act a trusted partner to government. By placing quality at the heart of its housebuilding programme, ensuring low carbon construction of new homes and maximising the upgrading of existing buildings, the government has an opportunity to unlock unprecedented growth in sustainable housing development and refurbishment, while keeping within the UK’s carbon budgets.
Great design is how we will not only build the homes we need but ensure they are fit for purpose and long lasting while regenerating our communities and the environment.
Design for Neighbourhoods
Design for Neighbourhoods, from the Design Council Homes Taskforce, outlines ten opportunities and five questions aimed at supporting the delivery of 1.5million homes within planetary boundaries.
About the Homes Taskforce
The Design Council Homes Taskforce was established following the Labour government’s announcement of its ambition to deliver 1.5 million homes over the next parliament.
Through summer and autumn 2024, the Taskforce convened industry leaders and policymakers to consider the design challenge of delivering 1.5 million homes within planetary boundaries. Drawing from this, Design for Neighbourhoods outlines ten propositions to support the delivery of design quality in housing development and refurbishment at scale.
Sophus zu Ermgassen et.al. (2023)
DEFRA
A housing design audit for England