Warm Words and Some Cold Reality
It genuinely is a good thing to have a serving Prime Minister come to a social housing conference and extol the virtues of and provide the promise of more funding to enable more social and affordable rented homes to be built. The fact that Theresa May’s attendance at this week’s National Housing Federation Summit was…
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What is factory made housing?
Commonweal Pods to feature in New London Architecture’s research paper.
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Waiting for the Housing Buses
This week the Government showed their hand on rough sleeping and social housing. In what could be described as a sensible series of coordinated announcements, the Government has released both its Rough Sleeping Strategy, (to tackle one of the most extreme manifestations of the housing crisis) followed the very next day by the long awaited…
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Commonweal Pods Shortlisted for 24Housing Awards
We are pleased to announce that the Commonweal Pods have been shortlisted for the Innovation category in the 24Housing Awards. This follows the Pods receiving a runner up award at the Homeless Link Under One Roof Conference in July. Designed by Reeds Watts Architects, the Pods are the winner of our Starter for 10 competition,…
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Making the Case report into Peer Landlord and a Supportive Shared Housing approach released
The Commonweal funded Making the Case report into supportive shared housing and the Peer Landlord model in particular has been released.
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Commonweal receives recognition for Pods at Homeless Link Conference
Showcasing the Pods at the Homeless Link Conference in Leicestershire, Commonweal and partners Thames Reach were awarded second place in the Innovation in Housing category at the Homeless Link “Under One Roof” conference Excellence Awards. The awards ceremony was the first time Homeless Link have held awards. Two of Commonweal’s projects were nominated for the…
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