Challenges
Challenges for the development of affordable and sustainable housing
The active involvement of individuals and groups in shaping their housing environments at a neighborhood level can play a vital role in addressing the current conditions of the housing crisis. The collective participation in the decision-making of developing, and upgrading their housing environments or neighbourhoods, can generate social innovation and new housing models with the collaboration of the public with residents and non-profit associations. Empowering communities to achieve meaningful housing solutions, while acknowledging their diverse needs, poses a multifaceted challenge that can significantly improve the community's well-being. The challenge should encompass considerations of affordability, community engagement, social equity, and inclusion, as well as, the development of policies and regulations that support these goals, equitable access to resources, and the strengthening of community capacity. In order to effectively support the community, it is essential to take cultural factors into account and gain an understanding of what sustains long-term community sustainability.
Community participation
Read more ->Meeting the diverse range of needs in multi-family housing through mass customisation strategies would be necessary to achieve the variety of needs of a large number of households within a sustainable and affordable framework. Industrialised methods of construction have the potential to leverage mass production techniques, optimise fabrication processes and reduce the environmental impact of construction through higher degrees of digitisation and a streamlined coordination. Unfortunately, the construction sector traditionally operates in silos, with architects, designers, engineers, manufacturers, and construction companies working separately and with short-sighted strategies. Therefore, interdisciplinary collaboration is necessary to develop product platforms of standardised components, connections and processes that can provide flexible and adaptable multi-family housing within a defined solution space. Additionally, in order to provide resilient housing solutions that can be customised in the short and in the long term, Open Building principles should be taken into consideration, attending to the lifespan of the different building layers and allowing freedom of choice without hindering future customisations. Finally, integrating the user in the customisation process through workshops and digital tools would result not only in the reduction of waste and an efficient use of resources, but as well in co-creating meaningful dwellings with a greater sense of ownership.
Design, planning and building
Read more ->Actors ▼
Housing developers
Environmental agencies
Universities
National government
Local government
Social housing provider
Public banks
Architects and designers
Engineers
Manufacturers
Construction companies
Residents
Local communities
Non-profit organisations
Urban planners
Community builders
Local associations
Sustainability experts
Policy makers
Civil society organisations
Experts
Public institutions
Tenants
Landlords
Housing Companies
Methods ▼
Systems thinking
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Knowledge co-creation
Sustainability assessment systems
Microdata collection
Empirical validation
Policy reform
Capacity building
Comparative policy analysis
Stakeholder consultation
Data standarisation
Participatory action research
Ethnography
Interviews
Participant observation
Dissemination workshop
Taxonomy
Transdisciplinary approach
Financial sustainability
Social entrepreneurship
Tools ▼
Sustainability assessment systems
Indicator development
Household surveying
Social cost-benefit analysis
Randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Focus group
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Material Passports
Manufacturing partnerships
Collaborative workflows
Digital fabrication technologies
Early manufacturer engagement
Transdisciplinary collaboration
Workshops
Framework
Spatial analysis
Interview
Survey
Standardised protocol
Place-based research
Housing for all
Social enterpreneurship
Take-up and replication
Capacity building
Topics ▼
Building regulations
Sustainability perception
Social housing perception
Building sustainability
Environmental sustainability
Energy poverty
Building retrofitting
Construction standards
Community engagement
Social sustainability
Housing policy
Housing finance
Social housing
Dimensions ▼
Institutional
Environmental
Social
Governance
Economic
Levels ▼
Building
Country
Municipal
Household
Neighborhood
Building product
Policy ▼
Improve the information flow from design, and operation in housing
New tools to evaluate housing innovation
Manual for decision-making processes
Increasing the supply of rental housing by involving private developers
Design new forms of democratic practices in planning
Fostering more industrialized/off-site approach to construction
Decarbonization strategy
Alternative form of housing provision
Guidelines for changing housing governance
Increasingly heterogeneous society
Implementing policies of co-governance
Policies can contribute to advancing sustainability in housing provision
Scaling-up capacity
Regulation of financial markets
Policies and incentives to address the lack of housing
Mass Scaling-up capacity
Sustainable Construction Regulation & Policy
Sustainable Warmth strategy (UK)
Heat and Buildings Strategy (UK)
Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (UK)
Project ▼
Improve the information flow from design, and operation in housing
Reducing the carbon footprint and promoting biodiversity
New tools to tailormade housing solutions
New tools to evaluate housing innovation
New tools to evaluate housing innovation
Manual for decision-making processes
Design new forms of democratic practices in planning
Fostering more industrialized/off-site approach to construction
Decarbonization strategy
Alternative form of housing provision
Guidelines for changing housing governance
Educate the public about the benefits of industrialized housing construction
Regulation of financial markets
Open Source library of LCC details
Authority giving planning permission to think of health of people & health of planet
Procurement of contractors
Citizen engagement
Organisational buy in
Partnership ▼
Improve the information flow from design, and operation in housing
Active participation of residents and communities
Reducing the carbon footprint and promoting biodiversity
Manual for decision-making processes
Design new forms of democratic practices in planning
Fostering more industrialized/off-site approach to construction
Real connection between theory and practice
Alternative form of housing provision
Guidelines for changing housing governance
Increasingly heterogeneous society
Increasingly heterogeneous society
Value the impact of placemaking on people ́s self-image and quality of life
Increase the number of homes without compromising on quality
Implementing policies of co-governance
Policies can contribute to advancing sustainability in housing provision
Finding common ground
Policies and incentives to address the lack of housing
Funders- Grants and Loans
Consortia (to aggregate delivery pipeline)
Landlords / home owners
Public-community collaboration