In a climate where traditional housing delivery is slowing down due to the volatility of house prices, the adoption of factory manufactured housing solutions is an opportunity to do things differently and deliver affordable housing at pace, at a time when we need it most.

The money hungry machine which drives the nation in which we live will just keep churning with more politicians talking talk and more policy makers installing red tape making it just a little harder each day to make a positive difference. So, what’s the point?

If you have visited IKEA lately, you may have seen the recently launched ‘Real Life Roomsets’, designed to reveal the reality of those living in Temporary Accommodation (TA). These, coupled with Shelter’s latest report ‘Still Living in Limbo’ have brought the harsh realities of TA into the spotlight, but how did we get here, and what’s the solution?

‘The most important things which are needed to help a man to reach any enduring success as a master builder, in order of their importance, are: Foresight, Honesty, Industry, Perseverance and Courage.’ House and Cottage Construction, 1923

If our homes are not built as adequate – and by this I mean inclusive and accessible - we are disadvantaging significant numbers of people, such as our ageing population and those who are disabled. When we design homes with disabled people in mind, we all benefit because many inclusive designs are innovative and useful.

As we wrap up 2022, we’ve been looking back over the year and looking ahead to an exciting 2023.

Loo offers a unique insight into the relationship between ‘home’ and mental health and featured on the Channel 4 social experiment which explored loneliness and the housing crisis across different generations. Loo’s perspective highlights one of the reasons why building homes is not just about bricks and mortar but creating places where people can thrive.

If there was one claim that would make my heart sink, it would be if someone was asking to meet me because they had the solution to homelessness.

All of us, as individuals and as organisations, make decisions regularly that impact others positively and negatively, even with the best of intentions. As a nation, a city, a neighbourhood, a community, we are interwoven more than we realise.

Boris Johnson recently commented “there really is such a thing as society” in a message released whilst he was self-isolating. The prime minister chose to contradict his Conservative predecessor Margaret Thatcher’s support for individualism made in 1987, saying: “There is no such thing as society.”