Pollard Thomas Edwards

Inside the 1970s Hertfordshire home that’s been refurbished to be warm in winter and cool in summer With research suggesting last summer’s heatwave caused almost 3,500 deaths in the UK, how prepared are we for the future? bbc.in/2Ps915G | @katelamble

#THFEvent | @CIHhousing BRIGHTON delegates have been in our packed session: THE HOUSING FORUM FEATURE: ‘The Route Map to New Home Delivery’ and ‘What is the future of high-rise housing?’ In the second part of the session, we have had Andrew Beharrell – Senior Advisor, and Roger Holdsworth – Partner, @PTEarchitects discussing ther lates report with contributors including June Barnes, Dickon Robinson and Kath Scanlon. This report ‘What is the future of high-rise housing? ’ high-rise-housing.co.uk/poses the critical issue of the increasing maintenance and management costs of high-rise housing. In considering the future of high-rise housing, leaseholders' rights and responsibilities should be protected and understood; high-rise should be built as good quality housing for the long term and high density living should come with adequate social infrastructure and public open space.

Reference has been made to the survey that LSE did for @PTEarchitects which found that most residents of high-density housing in London were unhappy with the management. Most wanted to be living in a house instead soon. The impact of open spaces and the trade-off for new home capacity has been discussed - We have many policies in place to protect open space but we don't have any numerical targets except in a few local cases. They are calling for better data and information about open space. And consider targets for access to open space as Camden has done. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park was the case study with the most open space.