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MMC feels more viable than ever before as a means to address the UK's housing crisis and to help the construction sector to ‘build back better’ and so, with the help of Womble Bond Dickinson clients and industry leaders, we've explored the opportunities and challenges that MMC presents in our latest report. We strongly believe that MMC offers a real long-term solution to drive sustainability in the sector, both financially and environmentally - but to transition effectively, the approach to building needs to be addressed and a move made from ‘why not’ to ‘why now’.

This short explainer video provides an overview of the project, “Enabling housing innovation for inclusive growth”, a demonstrator project supported by an Innovate UK grant.

The project partners included Bristol City Council (a leader in modern methods of construction (MMC)-based housing solutions) and nine manufacturers of different MMC systems. BRE coordinated the definition of KPIs and data capture.

This report is an output of a collaborative project entitled “Enabling housing innovation for inclusive growth”, a demonstrator project supported by an Innovate UK grant. One of the project’s key objectives was to define ‘key performance indicators’ (KPIs) for MMC and benchmark against existing housing delivery models.

The project partners included Bristol City Council (a leader in modern methods of construction (MMC)-based housing solutions) and nine manufacturers of different MMC systems. BRE coordinated the definition of KPIs and data capture.

This report summarises the core activities and impact of the Bristol Housing Festival over the past three years, and outlines our plan and hopes for the future as we look to the final stretch of this 5 year project.

It is a key document for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of who we are and what we do, or who are looking to fund our continued work.

‘Affordable Housing’ is a specific term with specific meanings in specific contexts related to both national and local policy for housing. It is important to understand the meaning and how it relates to the delivery of housing nationally and in Bristol specifically.

The below information has been pulled together to supplement our blog on affordable housing. The following information is meant as a guide to understanding the policy context and point towards where more information can be found. If you have any further questions related to this, please do get in touch with us at hello@bristolhousingfestival.org.uk

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Bristol creates, innovates and leads, and the growth of social housing in the past 100 years has not only shaped the look and feel of Bristol’s neighbourhoods, it has built our communities too.

We are currently facing a housing crisis, a climate crisis and a construction skills shortage, and yet within this is an opportunity to build on the legacy of the past, harness our DNA as innovators and change-makers, and write the next chapter of Bristol’s story of housing for present residents and the generation to come. Our hope is that you’ll be inspired to join us in re-imagining housing in our city.

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Whole sections of our society, including people of all ages, are affected by the housing crisis, but those caught in poverty bear the brunt of this injustice. The scale and consequences of the housing crisis have been further exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and it is a national scandal.

In response to this crisis, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York has commissioned the 'Coming Home' report. This report sets out vital actions for the Church, Government and other Stakeholders to take with a focus on building better communities and more truly affordable homes, not just houses.

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