Resources

We’re a think and do tank and value shared learning and research. Discover key reports and publications (both our own and others) that are shaping the narrative on housing below. Looking for something specific? Get in touch!

Stay updated

Publications

Featured

15 May 2024

Social rent housing at pace: THe MMC playbook for local authorities

15 May 2024

As public servants and leaders of industry, we have between us the motivation and tools to transform the ways we work to release a new wave of social rent housing. Such purposeful and transformative action is dependent upon a clear goal and an explicit plan. This Playbook is a strategic tool for local authorities facing the human and economic cost of the current housing crisis who need to release a ‘winning’ response.

15 May 2024

25 Sept 2023

Constructing homes, rebuilding lives: Settled housing SROI

25 Sept 2023

25 Aug 2022

Hope Rise Post Occupancy Evaluation - Year 1 (2020/21)

25 Aug 2022

28 Feb 2022

Innovation in Practice: BoKlok Lessons Learnt Report

28 Feb 2022

30 Nov 2021

Benefits of Modern Methods of Construction in housing: Performance data and case studies

30 Nov 2021

Publications

Blog

Featured

12 Dec 2024

New Homes in New Ways exhibition drives momentum to accelerate the delivery of new social rent homes

12 Dec 2024

“The New Homes in New Ways exhibition is an important opportunity to tell the story of how Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has the potential to help address the UK’s severe shortfall of social rent homes and Temporary Accommodation crisis. I hope that this exhibition acts as a provocation to all of us, to recognise that we need a step change, and that we are collectively responsible for that change.” - Jez Sweetland, Project Director, Housing Festival

12 Dec 2024

2 Dec 2024

INNOVATIVE GAP HOUSE CONCEPT REACHES FINAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION

2 Dec 2024

Work to turn a council-owned disused garage plot in Bristol into affordable housing thanks to the innovative Gap House concept has reached its final stage of construction.

2 Dec 2024

28 Oct 2024

New Homes in New Ways Launch night

28 Oct 2024

Jez’s speech at the launch of the New Homes in New Ways exhibition: Mixed emotions for me tonight. It's great to be here, it feels like a party. It's great to be amongst friends and yet, I'm also quite angry. You know, it's hard to be celebrating a story together that actually looks like systemic failure.

28 Oct 2024

Blog

Projects

Midland Road Design Competition

We facilitated a design competition for Brighter Places for their Midland Road Site in Bristol’s Old Market Quarter. The competition invited local architects to submit innovative and solutions-focused proposals for a 100% affordable development of exceptional quality that complements the local area.

Novers Hill Design Competition

We facilitated a design competition for Goram Homes for the old school site in Knowle West, which borders the Western Slopes. The competition invited local architects to submit imaginative and ecologically innovative proposals to complement the local area.

Climate Smart Cities Challenge

The Climate Smart Cities Challenge is a city-based open innovation competition that invited technologists, businesses and investors to develop, test and scale cutting-edge solutions in four cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Bristol was chosen as one of the host cities, and is now completing a system demonstrator with the winning team.

Redcliffe Way Design Competition

We facilitated a design competition for Goram Homes and Recliffe Neighbourhood Forum for the Portwall Lane Car Park situated to the north of St Mary Redcliffe Church. The competition invited local architects to submit inspiring and inclusive proposals for a mixed-use, residential led scheme and for exciting ideas about the surrounding area, which would consider a re-imagined vision for Redcliffe Way as a whole.

COMMUNITY LED HOMES ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION

In partnership with Bristol City Council and CLH West Hub we invited architects with an interest in Community Led Housing (CLH) to work with Bristol-based CLH groups to help them realise their ambitions and unlock small sites in the city for affordable housing.

Workforce for the future

Working with Building Growth South West and MOBIE, we helped to deliver Workforce for the Future, a program to help SME’s engage with MMC on behalf of the West of England Combined Authority.

Castle Park Design Competition

We facilitated a design competition with Goram Homes for their Castle Park site. The competition invited architects with big, bold ideas to submit proposals.

Enabling Housing Innovation for Inclusive Growth

In April 2020, a consortium of partners led by YTKO and including Bristol City Council, Bristol Housing Festival, BRE, and 9 leading modular housing companies were awarded an Innovate UK grant for their project, Enabling Housing Innovation for Inclusive Growth.

This is an 18 month programme working with multiple partners towards the delivery of a major Research, Development and Innovation (R,D&I) in the use of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).

UKGBC Radical Approaches to Regeneration and Development

After a 6-month process with Enfield Council, Climate-KIC and over 100 industry stakeholders, UKGBC have launched a new playbook to support local authorities in driving sustainability on large-scale regeneration projects. The Bristol Housing Festival was delighted to work closely with Futureground to help compile elements of the report and case studies.