Social and Affordable Housing
Finding a pragmatic response to an urgent societal need
A St George’s House Consultation that will grapple imaginatively and in depth with the issue of social and affordable housing. In a recent letter to the housing minister Matthew Pennycook, a number of non-profit housing providers suggested that the government has inherited ‘the worst housing situation in living memory.’
St John’s Gospel invites us to rejoice in the abundance of gifts and possibilities we have received. Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler in their bestselling book “Abundance” contrast our fixation with scarcity with the nigh endless opportunities technology and innovation open to us. Our failure to provide sufficient quality housing to our fellow citizens is borne out of a group think of scarcity that has made us captives of a Catch 22 mentality.
By engaging in an origins approach to providing good housing to all. What abundance may be available to us if we mentally stepped away from the board to see clearly the starting points and ingredients that would deliver good homes for all and attractive returns on capital?