Housing Case Studies
Find out how cities are encouraging more housebuilding in their area using this case study library
Find out how cities are encouraging more housebuilding in their area using this case study library
There is now broad consensus that the UK needs to build more homes. But the need for new homes is far more acute in some places than in others and housing in Britain’s most economically successful cities tends to be the least affordable. Failing to build the homes needed constrains these cities from further growth.
Cities can deliver homes within their boundaries by increasing the density of existing communities, evaluating land on its merits rather than its existing designation, and working with neighbourhood authorities.
| Case study | Policy aim | Location | Country | Lead organisation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Identifying and building on Opportunity and Intensification Areas | Strategic sites allocation and densification to meet housing needs | London | UK | Greater London Authority |
| 2. Working with partners combining multiple strategies to house building | Strategic sites allocation and densification to meet housing needs | Bristol | UK | Bristol Home Commission |
| 3. Directly delivering homes for underserved-groups | Strategic sites allocation and densification to meet housing needs | Ealing | UK | Ealing Council-owned Company |
| 4. Funding infrastructure upfront setting up a building tariff | Build new suburbs | Milton Keynes | UK | Milton Keynes Tariff |
| 5. Managing land pro-actively | Build new suburbs | Milton Keynes | UK | Milton Keynes Development Company |
| 6. Funding new infrastructure using public assets | Build new suburbs | Ørestad, Copenhagen | Denmark | Ørestad Development Corporation |
| 7. Using Compulsory Purchase Order powers fit for purpose | Build new suburbs | Paleiskwartier, ‘s-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands | ‘s-Hertogenbosch City Council |
| 8. Strategically releasing green belt (I) | Build new suburbs | Cambridge | UK | Cambridge Futures |
| 9. Strategically releasing green belt (II) | Build new suburbs | Cheshire East | UK | Cheshire East Council |
| 10. Communities allocating land for homes and parks | Build new suburbs | Leipzig-Hale | Germany | Green Ring Leipzig |
| 11. Working in partnership with neighbouring authorities | Deliver housing across a region | Cambridge | UK | Cambridge sub-regional housing board |
| 12. Incentivising local authorities to form planning partnerships | Deliver housing across a region | Montpellier | France | Montpellier Agglomeration |
| 13. Enforcing cooperation through national strategic planning | Deliver housing across a region | Cities across the Netherlands | Netherlands | Dutch Government |
| 14. Making the most of TfL assets to support affordable housing | Delivering housing across a region | London | UK | Transport for London |
| 15. Using public assets to deliver more affordable housing | Influence development using public assets | London | UK | London Borough of Camden |
| 16. Developing cross-boundary and agency public asset strategies | Unlock development for particularly difficult individual sites and projects | Cambridgeshire | UK | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| 17. Making the most of TfL assets to support Mayor’s vision for London | Deliver affordable housing | London | UK | Transport for London |
