L/O: To evaluate one socially sustainable housing strategy

Sustainable?

• What factors might make a housing development sustainable?

Stratford, London When London won the Olympic bid, the vision of an inclusive regeneration project was underpinned by a commitment to creating mixed communities and reducing social deprivation. (Bernstock and Poynter 2012). In particular a socially sustainable housing legacy was anticipated to achieve the goals of the games.

http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/jul/27/affordable-housing-sidelined-olympic-regeneration http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_conf13TheOlympicLegacyNewUrbanLivingforLondonthemakingofEastVillage.pdfhttp://www.geocases2.co.uk/olympics20121.htm

Types of housing in the UK

• Social rent - Set according to a Government formula typically at less than two fifths (40%) of market rent levels (although higher in some areas). Life time tennancy

• Shared ownership – provided by housing associations You buy a share of your home (between 25% and 75% of the home’s value) and pay rent on the remaining share.

Stratford, London

• In 5 minutes; 1) Find a suitable map of Stratford2) Copy and paste into your notes with BOLTS 3) Annotate it to describe its location

(longitude, latitude, distance from major locations)

Read through the Stratford background information

• Summarise the information into: • Amount of housing provided • Strategies to provide sustainable houses • Achievements in providing sustainable

housing

• http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/jul/19/olympic-legacy-social-housing-east-village