Housing

It is now widely recognised that improving the quality of life in disadvantaged neighbourhoods means changing the social and environmental fabric of an area as well as improving the homes people live in.  Building successful, mixed communities means planning from the ground up, involving communities in decision-making and ensuring new developments are integrated with the natural environment. 

Across the country we are working closely with housing associations, developers, ALMOs and local authorities to plan neighbourhood-wide improvements. Our work aims to raise the quality of housing stock and engage tenants and residents in projects that improve their health, deliver skills and promote greater cohesion.

We do this by:

• creating and managing community facilities and open spaces
• engaging tenants and residents in decision-making about services
• reducing anti-social behaviour by providing positive activities for young people
• delivering training schemes that meet specific skill shortages and help people move back to work while improving homes and the local environment
• training organisations in reducing their environmental impact
• educating children and adults about healthy living and sustainable development

Associated pages

• Building safer and stronger communities
• Providing young people with something to do and somewhere to go
• Marks & Spencer Greener Living Spaces
• Community Spaces 
• Young People Friendly Neighbourhoods
• Fair and green – tackling environmental inequalities and delivering neighbourhood renewal
  A Groundwork policy paper which looks at the need for environmental justice for disadvantaged communities
• Decent homes, decent neighbourhoods
  This publication describes the correlation between decent housing and strong, healthy neighbourhoods together with case studies of Groundwork's work in this field.
  

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