A call for building standards in emergency housing 📢🏡👩👩👧👦 In a recent article for Inside Housing, Hawkins\Brown partner Nick Gaskell advocates for the introduction of new building standards for emergency housing, a crucial and under-regulated form of housing used by the most vulnerable people in our society. Drawing on his experience designing the Harold Hill Family Welcome Centre, Nick looks at some of the projects across the industry leading the way for purpose-built emergency housing, and the ways the Labour government can support these crucial initiatives. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dE_24bZX 📸 : Harold Hill Family Welcome Centre © Hawkins\Brown #BuildingStandards #EmergencyHousing #HousingForAll #HousingAdvocacy
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6dI agree with this wholeheartedly! My colleague and I Polina Pencheva wrote specific guidance for purpose built/retrofit family emergency accommodation following detailed workshops with families with lived experience and reviewing case studies. We also made sure that the guidance created viable solutions. Happy to share if helpful...