Excellent webinar on London's Housing Emergency conduction in association with Shelter. The webinar discussed facts around homelessness and shared frontline experiences from tenants. In question time both myself and an architect raised the point in that with the pandemic the city is turning inside out. Business workers are working from home in the suburbs and surrounding countryside. So we are seeing the potential for office blocks to be turned into apartments. The architect pointed out that they can easily be refurbished for living. But with a need for government to guarantee 25 % for social housing. I am going to add at this point the need for more reservoirs as the water usage will grossly increase for home dwellings - you only have to think of each apartment having automatic washer, maybe dishwasher, family showering and sanitation and you can see demand will need to be met. Some slides captured to share... But the webinar was recorded so I will place a link into this post as soon as I have access..
