The housing we want to see

We aim to increase the availability of decent, affordable homes for people in housing need.

To us, decent homes:

• don’t damage or pose a risk peoples’ physical or mental health
• aren’t overcrowded, meaning that there is space for everyone to have privacy and peace, as well as the ability to enjoy themselves, work or study
• allow people to sleep, wash, cook, eat and socialise in comfort
• offer stability and certainty to allow people to put down roots in a community and know that they belong

For us, genuinely affordable homes are homes where the housing costs:

• are reasonable so that people can still afford the essentials (eg heating, water, food, transport, social and cultural participation)
• don’t push people into or deeper into poverty, by leaving them without any money