This September-October 2023 issue of Town & Country Planning contains a special section on the Healthy Homes Campaign, including an update on the campaign’s progress in influencing the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, and an interview with Lord Nigel Crisp.
It includes features by Amy Gray (Building Research Establishment) describing their work capturing the health costs of poor housing; Holly Holder (Centre for Ageing Better) about improving accessibility to improve health inequalities; Mike Edwards (Arup), on facing up to the overheating challenge, as well as Hannah Emery-Wright and Robert Read (London Community Land Trust), and Athlyn Cathcart-Keayes (We Can Make, Bristol) sharing their experiences of community-led housing projects. We’ve a review by Anna Le-Gouais and Rosalie Callway of seven local plans and how they address health. Plus TCPA Director of Policy, Hugh Ellis provides a critique of the government’s retreat on net-zero commitments.
We are pleased to make it freely accessible to all.