Social housing is an essential component of urban resilience. Safe and affordable housing is a requirement for city residents. But it also interconnects with other systems within the urban environment, compounding the shocks and stresses that affect the city and its residents. We’ll introduce a framework for what resilience means in the context of social housing. We’ll then explore innovative ways to finance and deliver social housing projects so they do more than provide safe, secure and stable housing for people in need. If you have any feedback on this report, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll find our contact details at the back.

And what is urban resilience?

Urban resilience is a city’s ability to respond, grow and thrive in the face of shocks, such as floods and terrorist attacks, and stresses, such as unaffordable housing and lack of economic opportunity. By designing interventions that address both the shocks and the stresses simultaneously, leaders can make a city better in both bad times and good.