George Talks Mobie to the Housing Select Committee

On the 9th of March, MOBIE’s Founder George Clarke gave evidence in front of the Housing Select Committee. Following the remarkable traction gained by his Council House Scandal Campaign, George spoke about the long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing. As part of his testimony, George highlighted the importance of reforming home building and referenced MOBIE and the vital role modern methods of construction will play in delivering more high-quality beautiful homes.

Speaking in front of the House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, George said - "we are on the cusp of a really exciting change in the home building industry" ... "we set up MOBIE to create generational change in the housing industry"

The Architect’s Journal featured an article (Viewable to subscribers here)

The full video of George’s evidence can be viewed on the parliamentlive.tv website here

Here is a summary of the Inquiry’s objectives taken from MHCLG

“The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has re-launched its inquiry to examine the long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing. 

The Government has set a target of delivering 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s. However, current expectations mean that as little as 3% of this target could be social homes built by local authorities. Housing charity Shelter has warned that over 3 million new social home would need to be built over a 20 year period to address social housing need. Amounting to 150,000 new social homes per year this is significantly higher than the Government’s current plans. 

The re-launched inquiry will investigate the effectiveness of the Government’s current strategies to boost social and affordable rented housing provision. This will include the adequacy of funding levels, as well as programmes and incentives for key stakeholders, such as local authorities and housing associations, to stimulate delivery. 

The Committee will also look at the challenges facing different areas of the country and consider what lessons can be learnt from successful schemes in other countries.”