We have a lot to learn from European housing design

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Flexibility in design and diverse tenures are built into many European housing schemes, writes Jonathan Woodroffe

Housing needs are changing. There are many reasons for this, ranging from demographic and economic shifts to new models of service delivery and patterns of community life. Against this backdrop of change, and with a national conversation about affordability and the delivery of high-quality housing becoming increasingly necessary, European models offer exemplars for how to achieve collective urban housing with a strong emphasis on community-building, wellbeing and social value.

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