The Reinvention of Social Housing

1: What if Uber did Housing?

Uber don ' t own any cars . I s i t poss ib le that a fu tu re dominant fo rce in housing won ' t own any homes?

What does on demand housing look l i ke to a generat ion used to

A i rbnb?

What does a one s top accommodat ion shop look l i ke that i s t ru ly focused on the user?

Is i t t ime to shape tenanc ies and ren ta l models a round the user ra ther than the land lord?

Questions we asked

The system we have created is over-complex, ant i -competi t ive and needs radical

reform

If we don’t create a more s imple and f lex ible system someone else wi l l

None of us wanted an Uber – we want to create a new model that preserves our

values

We discussed three opt ions to begin our future model

What we thought

Model One: open homes

All choice based lettings systems replaced with one national homes app

All tenures can be accessed 24/7 and applications completed in less than 5 minutes

Providers rise to the top based on

social recommendation scoring similar to

Tripadvisor

Provides virtual online

assistance for wider

housing options

Model Two: housing as platform

Users are given freedom over where to spend their housing management and maintenance budgetsThis virtual platform rates the very best services available and allows the tenant to procure directly

Gives people the power to select

services they want and choose

who comes through their

front door

Encourages HAs to stop trying to be everything and drives

innovation in select

providers

Model Three: co-housing

A ten year trajectory set to break apart huge HAs and devolve assets to community

A new version of co-op housing established to link local people with entrepreneurs and startups

Makes use of virtual platforms

to procure services - the

model matches local expertise with uber-like

efficiency

Enables peer to peer

support and trading to grow local

infrastructure and support

networks