About Building For Humanity
Passionate About Sustainable And Low Energy Performance Homes
We are not an ordinary not-for-profit housing company, rather one with a purpose of delivering social and affordable homes using the latest advanced technology in the way of 3D concrete printing along with affordable rental properties to help solve the current housing crisis.
We will provide much needed housing for those in need and help improve the communities that people live in with our onsite community hubs, providing back to work training opportunities that improve the quality, health and well-being of individuals and families.
In 2016 the founders went into Manchester with friends. Little did they realise that this night out would be the catalyst that kick started Building for Humanity CIC.
Scott explains: “Everywhere we turned, there were homeless people sleeping in the doorways and begging for money. The group of friends we were with at the time all agreed that there must be something that we could do to help.””
Our background has always been in the construction industry, so we started looking towards a viable solution of delivering high quality, energy efficient affordable housing at scale. The lack of rental and temporary accommodation available to individuals and families was truly heart breaking for those in desperate need of a roof over their head.
The more we researched into it, the more we realised that our solution would work. One of the fundamentals of our model is that we generate income by retro fitting old housing stock for Councils, Housing Associations and Local Authorities helping them to achieve local net zero targets helping with their commitment by providing insulation and heating measures for those both in fuel poverty and most in need. This not only helps to bring old housing stock up to The Governments Decent Homes Standard but goes hand in hand with our ethos of helping those in need by reducing energy bills and helps towards the future health and well-being of individuals living in upgraded homes.
How We Work
We are working with several councils who are offering us land or empty commercial buildings in exchange for developing net zero carbon affordable homes and in turn helping to solve their housing crisis.
Usually, housing projects are based on a cost basis of £ per sq. ft but that’s not how it works with us. Our construction strategy fundamentally changes the way we build and provides a significant cost reduction to the Government’s welfare bill per individual back into work and into a home.
Working with the social regulator to make sure our registered social landlord status is as accurate as possible for the types of tenure and tenants we will be housing along with any Homes England grants we will be eligible for to help us achieve rapid growth and much needed housing throughout the country.
We operate and manage all of our properties to make sure our ethos, our care and health and wellbeing is given to every individual who comes through our Humanity Credit programme.
The more homes we build, the more people we help.
Retro Fitting
Our programme of works is to help reduce carbon and reduce the energy bills for those living in old, energy inefficient homes. We achieve this through our Retrofit programme as per our PAS:2030 certification. Domestic Retrofitting is an improvement or modification made to an existing property. By retrofitting homes and buildings, we can significantly impact the reduction of carbon emissions and reduce energy use in these existing homes.
The Whole House Retrofit Approach:
It is making the residential and commercial properties more suitable for comfortable living by reducing the demand for Heat reducing energy bills and carbon emissions from fossil fuels.
- Building Fabrics – Insulate the property correctly to minimise heat loss
- Building Services – Replace or upgrade the heating measures to reduce energy use
- Renewables – Heat Pumps, Solar Thermal, Solar Panels to make the property energy efficient
“Building for Humanity CIC is an organisation whose sole focus is to help people. We have such a strong belief in what we can do to improve the lives for many individuals throughout the UK.”
Meet The Building For Humanity Team
Passionate about their work, meet the The Building For Humanity Team – who they are and what they do.