‘Ground Breaking: New ideas on housing delivery’ brings together a range of articles on subjects including what new delivery models might deliver more homes and help balance out the housing market.

In his article ‘Mutually beneficial’ David explores mutual home ownership which is an innovative approach to affordable housing through a new co-operative housing scheme funded by pension-fund and life-assurance investments.

‘How can we persuade investors to invest their pension fund money (in the provision of affordable housing)?’, he asks, ‘The answer is to creates a new breed of asset-backed mortgage securities to finance Mutual Home Ownership’.

Other contributors are Toby Lloyd of Navigant Consulting, Richard Bayley, director of research and planning at housing association Places for People, David Pretty, former group chief executive of Barratt Developments and chair of New Homes Marketing Board; Kathleen Dunmore of Three Dragons, Anna Turley, deputy director of the New Local Government Network, and Richard Capie director of policy and practice at the Chartered Institute of Housing. 

Click here to download the report Ground Breaking: New Ideas on Housing Delivery, or call the Shelter policy team on 0844 515 1215 to obtain a hard copy.