Tackling the housing crisis through digital technologies and OSM with Dr Gemma Burgess, University of Cambridge

It is well known that the UK is grappling with a housing shortage. Insufficient numbers of new homes are built each year and the UK continually fails to meet the demand for new and, in particular, affordable housing. In the policy paper Tackling the housing crisis through digital technologies and offsite manufacturing published in May 2020, Dr Burgess and her team discuss the supply shortage, poor quality and maintenance issues related to the UK housing crisis, and illustrate how OSM and BIM hold the potential to tackle the crisis. They identify the key organisational, regulatory, individual and industry related constraints holding back the uptake of these innovations in the housing sector.

We were delighted to be joined by Dr Gemma Burgess as she provides an overview of their research and recommendations, addressing where change needs to take place across the sector in order to meet the housing needs of the nation.