NHF response to Future Homes Standard

25 March 2026

"The Future Homes Standard represents a major, long‑anticipated shift in how new homes are designed and delivered. This now gives housing associations the clarity and certainty they need as they embark on the delivery of a generation of new social homes that are warmer, more comfortable, and cheaper to run for residents.

"We welcome the role of low‑carbon technologies within the Standard – including heat pumps, supported by digital instruction manuals for residents, as we recommended to government. We also support the important role for solar panels, and the sensible recognition that it will not be appropriate in every circumstance, and the provision for new homes to connect to heat networks in a compliant way. We look forward to continuing to work with the government on our shared drive to build tens of thousands of social homes fit for the future."

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