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Beyond Decent Homes

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Agenda

Introduction to Moores Background to Sustainability Building Standards Building Standards – Section 7 Code for Sustainable Homes Carbon Footprinting Conclusions

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Introduction to Moores


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Leading manufacturer and installer of kitchen and bathroom furniture in the UK

Supply furniture into contract markets for social housing developments and private builds

Operate a number of retail brands which are sold in independent retailers throughout the UK

Supply furniture for builders merchants and large DIY stores Established in 1947, joining Masco Corporation in 1996 Based on 30 acres in Wetherby, West Yorkshire Factory extends over nearly 600,000 square feet Granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty

Queen Elizabeth II in 1995

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Background to Decent Homes


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Background to Decent Homes

Ten year programme to achieve a ‘decent home for all’ Government drew up a range of options for the

implementation of the policy In 1997 2.1 million social housing properties did not

meet the Decent Homes Standard By the end of 2010, 92% of social housing met the

standard £40 billion invested in decent homes refurbishments Recognised that Government Ministers have not given

a great deal of thought to what should happen after 2010

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What is a Decent Home?W

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A common definition of ‘decent’ was required ‘A Decent Home: The definition and guidance for

Implementation’ A property is defined as ‘decent’ if:

– It meets the current statutory minimum standard for housing

– It is in a reasonable state of repair– It has reasonably modern facilities and services– It provides a reasonable degree of thermal comfort


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Requirements for a Decent Kitchen?Req

uirements for a Decent Kitchen?

Criterion A: It meets the current statutory minimum standard for housing– Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)– Risk assessment procedure looking at:

• Risk of harm• Deficiencies that can give rise to a hazard• Likelihood of an occurrence that a deficiency could cause harm

– 29 hazards are identified each of which sits under one of four main categories:

A – Physiological requirement

B - Physiological requirement

C – Protection against infection

D - Protection against accidents


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Number. Hazard

1 Damp and mould growth

6 Carbon monoxide and fuel combustion products

15 Domestic hygiene, pests and refuse

16 Food safety

23 Electrical hazards

24 Fire

25 Flames, hot surfaces etc


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Criterion B: It is in a reasonable state of repair– Property fails if:

• One or more key building components is old and, because of its condition needs replacing or major repair; or

• Two or more other building components are old and, because of their condition need replacing or major repair.

– A kitchen is not defined as a ‘key building component’– Lifetimes used to assess whether the building components are ‘old’– Kitchens assumed to require replacing on grounds of repair every 30 years


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uirements for a Decent Kitchen

Criterion C: It has reasonably modern facilities and services– A property fails this criterion if it:

• Lacks three or more (of 6) facilities which include:– A kitchen which is 20 years old or less– A kitchen with adequate space and layout

– Age used to define a ‘modern’ kitchen is less than the one used for the disrepair criterion

• Takes into account modernity of kitchens, as well as their functionality and condition

• This allows for dwellings to be improved to a more modern standard than would simply be achieved by applying the disrepair criterion.


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Decent Homes – The Current PositionDec

ent Homes – The Current Position

Decent Homes target was not met– By 2010, there were still 410,000 non decent

• Government, despite the challenges faced in tackling the budget deficit still committed to the programme– Announced (in 2010) a £2.1billion capital funding investment

• Help halve the backlog of non-decent social homes over the next four years• £1.6billion allocated to refurbishing of council homes• £0.5billion allocated to housing associations

• The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is in place administer the Decent Homes Backlog Programme on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)– Assess funding bids from local authorities– Make recommendations to ministers on allocations


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Beyond Decent Homes Inquiry

Beyond Decent Homes Inquiry

House of Commons requested an inquiry into Decent Homes programme Inquiry sought urgent, detailed thought as to what succeeds the decent homes

standard and the legacy of the programme of work it entailed Communities and Local Government Committee published ‘Beyond Decent

Homes’ in 2010 The committee’s conclusions and recommendations were intended to aid that

process of reflection and be a spur to action

• Although the inquiry covered implementation, management and funding, this briefing guide will focus on the standard itself. To this end, the following responses and recommendations were made:


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Beyond Decent Homes - Recommendation

Beyond Decent Homes - Recommendation

Criterion Response Recommendation

Criterion (a): the statutory minimum standard for housing

HHSRS has been embedded successfullyEvidence of lack of understanding of the system by some landlords.

Gov and TSA to take steps to improve availability and take-up of HHSRS training.

Criterion (b): a reasonable state of repair

Broadly operating as intended No action required

Criterion (c): reasonably modern facilities and services

Allows homes with quite different standards of amenities to be classified as decentLandlord may avoid installing new kitchens and bathrooms if he judges other elements to be “adequate” and “appropriate”.

TSA should collate and disseminate best practice on complianceAssist landlords and tenants in discussions of how the standard is applied at a local level

Criterion (d): a reasonable degree of thermal comfort

Requires absence of Category 1 hazards under the HHSRS in criterion (a) and it is not, therefore, necessary to repeat this requirement specifically in relation to thermal comfort in criterion (d)Confusion around how to use the HHSRS in this areaShould not mandate specific inputs needed to reach that energy rating, as there will be various ways to reach the desired outcome

Gov to formulate and disseminate practical guidance on what constitutes a risk of excess cold under HHSRSCriterion should be redrafted explicitly as a minimum energy efficiency rating.Accompanying guidance should indicate inputs likely to be necessary for warmth and energy efficiency, while recognising that different solutions may be necessary for different properties.


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Tenant Service Authority (TSA)

Tenant Service Authority (TSA)

• TSA launched in 2008 under the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008– Inheriting regulatory powers from the Housing Corporation– New powers came into effect for all social housing providers in April 2010– Every social housing tenant in England now benefits from a common set of

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TSA Consumer Standards - Home


• Quality of Accommodation outcomes– Reaffirms TSA’s commitment towards achieving the Decent Homes Standard

• Compliance with the HHSRS• Challenges social housing landlords to maintain higher standards for new

build properties designed, using public funding, to a standard higher than that of Decent Homes. When landlords and tenants plan local offers, the quality of homes should be set at or above these standards.


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• Repair and Maintenance outcomes– Promote the importance of good service– Considers success factors such as:

• Fixing repairs first time• Keeping tight controls on spending• Giving tenants real choices in their services

– Landlords must plan the repair and maintenance of homes and common areas carefully

• Make best use of the money available• Healthy balance between:

– Spending on everyday (responsive) repairs to tenants’ homes– Planned maintenance to keep the housing as a whole in good condition


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• Outcomes– Provide a cost-effective repairs and maintenance service to homes and communal

areas• Respond to the needs of, and offers choices to, tenants• Has the objective of completing repairs and improvements right first time

– Meet all applicable statutory requirements that provide for the health and safety of the occupants in their homes


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Regulating the Home Standard

Regulating the Home Standard

• The Localism Act (2011) specifies the TSA’s role in, and its approach to, regulating the consumer standards

• Although TSA’s responsibilities are limited to setting standards they do retain the power to intervene when there is, or is a risk of, serious detriment to tenants

• The regulatory and enforcement powers can be used by the TSA following the ‘Series Detriment Test’


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Best Practice Approach to KitchensBest

Practice Approach to Kitchens

• Decent Homes Standard will continue to be operate as the foundation upon which the new Home standard is based

• Anticipated that TSA will, in due course, collate and disseminate best practice on compliance with Criterion (c): reasonably modern facilities and services– Assist landlords and tenants in discussions as to how standard is applied at local

level• Within the context of kitchen furniture, a best practice approach to future social

housing kitchens is likely to include:– Refurbishment

• BS6222 – Strength and durability• BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment• PAS 2050:2008 and Furniture Industry Research Association – Carbon

Footprinting– New Build

• Code for Sustainable Homes


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Refurbishment – BS6222

Refurbishment – BS6222

• British Standard specifies performance requirements and test methods for strength and durability of:– Structure of domestic and residential fitted kitchen units– Peninsular units– Island units– Breakfast bars

• Compliance provides social housing landlords with confidence that kitchen furniture is of sufficient quality that it will not require to be maintained or replaced in the short to medium term


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Refurbishment certification scheme launched in October 2011 Sets a new standard for sustainable refurbishment by promoting:

– Moving towards an 80% reduction in CO2– Impacts on overheating and health– Flood resilience– Embodied impacts of materials– Recycling of refurbishment waste– Water efficiency– Health, security and fire– Good project management and design

Refurbishment – BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment



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Evaluates environmental credentials of refurbishment projects based upon BREEAM's UKAS accredited certification standards

Properties measured against specific criteria and then given a score out of 100 Developed as a tool for designers, financiers, policy makers, developers,

planning authorities and landlords BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment will give confidence that housing

refurbishment meets best environmental practice by– Saving carbon, water and waste– Being adaptable to climate change– Providing a healthy indoor environment for occupants




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Publicly available specification for assessing product life cycle GHG emissions Prepared by BSI British Standards co-sponsored by

– Carbon Trust – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Independent standard which can be applied to manufacturers Broad scope as it was designed to be applicable to a wide range of products Many organisations and industries use PAS 2050 as a best practice framework

for developing more bespoke product carbon footprint assessment methodologies

Refurbishment - PAS2050

Refurbishment – PAS2050


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Furniture Industry Research Association developed the furniturefootprinter Leading carbon footprint calculator for furniture industry Provides analysis and accounting data to enable manufacturers to work with

their supply chain reduce their carbon footprints The furniturefootprinter:

– Calculates the carbon and ecological footprints of products, processes, projects and companies

– Compares the impacts of different product or project options– Identifies areas where significant improvements can be made – Creates easy to understand reports and charts – Helps to raise employee awareness – Demonstrates continuous improvement – Stores your data and is continuously updated to reflect the latest footprint figures.

Refurbishment – FIRA furniturefootprinter

Refurbishment - FIRA furniturefootprinter


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The challenge for home builders is:– To comply with mandatory elements– To obtain additional ‘points’ within the flexible elements

A higher CSH rating does not require the installation of expensive and complex added value features

Simple adjustments to the design specification can improve the rating with little or no additional cost

A well-planned kitchen can make a significant contribution towards gaining credits

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Specification of a sustainable kitchen can achieve up to 17 credits (from the 107 available) towards the CSH rating

The credits, as approved by a BREEAM CSH Assessor, can be gained from the following features:

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Feature Issue ID Potential Credit Contribution

Energy Efficient Appliances ENE5 2Tap with Flow Restrictor WAT1 5FSC / PEFC Materials MAT3 3Waste Separation Bin WAS1 4Kitchen Furniture Brochure MAN1 3

New Build – Code for Sustainable Homes


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Conclusions

Decent Homes Standard was incepted to improve the standard of living for social housing tenants but did not achieve its 2010 target

• Recognised that little or no thought was given to maintaining the standards post decent homes

• ‘Beyond Decent Homes’ inquiry offered an extensive review of the Decent Homes programme and proposed a number of recommendations

• Tenant Services Authority assumed regulatory responsibility for social housing• Home standard directly supersedes the Decent Homes Standard in that it focuses

on outcomes within two categories– Quality of Accommodation– Repair and Maintenance

• With a robust knowledge of social housing, Moores has been able to design and develop a best practice kitchen range which provides social housing landlords with a kitchen which is durable, sustainable and no more expensive than the average social housing kitchen.

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