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From Vacant Spaces to Vibrant Homes: A New Blueprint for Commercial Real Estate

Habitat for Humanity Great Britain launches a new initiative after successfully converting two vacant commercial properties into social housing.

Dominic CatacorabyDominic Catacora
July 26, 2023
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From Vacant Spaces to Vibrant Homes: A New Blueprint for Commercial Real Estate

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Habitat for Humanity Great Britain, the homebuilding charity, has launched a new initiative aimed at converting vacant office and retail spaces into social housing, according to Evening Standard. To help promote this initiative, they’ve released an app for the public to identify potential conversion spaces and a tool kit to assist other groups in repeating their conversion process. The news comes after the organization successfully completed two conversions in Barking and Dagenham. 

Why it matters:    

Habitat for Humanity’s initiative in U.K. addresses two major issues arising from in the post-pandemic economy: the surge in unused commercial spaces due to remote working and retail decline, and the urgent need for more social housing. The initiative could present a solution to the housing issues affecting the most vulnerable groups while also repurposing underused commercial real estate.  

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How it’ll impact the future:    

Although the initiative primarily targets the housing situation, it indirectly acknowledges and adapts to the changing dynamics of the workforce. As more companies embrace remote or hybrid working models, the demand for commercial office spaces seems to be on the decline. This initiative provides a template for other organizations, cities, and countries to follow, and could be a path forward for landlords considering converting underused commercial spaces into other kinds of real estate.  

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Dominic Catacora

Dominic Catacora is a Staff Writer for Allwork.space. He is based in Pittsburgh, PA. He graduated from Radford University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Media Studies - Journalism. He has previously covered the Historic Triangle as a journalist living in Williamsburg, Va, and is now focused on writing related to the future of work.

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