"Housing Associations deliberately seek to minimise shared spaces in a quest to avoid neighbourly dispute. But in banishing awkwardness and mess we lose the very areas where relationships are forged. Making places is about more than increasing the range of goods and services to hand. If a neighbourhood is to have its own centre of gravity, it needs an understanding of ‘community’ that is greater than the sum of the individual households. It needs public space and shared space; places that allow for the possibility of sharing, working together, socializing. Spaces that invite you to amble, linger, chat.

"The Denby Dale Passivhaus proves that it possible to build an ultra low energy house using British building techniques and materials, at a low cost. Good simple robust design, knowledge and care in application are all that are needed to achieve Passivhaus levels. Traditional British construction methods can be used to reach the performance levels that you need for 2050 carbon reduction goals".

"Indigenous rights and knowledge are crucial to addressing climate change, but the United States and Canada have not signed on to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP), and are pushing corporate climate policy agendas that threaten our homelands and livelihoods."

“These are the first council houses of their kind in the country, and North Kesteven District Council is proud to be the driving force behind the scheme. We hope that other local authorities will be inspired to build affordable, sustainable houses like these.” -