This is the first of the sessions we hosted at House Party 15. We are publishing a slideshare for each of the main sessions. Once completed we'll be asking for participants to explore or test the models. This session focused on: What would happen in Uber did housing?

1. The Reinvention of Social Housing
1: What if Uber did Housing?

4. Model One: open homes
All choice
based lettings
systems
replaced with
one national
homes app
All tenures can
be accessed
24/7 and
applications
completed in
less than 5
minutes
Providers rise to
the top based on
social
recommendation
scoring similar to
Tripadvisor
Provides virtual
online
assistance for
wider housing
options

5. Model Two: housing as platform
Users are
given freedom
over where to
spend their
housing
management
and
maintenance
budgets
This virtual
platform rates
the very best
services
available and
allows the tenant
to procure
directly
Gives people the
power to select
services they want
and choose who
comes through
their front door
Encourages
HAs to stop
trying to be
everything and
drives
innovation in
select
providers

6. Model Three: co-housing
A ten year
trajectory set to
break apart
huge HAs and
devolve assets
to community
A new version of
co-op housing
established to
link local people
with
entrepreneurs
and startups
Makes use of
virtual platforms to
procure services -
the model matches
local expertise with
uber-like efficiency
Enables peer
to peer support
and trading to
grow local
infrastructure
and support
networks