Mike Ormesher

Number of houses built between 1949 & 2023 (in England) Source - Statista - https://www.statista.com Recent comments from Andy Burnham have reignited debate and 'aspiration', for the future of council housing in England. While the ambition is both welcome and necessary, much of the groundwork required to deliver it has already been undertaken. Through the Open Social Housing Asset OSHA initiative, Ottersbrook and its partners have spent more than seven years developing practical solutions to...

Guarantee Products Are Being Positioned as the Solution — But Delivery Reality Still Matters Ottersbrook Consulting works closely with Homes England, its programmes, and the wider ecosystem that supports housing delivery — including developers, manufacturers, registered providers, lenders, warranty providers, and government-backed initiatives. Our role typically sits at the interface between policy ambition and delivery reality — supporting clients with compliance strategy, DfMA delivery...

To be or not to be? - The question we keep asking. Recent industry analysis highlights an ever-widening disconnect between national housing ambitions and the practical realities of delivery. Current projections suggest that new housing output in England is unlikely to approach the Government’s stated ambition of 300,000 homes per year in the near term. Instead, annual delivery over the remainder of the decade is expected to stabilise at a significantly lower level, (167,500 per year over the...