{"id":334,"date":"2020-06-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialhousingmatters.co.uk\/?p=334"},"modified":"2020-06-15T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T09:03:48","slug":"back-to-normal-how-to-build-a-better-britain-what-we-can-learn-from-the-germans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialhousingmatters.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/15\/back-to-normal-how-to-build-a-better-britain-what-we-can-learn-from-the-germans\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to normal? How to build a better Britain \u2013 what we can learn from the Germans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <em>Maureen Corcoran<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/socialhousingmatters.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bundestag-2463236_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialhousingmatters.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bundestag-2463236_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/socialhousingmatters.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bundestag-2463236_640-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The Bundestag by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/FelixMittermeier-4397258\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2463236\">FelixMittermeier<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2463236\">Pixabay<\/a>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent press reports show Germany has been much better than the UK in dealing with the Covid \u201319 virus. From more testing to better outcomes \u2013 fewer deaths \u2013 Germany beats the UK hands down. This does not surprise me. I spent last year living in Germany with a Churchill Fellowship looking at how the German private rented sector (PRS) works and I found that Germany provides better, more affordable housing for its residents too. There are interesting parallels in housing and healthcare from both countries that we can learn from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, take Covid-19:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Germany has been carrying out 500k tests a week since early April. In contrast the UK struggled to meet even 10k of its 100k a day target for most of April.<\/li><li>Testing is widely available in Germany whereas it has been restricted to the very sick in the UK until recently \u2013 because of a shortage of testing facilities.<\/li><li>Testing is rigorously followed up with track and tracing to contain infections.<\/li><li>The outcomes are clear \u2013 Germany recorded 8.5k Covid-19 related deaths last week \u2013 compared to the shocking official figures of 40k in England and Wales. Deaths in Germany are 103 per million compared to 567 in Britain.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Testing and tracing have been a widely acknowledged as key factors in containing the pandemic and saving lives. Until mid March both countries had similar numbers of cases and approaches. The difference is Germany continued with a rigorous testing, tracking and containment policy when the UK abandoned this because of a shortage of testing facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main reasons Germany does more testing are it responded earlier and delivers effective testing through its larger and more decentralised structure of laboratories and local government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since February between 200- 300 laboratories in the public and private sectors have been carrying out testing throughout Germany. This was led by the Robert Koch Institute and overseen by the 16 federal states (Lander).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compare this to the UK where testing was centrally driven by Public Health England who failed to draw on offers of help from laboratories in other institutions at a crucial stage. In its defence, public health\u2019s ability to cope has been hampered by cuts and reorganisations in recent years. Whereas the German system is more stable, better organised and resourced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a similar story with Germany\u2019s better record in building new homes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Germany builds twice as many homes as the UK. Since the 1950s 30 million new homes have been\u2028 built across East and West Germany, compared to 16 million in the UK.<\/li><li>Germany\u2019s planning, land assembly and political systems support home building better than we do \u2013 less delays, land banking and nimbyism \u2013 more delivery<\/li><li>Crucially, just as there are more labs in Germany \u2013 there are also more building firms and developers \u2013 e.g. 1,200 regionally based housebuilders are active in 7 major cities. This compares to the handful of national housebuilding companies in the UK who dominate the market and have an interest in keeping supply low and profits high.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Crucially, German local authorities have more autonomy and are better resourced than UK local authorities who have suffered funding cuts of 50%+ over the past 10 years. So they fund and build more affordable homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why one of the recommendations in my report is to give local authorities increased powers and funding to enable them to build more housing and also to influence and regulate the private sector housing in their areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just in building more housing that Germany beats us \u2013 they also provide more affordable housing and better support to tenants and landlords \u2013 more information on this available in my report on this website&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morehousing.co.uk\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.morehousing.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In both health and housing there is much to learn from a society that has strong local government and a plurality of local partners who are supported in a relatively stable, fair, well-resourced and regulated system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we have beaten the Covid-19 virus we will have huge challenges to face. There could be huge opportunities too, and a desire for change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most economic and social changes occur after times of war and crisis. After 1945 Britain introduced massive changes, such as the NHS and welfare system. After the 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;World War the Government introduced the Wheatley Act, which led to extensive council house building programmes. Changes we have reason to be grateful for today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s good to see London\u2019s Deputy Mayor Tom Copley convening a housing task force to tackle the challenges Covid-19 posses and the \u2018Homes fit for Heroes\u2019 initiative by G15 \u2013 a group of some of the country\u2019s largest housing association\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s make fixing Britain\u2019s broken housing system a priority so that it serves everybody fairly and establishes the building blocks to a healthier, happier and better-housed society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maureen Corcoran<\/strong>, also known as Mo, first became active in housing as a tenant and community activist in the area where she was born \u2013 Waterloo in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a member and chair of a local housing co operative and became very active in many other housing and community projects, including the successful Coin Street campaign in London\u2019s South Bank, where the local community successfully fought for \u2018<em>homes not offices\u2019. <\/em>This area of the South Bank is unique in central London in that it houses people in low cost social housing in a modern, award winning riverside scheme, including the Oxo Tower. Waterloo houses one of the largest concentrations of housing co-operatives in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She went on to work professionally in housing, rising up the ranks from being a front line housing officer to become Head of Housing in the Audit Commission where she ran the housing inspection regime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has also taught on the housing and community studies degree at Birkbeck College and served on several housing association and community based boards. She currently continues to serve as a board member and works as a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide, specialising in tours on social history, housing and the Suffragettes. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more info see<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morehousing.co.uk\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.morehousing.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact mo@londonsights.org.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maureen Corcoran Recent press reports show Germany has been much better than the UK in dealing with the Covid \u201319 virus. From more testing to better outcomes \u2013 fewer deaths \u2013 Germany beats the UK hands down. This does not surprise me. 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