Cabe report into social housing design attacked as 'unfair'

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A housing association and a developer have hit out at a report that found social housing to be no better designed than private homes.rnDesign watchdog Cabe last week finally released a report saying only 18% of new social homes met a good or very good design standard, the same number as non-publicly-funded homes. The research was revealed by Building in February.rnThe study, for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), found nearly two-thirds of publicly-funded schemes were average and 21% were poor. This is despite detailed design standards for new social housing set out by the HCA's predecessor, the Housing Corporation.