WHAT WE DO
Our mission
"To catalyse the delivery of high-performance energy efficient homes and places, which enable comfortable and healthy lives"
About the GHA
The Good Homes Alliance is a non-profit community interest company with over 100 member and partner organisations from across the built environment industry, including architects, developers, housing associations, local authorities, urban designers, consultants, manufacturers, engineers and more.
We collaborate with industry and government, share best practice & case studies, curate events, lead campaigns, lobby for change, partner on research and commission publications, and create active knowledge exchange networks, for local authorities, housing associations, developers and building performance evaluation practitioners.
2026 Workstreams
The GHA takes a holistic approach to sustainable housing. The workstream themes below highlight our priority focus areas for 2026, but many of our activities and outputs span multiple themes. For example, our Fund Finder tool supports projects addressing building performance, climate resilience and healthy homes. Visit our news and events pages for the latest updates on our work across these areas.
Building Performance
Delivering homes that perform well in practice is central to achieving low carbon, healthy and resilient housing. GHA supports the sector to close the performance gap between design intent and real world outcomes through research, collaboration and practical guidance.
This work is delivered through the Building Performance Network (BPN), now a programme of GHA. Activities include a Residential Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) working group, a BPE webinar series exploring evidence for policies such as the Warm Homes Plan, the annual BPE Summer Symposium, and the development of a BPE guidance series supporting organisations to monitor, interpret and act on building performance data.
Climate Adaptation and Resilience
Homes must be able to withstand the growing impacts of climate change, including overheating, flooding, water stress and extreme weather. GHA supports the housing sector to understand and respond to these risks through research, guidance and practical tools.
Activities include developing guidance on water efficiency and reuse and shading strategies for housing, alongside practical overheating risk tools for both new homes and retrofit projects that help identify and mitigate overheating at an early design stage. These resources support housing providers, planners and designers to deliver homes that remain safe, comfortable and resilient in a changing climate.
Healthy Homes
The homes we build have a direct impact on health and wellbeing. GHA promotes housing that supports healthy living environments by addressing issues such as indoor air quality, ventilation, moisture, materials and thermal comfort.
Activities include research and knowledge sharing on the links between housing and health, collaboration with housing providers and public health experts, and the development of guidance and resources to help organisations design and deliver homes that support healthier living environments.
Creating sustainable homes also requires well designed places and supportive planning frameworks. GHA explores how planning policy, urban design and development processes can support the delivery of low carbon, climate resilient and healthy neighbourhoods.
Activities include developing resources such as the Net Zero Planning Policy Resource Hub and convening the Local Authority and Housing Association Network, which brings together housing providers and local authorities to share learning and practical approaches to planning policy, development and placemaking that support the delivery of better homes and neighbourhoods.
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Image credits: Header – Marmalade Lane (David Butler/TOWN); Theme thumbnails – Energiesprong: Nottingham City Homes 2050 (Studio Partington); Chobham Farm (PTE); Marmalade Lane (David Butler/TOWN); Virido (PTE).