Empowering a sustainable future: [Electronic resource] From streets, to structures, to skyscrapers: Surveying our future priorities for the next government

Empowering a sustainable future: From streets, to structures, to skyscrapers: Surveying our future priorities for the next government [Electronic resource] - London, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 29 September 2023 - 24p. - RICS UK Manifesto .

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched its manifesto for the built environment in the lead-up to the next UK General Election.
Key asks within the manifesto include:

Increase supply of rented homes to meet demand and slow rent rises
Deliver a joined-up quality and sustainability strategy
Review skills shortages to tackle targets
Hit housing targets with a housing delivery strategy
Action the recommendations from the recent RICS Decarbonising UK Real Estate that call for reform to how building performance and EPCs are presented.
Develop the much-needed National Fire Strategy as called on by industry to raise competency, standards and mitigation. This must include the UN-endorsed International Fire Safety Standards (IFSS) Common Principles.


DECARBONISATION
FIRE SAFETY
HOUSING
POLICY
SUSTAINABILITY


United Kingdom