Affordable housing design standards for social housing

Affordable housing design standards: The DfC Housing Association Guide (HAG) design standards7 apply to all new social housing. Meeting these standards is a requirement for RHAs to access public funding for social housing and they are therefore best placed to provide advice in relation to this. The HAG design standards requires that social housing schemes meet a set of Lifetime Home Standards and Secured by Design principles. It should be noted that this may differ from the requirements of Policy HOU7 relating to adaptable and accessible accommodation, which are applicable regardless of tenure.