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Guidance

Healthy Homes

Healthy Homes — a foundation for healthier and resilient communities, provides a concise set of core specifications and good practice guidance. 

From:
Homes England
Published
6 November 2025
Last updated
68 MayJuly 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Healthy Homes — a foundation for healthier and resilient communities

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Updates to this page

Published 6 November 2025
Last updated 68 MayJuly 2026 href="#full-history">+— show Show all updates

  1. Who this guidance is for and its relationship with the Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) has been made clearer.

  2. In 'Healthy Homes — a foundation for healthier and resilient communities', section c.5, 'Upfront embodied carbon', the 'Healthy Homes good practice enhancements' have been updated.

  3. First published.

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Update history

2026-07-08 15:17
Who this guidance is for and its relationship with the Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) has been made clearer.

2026-05-06 14:41
In ‘Healthy Homes – a foundation for healthier and resilient communities’, section c.5, ‘Upfront embodied carbon’, the ‘Healthy Homes good practice enhancements’ have been updated.

2025-11-06 11:29
First published.