Opinion6 min read
The Alternatives
Almost everyone agrees Cambridge and the East of England need hundreds of thousands of new homes. The real debate is where they go and how.
By Joe Reeve · September 20, 2026Read more →
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How Forest City 1 unlocks Cambridge's innovation potential, supporting the region's world-class research institutions and tech sector.
Almost everyone agrees Cambridge and the East of England need hundreds of thousands of new homes. The real debate is where they go and how.
What central government’s housing targets actually mean for the area around Forest City — and how they compare with what the region has already built.
How To Build A City, the Forest City podcast, episode 1: Joe and Shiv on why Cambridge can’t grow outwards, and East Anglia’s 366,000 unplanned homes.
Water companies warn England only has supplies for a fraction of the homes promised by 2030. The answer is not to stop building — it is to build the water infrastructure this region should have had decades ago.
Cambridge faces its first hosepipe ban in 30 years — and Cambridge Water doesn’t even own a reservoir. Forest City will build the storage and infrastructure that ends the region’s chronic water shortage.