Transforming Homes Illustrated Storybook
Our Transforming Homes Illustrated Storybook aims, through attractive and colourful visuals combined with simple and informative text, to explain the opportunities and challenges of transforming homes built by Councils between 1920-1940. It presents what the homes and lives were like 100 years ago, how the home and its environment have changed over the last 100 years and what the homes are like today. The book covers how the Transforming Homes team have engaged with residents, showcasing opportunities for transformation and how these fit with the future direction of housing.
We hope this illustrated storybook inspires you to engage further with our researchers and transform our housing stock for future generations.
Published date
June 2026
Written by
Lucy McFadzean, Catherine Butler, Gabriella Giannachi, Joanne Patterson, Veronica Albarran Carrillo, Laura Brain and Joel Cady in collaboration with the wider Transforming Homes consortium.
Illustrated by
Rebecca Davies and Kidda Kinsey