TPA.12 — FlexiHomes — The Foundation of Life-as-a-Service

 

TPA.12 — FlexiHomes — The Foundation of Life-as-a-Service

A home is a place to live — not necessarily an asset that one must own.

TPA.12.1 — You Do Not Have to Own a House to Have a Home

The conventional concept of housing assumes that a person must buy a house in order to have a secure place to live.

FlexiHomes proposes a fundamentally different idea: people should be able to live in a comfortable, well-designed home without locking decades of their earnings into property or a mortgage.

FlexiHomes therefore transforms housing from an ownership burden into a flexible life service.

TPA.12.2 — FlexiHomes — The Housing Platform of Life-as-a-Service

Life-as-a-Service (LaaS) is a concept in which essential requirements of everyday life are brought together within an integrated community.

It connects:

HOUSING + FOOD + HEALTHCARE + EDUCATION + TRANSPORT + EVERYDAY SERVICES

FlexiHomes provides the housing platform around which these services can be organised.

TPA.12.3 — Flexible Housing for a Changing Life

FlexiHomes provides fully furnished, standardised living units.

A basic studio unit can provide comfortable independent living. When a family requires more space, units can be combined. When requirements reduce, accommodation can be reduced accordingly.

Housing can therefore change with:

  • family size;

  • age;

  • employment;

  • location;

  • income; and

  • lifestyle.

THE HOME ADAPTS TO THE PERSON'S LIFE — RATHER THAN THE PERSON HAVING TO ORGANISE LIFE AROUND THE HOME.

TPA.12.4 — Rent Instead of Mortgage

Residents use the accommodation by paying for the service rather than purchasing the property.

This removes the necessity of committing a large proportion of lifetime earnings to a home.

TPA.12.5 — Your Savings Can Work Within the Community

The FlexiHomes model allows the money that would otherwise be locked into residential property to remain available for productive economic participation within the wider community.

TPA.12.6 — A Community, Not Just an Apartment Complex

FlexiHomes is designed as an integrated community rather than simply a collection of residential units.

The objective is to organise essential services around the residents so that the community itself becomes an efficient living environment.

TPA.12.7 — Live Better — Consume Less

The objective is not to reduce quality of life.

It is to achieve a better quality of life through shared facilities, efficient infrastructure and reduced duplication of individual resources.

TPA.12.8 — Community Efficiency

Shared infrastructure and community-level services can reduce the cost and resource consumption associated with providing every facility separately to every household.

TPA.12.9 — Healthcare Where You Live

Healthcare services can be organised within or close to the community so that residents have easier access to appropriate healthcare and health-related assistance.

TPA.12.10 — Education Within the Community

Education, learning facilities, digital literacy and other knowledge services can be integrated into the community environment.

TPA.12.11 — Employment Within the Community

The community itself can generate employment through its services, maintenance, administration and local economic activities.

TPA.12.12 — Designed to Reduce Travel

By bringing housing and essential services together, FlexiHomes is designed to reduce unnecessary daily travel.

TPA.12.13 — Sustainable Infrastructure

Community-scale infrastructure allows resources and facilities to be planned collectively, supporting more efficient use of energy, water, transport, and other resources.

TPA.12.14 — A Solution for Slum Rehabilitation

The FlexiHomes model can provide a structured alternative for rehabilitation by replacing inadequate housing environments with properly planned, serviced communities.

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