Building Healthy Homes, Building Healthy Futures: Inside Plymouth’s Living Lab

In a city where the link between home and health is becoming ever clearer, Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) is proving that partnership, innovation, and resident voice can transform lives. At the heart of this transformation is the Plymouth Living Lab - a pioneering initiative that is already reshaping how housing, health, and community support come together.

PCH is Plymouth’s largest social housing landlord with over 16,000 properties providing homes to over 35,000 people in Plymouth and into Devon and Cornwall. Their vision as a landlord goes beyond delivering good quality social housing to their residents, they strive to help improve the lives of their residents by building safe, strong communities where people can thrive. Their Health and Housing Project in partnership with Livewell Southwest was launched in 2022, in line with their vision to provide outstanding services to their residents and PCH is delighted to help the project progress as it moves into its third year.

We caught up with Rachael Fox, Partnership Project Manager at PCH, to hear about the journey so far, the impact on residents, and what’s next for this ambitious project.