Reports

Valuing Success: A Case Study of Emmaus Village Carlton, Report

This study was an economic evaluation of Emmaus Village Carlton as a social enterprise. This report summarises the context and findings of an investigation into the costs and benefits of running a social enterprise as part of a unique organisation working with homeless people, concentrating...

Planning and the Gender Equality Duty – why does gender matter?

This research looked at how those involved in planning and regeneration in local authorities have been including an emphasis on promoting gender equality in their work. The study took an early look at how the Gender Equality Duty is shaping planning and regeneration policy and practice.

Low Cost Home Ownership: affordability, risks and issues, Report

The Housing Corporation commissioned the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR) to explore the impact of the credit crunch and housing market turbulence on Low Cost Home Ownership (LCHO).

Changing Affordability across the Major Tenures, 2002/03–2006/07

This briefing paper examines the affordability in the housing associating (HA) sector over the period 2002/03–2006/07. It also compares the position of HA tenants with those in the private rented and owner-occupier sector.

Cross tenure rents and affordability 2007/08 update

This briefing paper examines affordability in the housing association (HA) sector over the period 2002/03–2007/08. It also compares the position of HA tenants with those in the private rented and owner-occupier sectors.

Affordability of Housing Association Rents: Rent-to-Income Ratio vs. Residual Income

This paper examines residual income measures to investigate the impact of housing association rents on individual household’s capacity to afford an adequate standard of living.

Homes for the Future: A New Analysis Technical Report

This technical report provides details of the method of estimating housing need and demand for the latest update of Shelter’s Homes for the Future series.

The Poor Pay More, Report

This research, published by the energy consumer watchdog, examined the limits of competitive markets in the provision of essential services to low-income consumers.

Domestic violence, assistance for adults without dependent children - Final report

The study explored the extent to which adults without dependent children who have to leave their homes as a result of domestic violence, and who seek housing assistance from a local authority, receive sufficient assistance to ensure they do not have to return to accommodation where they would be at...

The Working Neighbourhoods Fund Scoping Study Report

The Working Neighbourhoods Fund was established by Communities and Local Government and the Department for Work and Pensions in 2008. Replacing the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, it directs funding to 65 local authorities to help them tackle concentrations of worklessness. A team from the Department...

Low Cost Home Ownership and the Credit Crunch: a report on regional markets and competition with private developers

The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR) report for the Tenant Services Authority explores the impact of the credit crunch and housing market turbulence on Low Cost Home Ownership (LCHO).

Profile of the HA Sector 2002

Project publications from 2002

Profile of the HA Sector 2003

Project publications from 2003

Profile of the HA Sector 2004

Project publications from 2004

Profile of the HA Sector 2005

Project publications from 2005

Profile of the HA Sector 2006

Project publications from 2006

Profile of the HA Sector 2007

Project publications from 2007.

Profile of the HA Sector 2008

Project publications from 2008.

Profile of the HA Sector 2009

Project publications from 2009.

Profile of the HA Sector 2010

Project publications from 2010.

Why do neighbourhoods stay poor? Deprivation, place and people in Birmingham

Report of a two-year study into the persistence of concentrated poverty in neighbourhoods in Birmingham, looking at the role of housing, migration and economic restructuring.

Improving the capacity of the planning system in England and Wales: a view from the regions

This project comprised a series of regional round table discussions in the North, Midlands, East, South, London and Wales to assess the capacity of the planning system to deliver the government’s housing targets in sustainable communities. The report presents the findings together with practical...

The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations in England in 2007-08

Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield found that in 2007-08 private developers agreed to fund £5 billion of England’s local capital infrastructure, including roads and schools and new affordable housing in England. The research, which was commissioned by the Department of...

Renting in the Downturn: Assessing the Impact of the Economic Downturn on Renters and the Rented Sectors

This report was produced for the Housing Markets and Analysis (HAS) Expert Panel which provides research and advice to the Department for Communities and Local Government. It looks at the impact of the downturn on the rental sectors of the housing market, both private and social. It looks at...

Evaluation Outputs

Including EHO Trailblazers Evaluation Framework and Methods Final Report, Literature Review and Scoping Report.

Action Plans

Including First Round, Second Round and Kickstart Action Plans (42 Action Plans in total).

UK Government National Carbon Reduction Targets and Regional Housing Market Dynamics: Compatible or Contradictory, Report

This study, funded by the RICS, addressed whether the government’s national carbon reduction targets for housing were capable of being met in the two RICS regions of the East Midlands and the East of England. It found that they could, provided sufficient resources were made available.

A Review of Social Housing in Jersey

This report was commissioned by the Housing Department of the States of Jersey to review the need for social housing in Jersey, and to make recommendations on the future ownership and management of the States’ social housing stock.

Continuous recording of lettings (CORE): weighting and imputation methodology

This report details the findings of research commissioned by Communities and Local Government. It recommends a method of adjusting for missing local authority data within the Continuous Recording of Lettings (LA CORE) system. This method was implemented on the 2007/08 dataset and some summary...

Research into underoccupation in the East of England

This report, commissioned by the National Housing Federation Eastern Region, presents the findings from research into underoccupation in the East of England. The project comprised a review of the literature and current research, interviews with local stakeholders and a web based survey of all...