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Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research

 

Research projects which started in 2011 are listed here.

Read more at: Affordable Rents assessment for Cambridge City

Affordable Rents assessment for Cambridge City

This research was undertaken in order to provide an assessment of affordability of housing association and local authority rents when pegged at given ratios of prevailing market rents within Cambridge City and the housing sub-market.


Read more at: Cost benefit analysis of lighting adaptations

Cost benefit analysis of lighting adaptations

This project involved conducting a cost benefit analysis of lighting adaptations for the Thomas Pocklington Trust, a charity providing housing, care and support for people with sight loss in the UK. The output compares the costs of lighting adaptations to estimates of the costs of falls by elderly...


Read more at: Estimating the impacts of the changes in S106 with the introduction of CIL on the quantity of affordable housing delivered

Estimating the impacts of the changes in S106 with the introduction of CIL on the quantity of affordable housing delivered

This project, conducted jointly with the University of Sheffield, estimated the impacts of the changes in Section 106 (S106), with the introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL, on the quantity of affordable housing delivered for the National Housing Federation.


Read more at: Facing the future: The future role and financing of social housing

Facing the future: The future role and financing of social housing

The Housing Futures Network commissioned CCHPR to produce new work looking at the future of the social housing sector. The work looked at the future options for financing the sector, and the implications of the latest policy reforms, including welfare reform, housing benefits and under-occupation.


Read more at: Future investment in affordable housing

Future investment in affordable housing

The National Housing Federation, in partnership with CCHPR, explored possible models for investment in new affordable homes. This research contributes to that work.


Read more at: Helping inform the Labour Party Housing Review

Helping inform the Labour Party Housing Review

This comprises six short papers, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, to help address the questions asked in the Labour Party Housing Review. The papers are on Planning, Places, Housing Supply, Owner Occupation, Social Renting and the Private Rented Sector.


Read more at: Market-pegged rents in the social sector

Market-pegged rents in the social sector

This project examined the affordability of rents set as percentages of open-market prices, as proposed in the HCA's Affordable Rents Framework. The project reviewed the literature on affordability, and looked at data on recent trends in new lettings in the social sector.


Read more at: North West Cambridge rent policy

North West Cambridge rent policy

This paper analysed University staff incomes and made recommendations for rent policy in north west Cambridge.


Read more at: Older people’s views of service provision in Cambridge

Older people’s views of service provision in Cambridge

This project was a collaboration between CCHPR, the Department of Geography and the Office of External Affairs and Communications at the University of Cambridge. A study was conducted on behalf of the Cambridge Older Peoples Reference Group (COPRG) to explore older people’s views of services in the...


Read more at: Market Intelligence toolkit for Orbit Housing Group

Market Intelligence toolkit for Orbit Housing Group

This project involved tightly focused research to critically assess the market intelligence that Orbit needed to develop in support of effective decision making over future decades in terms of asset management, investment and potential expansion.


Read more at: Providing the evidence base for housing needs assessments

Providing the evidence base for housing needs assessments

This short project for Shelter sought to explore the appetite of both representatives from the housing supply sector and local planning authorities for additional guidance in the current policy context. In particular, PPS3 required an evidence base for affordable housing targets yet overall housing...


Read more at: Qualitative study on the impact of welfare reforms on Riverside tenants

Qualitative study on the impact of welfare reforms on Riverside tenants

Riverside Housing undertook a study with the aim of gaining a more detailed understanding of the impact of welfare reforms and wider economic change on Riverside households. Anna Clarke, from CCHPR, was an advisor on the project.


Read more at: The citizen in regulation

The citizen in regulation

This project for the Local Better Regulation Office reviewed the existing policy, practice and academic literature relating to the citizen in regulation, encompassing citizen involvement and participation, co-regulation and co-production. The intention was to highlight potentially fruitful areas...


Read more at: The contribution and potential of the private residential rental market in New Zealand

The contribution and potential of the private residential rental market in New Zealand

Providing country profiles for England, France and Germany in relation to a template provided by Darroch Ltd, the contractor.


Read more at: The impact of the recent financial crisis on planning for affordable housing in England

The impact of the recent financial crisis on planning for affordable housing in England

This research aimed to identify: (1) how S106 was being used in very different market conditions and whether it could still work to deliver sufficient affordable housing; (2) how preparations for new policies that wpuld affect affordable housing delivery, such as the Community Infrastructure Levy (...


Read more at: The role of the planning system in delivering housing choice for older Londoners

The role of the planning system in delivering housing choice for older Londoners

This project looked into the housing needs of older people in London for the Greater London Authority. It was commissioned as a ‘think piece’, looking specifically at the role of the planning system in helping to ensure that older Londoners have a genuine choice of homes that they can afford and...


Read more at: Understanding the second-hand market for shared ownership properties

Understanding the second-hand market for shared ownership properties

Thames Valley Housing Association and the National Housing Federation commissioned CCHPR to carry out research into the secondary market for shared ownership properties. The research examined national data sources on resales and involved a survey of all major shared ownership providers on resales...


Read more at: Cambridge University staff housing survey 2011

Cambridge University staff housing survey 2011

This online survey of University and College staff appointed post 2007 was carried out in order to inform housing provision in north west Cambridge.


Read more at: Other Publications

Other Publications

The remaining publications from the year that are not listed under CCHPR projects - e.g. related journal articles by CCHPR researchers.