skip to content

Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research

 

Complete list of publications and presentations, with the most recent at the top.

Read more at: Improving housing outcomes: the value of advice and support for vulnerable older people

Improving housing outcomes: the value of advice and support for vulnerable older people

Improving housing outcomes: the value of advice and support for vulnerable older people (Burgess, G. and Morrison, N., 2015) has been published by the Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.


Read more at: Increasing land supply for housing

Increasing land supply for housing

Dr Gemma Burgess and Sarah Monk discuss the findings from their RICS research paper into the mechanisms available to increase housing land supply.


Read more at: Affordable Housing Film

Affordable Housing Film

CCHPR has made a short film on promoting policy change to boost the supply of affordable housing. The film sets out the problem of a low level of house building in the UK, relative to needs, and looks at the policy options to address the low level of production.


Read more at: Evaluation of the Cambridgeshire Timebanks

Evaluation of the Cambridgeshire Timebanks

The research suggested that the timebanks were developing successfully, with increasing numbers of members and exchanges. There was evidence of a range of benefits to the members who are involved and evidence of positive outcomes, including reduced social isolation.


Read more at: Housing Supply– challenges for policy makers. Presentation by Dr Gemma Burgess to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy, 21 October 2014, House of Commons

Housing Supply– challenges for policy makers. Presentation by Dr Gemma Burgess to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy, 21 October 2014, House of Commons

Dr Gemma Burgess gave a presentation to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy, 21 October 2014, at the House of Commons as part of the session on Housing Supply– challenges for policy makers. The presentation focuses on the constraints on new housing supply.


Read more at: FirstStop local partners: costs and potential savings to public budgets of client casework 2014

FirstStop local partners: costs and potential savings to public budgets of client casework 2014

The aim of this research was to report on the costs and benefits of a sample of cases dealt with by the FirstStop local partners providing housing options services to older people. It focuses on the intense level three casework data provided by the local partners.


Read more at: FirstStop Evaluation: Report on progress of the funded local partners 2013/14

FirstStop Evaluation: Report on progress of the funded local partners 2013/14

This report explores the progress of the local housing options services which are currently funded by FirstStop. The research suggests the local projects have empowered older people to make informed decisions, have given them full knowledge of all the options available and have supported them in...


Read more at: Sight loss is not life loss: Evaluation for Southampton Sight

Sight loss is not life loss: Evaluation for Southampton Sight

The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research at the University of Cambridge has undertaken an independent evaluation of the Sight Loss is not Life Loss project. The evaluation found that the project is helping to reduce social isolation and to support people in maintaining their...


Read more at: ESRC Seminar Series on Marketplace Exclusion: Representations, Resistances and Responses

ESRC Seminar Series on Marketplace Exclusion: Representations, Resistances and Responses

This series of six seminars examines substantive and methodological issues surrounding marketplace exclusion. The seminars are designed to create links between academics, early career researchers, business leaders, community groups, activists and policy makers interested in the dynamics of...


Read more at: Estimating the scale of youth homelessness in the UK

Estimating the scale of youth homelessness in the UK

Centrepoint, the youth homeless charity, commissioned CCHPR to calculate up to date estimates of the number of young people experiencing homelessness in the UK during a year. The work drew on a range of secondary data sources, and also on a series of local case studies and also on a survey...


Read more at: Research on the nature of planning constraints

Research on the nature of planning constraints

The aim of this research was to analyse the nature of planning constraints on the provision of housing. The research was commissioned by the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee.


Read more at: Managing Money Better: Evaluation

Managing Money Better: Evaluation

The Managing Money Better (MMB) project provided money management information and advice through the FirstStop information and advice service for older people, their families and carers through its website, national telephone advice line and its existing network of local partners and peer to peer...


Read more at: The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery

The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery

A journal article, The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery, has been published by Dr Gemma Burgess in a special edition of Globalizations – Gender, Governance and Power: Finding the Global at the Local Level.


Read more at: When the personal becomes political: using legal reform to combat violence against women in Ethiopia in Gender Place & Culture

When the personal becomes political: using legal reform to combat violence against women in Ethiopia in Gender Place & Culture

A new journal article has been published by Dr Gemma Burgess in Gender, Place & Culture. The article focuses on Ethiopia's first civil society organisation, the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA), which has been campaigning for legal reform to secure women's rights and address violence...


Read more at: Book review by Dr Gemma Burgess published in Journal of Social Policy

Book review by Dr Gemma Burgess published in Journal of Social Policy

Book review published in Journal of Social Policy. Dr Gemma Burgess reviews Patricia Kennett and Chan KamWah (eds.) (2011), Women and Housing: An International Analysis. Abingdon: Routledge. £34.99, pp. 247, pbk. doi:10.1017/S0047279411000882


Read more at: Memorandum submitted to the House of Commons Communities & Local Government Select Committee inquiry into the financing of new housing supply

Memorandum submitted to the House of Commons Communities & Local Government Select Committee inquiry into the financing of new housing supply

A memorandum was submitted to the House of Commons Communities & Local Government Select Committee inquiry into the financing of new housing supply from the University of Sheffield, University of Cambridge and the LSE.


Read more at: Negotiating mix – key process study

Negotiating mix – key process study

A report on a process study within the evaluation of the MCI, looking at negotiations on the mix of affordable and market dwellings in new developments, and at how capital receipts are used.


Read more at: The Provision of Affordable Housing Through Section 106: the situation in 2007. RICS Research Paper Series Vol 7 No 14

The Provision of Affordable Housing Through Section 106: the situation in 2007. RICS Research Paper Series Vol 7 No 14

This project explored how Section 106 is working on the ground to deliver affordable housing against an uncertain policy background. The study found that local authority policy and practice vary across the country. Whilst increasing numbers of affordable units have been provided through S106, there...


Read more at: The provision of affordable housing through Section 106: an update

The provision of affordable housing through Section 106: an update

This project explored how Section 106 (S106) is working on the ground to deliver affordable housing against an uncertain and changing policy background. It is the full report of the ‘Findings’ published by the JRF in December 2007.


Read more at: Good practice guide to delivering affordable housing through Section 106, Report

Good practice guide to delivering affordable housing through Section 106, Report

Local authorities were actively involved in negotiating S106 Agreements to provide affordable housing. This guide, commissioned by the London Commuter Belt authorities and funded by Inspire East, provided a compendium of good practice in the application of S106 Agreements to affordable housing.


Read more at: Final Report to the East of England Regional Assembly

Final Report to the East of England Regional Assembly

The purpose of the research is to identify the changes in the intermediate housing market since the Affordable Housing Study II 2004, in terms of need/demand and supply, and to consider the implications for regional policy formulation and investment in the future.


Read more at: Rapid evidence review of the research literature on the impact of worsening affordability

Rapid evidence review of the research literature on the impact of worsening affordability

The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) Board commissioned the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research to undertake a rapid evidence assessment of the effects of worsening market housing affordability on the demand for affordable housing, with particular emphasis on social...


Read more at: Response to the Housing Green Paper on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Response to the Housing Green Paper on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

CCHPR response to the Government on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.


Read more at: Common Starting Points for S106 Affordable Housing Negotiations

Common Starting Points for S106 Affordable Housing Negotiations

This report has been drawn upon by CLG to inform the development of the Community Infrastructure Levy. The aim was to explore current LPA practice, to evaluate the relative merits of different CSPs, consider issues such as a single CSP and identify whether the adoption of CSPs would be beneficial.


Read more at: Delivering affordable housing using Section 106 agreements: Practice guidance

Delivering affordable housing using Section 106 agreements: Practice guidance

This Practice Guidance to Section 106 Agreements is a tool designed to support local planning authorities (LPAs) in delivering more affordable housing through the planning system. It aimed to assist LPAs to improve the development, negotiation and implementation of Section 106 Agreements.


Read more at: Planning and the Gender Equality Duty – why does gender matter?

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.


Read more at: Low Cost Home Ownership: affordability, risks and issues, Report

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).


Read more at: Domestic violence, assistance for adults without dependent children - Final report

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...


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

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).


Read more at: The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations in England in 2007-08

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...