From Section 21 to a 5 year tenancy agreement
ITV Anglia featured the New Horizons Building Better Opportunities project in its evening news programme.
Lecturer in Housing and Planning Policy - new opportunity at the University of Cambridge
The Department of Land Economy is recruiting for a Lecturer in Housing and Planning Policy.
Nuancing the international debate on social mix: Copenhagen paper published online
A paper by Dr Sónia Alves has been published online by the journal Housing Studies.
CCHPR and the Department of Land Economy welcome Professor Rebecca Tunstall
Professor Becky Tunstall has been appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Land Economy.
Co-living for vulnerable older people - the views of stakeholders
CCHPR have published their latest report on their research into co-living as a housing solution for vulnerable older people, funded jointly by the Nationwide Foundation and Nationwide Building Society.
The challenges of gentrification
Sónia Alves took part in a debate looking at the sustainability of Urban World Heritage Sites at the end of March 2019.
MHCLG commission CCHPR to look into leasehold charges
Leasehold and freehold charges are a complex and sometimes contentious issue in terms of both legislation and practice.
Dr Katayoun Karampour joins CCHPR as Research Associate
Katy Karampour joins the CCHPR research team.
CCHPR publishes final report for the Digital Built Britain Housing Network
The Digital Built Britain Housing Network has published its final report for the Centre for Digital Built Britain.
Transforming Construction Alliance: Core Innovation Hub
CCHPR's Acting Director, Dr Gemma Burgess, will lead the impact assessment workstream for the Construction Innovation Hub's research stream.
Overlooked and marginalised - what can be done to help non-resident fathers?
Kathryn Muir's roundtable event brought together academics, practitioners and policy makers, and asked them about how best to tackle the issues facing non-resident fathers.
Prix Andre Jordan - Honourable mention for Sónia Alves's paper
Dr Sónia Alves's paper, “Poles Apart? A Comparative Study of Housing Policies and Outcomes in Portugal and Denmark” received an honourable mention from the 2018 Prix Andre Jordan judges.
Three new PhD students begin their studies under CCHPR
Chilombo Musa, Chris Blundell and Fareza Mustafa are now PhD students at the Department of Land Economy, supervised by Dr Gemma Burgess.
Cambridge alliance secures £72 million in government funding to drive innovation and boost construction
The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) at the University of Cambridge has joined a new alliance with the MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre) and BRE (Building Research Establishment) to transform the way that infrastructure in the UK is designed, built, and used.
Fourth Digital Built Britain Housing Network position paper published
This position paper, written by Acting Director Gemma Burgess and ECR Valentine Quinio, looks at digital innovation in the planning process, and outlines the scope for future research and digitisation of planning in order to improve housing delivery in the UK.
Ox-MK-Cam Growth Corridor: Can we plan for sustainable growth and make places that work for people?
Gemma Burgess spoke about housing challenges at a recent Edge Debate event looking at the opportunities and challenges faced by the Oxford-Milton Keynes- Cambridge Growth Corridor
New research projects announced
CCHPR have been awarded funding for two new research projects, each looking at a different aspect of co-living.
Involvement of Western Orientalists in Iranian cultural heritage affairs (1925-1979)
Drs Sara Mahdizadeh and Reyhaneh Shojaei's article for the Journal of Architectural Conservation examines unpublished primary sources in an attempt to shed new light on the role of Western Orientalists in 20th century Iran.
Residential Landlords Association publish CCHPR report on the impact of taxation reform on the PRS
CCHPR developed an economic model of private rented sector landlords' finances and property investors to gauge the impact of recent taxation reforms.