News

Housing Markets and the Globalisation of Generational Inequalities - Professor Richard Ronald, University of Amsterdam

3 February 2015

We were delighted that Professor Professor Richard Ronald, University of Amsterdam, participated in the Department of Land Economy seminar series and presented his research on Housing Markets and the Globalisation of Generational Inequalities.

Strategic planning for development, rents etc.? Would analysis of household incomes at local level help? Ask CCHPR.

21 January 2015

Information about household incomes at a local level has long been acknowledged as a gap in available data. Social landlords in particular often need household incomes at local authority level in order to set, for example, Affordable Rents for different sizes of property, and to assess the potential market for shared ownership development.

Reality dawns – the impact of welfare reform on housing associations: a mid-2014 view

14 January 2015

The National Housing Federation has commissioned Ipsos MORI and Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research to assess how welfare reform impacts across the housing association sector in England. This is the third and final report of the series.

New research on the Benefit Cap published

15 December 2014

Two new pieces of research by CCHPR about the impact of the Benefit Cap have been published today. One is based on 50 in depth interviews with households whose benefits had been capped, whilst the other research looked at the impact on local authorities, local services and social landlords.

Sarah Monk elected a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

11 December 2014

CCHPR is delighted that Sarah Monk, who was our Deputy Director for several years, has been elected a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. The Academy have recognised Sarah as leading researcher in the field of housing and urban economics and planning.

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

18 November 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.

CCHPR Launch Affordable Housing film

13 November 2014

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.

ESRC Funds Ground Breaking Research on What Works in Tackling Poverty from CCHPR

10 November 2014

The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research is delighted to announce that we have been selected by the ESRC to undertake one of four major new research projects that will advance understanding of effective strategies for tackling poverty. This important new research is part of the What Works in Tackling Poverty programme which is being led by the Public Policy Institute for Wales.

Evaluation of Early Support in Essex

25 September 2014

This study was commissioned by the Thomas Pocklington Trust to evaluate the Visionary Development Fund’s project: Early Support in Essex. This project aims to improve referral to services for people with sight loss in Essex.

Increasing land supply for housing

18 September 2014

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