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Read more at: Challenging Times, Changing Lives

Challenging Times, Changing Lives

20 December 2013

Riverside Housing Group have published the first output from a three year longitudinal study tracking the lives of 20 tenants and exploring how they respond to financial changes and welfare reform.

Read more at: Equity Release amongst older home owners

Equity Release amongst older home owners

20 December 2013

There is increasing interest in the role the use of equity release products can play in coping with some of the pressures of an ageing population. This study analyses what we already know about the use of equity release products by older homeowners to identify what might it be valuable to research further.

Read more at: International review of land supply and planning systems

International review of land supply and planning systems

20 December 2013

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has just published an international review of land supply and planning systems conducted by CCHPR, looking at what works and whether successful mechanisms from other countries could be transferred to the UK context. The review suggests that land supply is a key issue contributing to housing market volatility and problems of housing affordability in the UK.

Read more at: Building Social Capital through Community Timebanking: an interim evaluation of the Cambridgeshire timebanking project

Building Social Capital through Community Timebanking: an interim evaluation of the Cambridgeshire timebanking project

20 December 2013

This research is evaluating the development of a timebanking project in Cambridgeshire for Cambridgeshire County Council and the CHS Group.

Read more at: Analysis of the potential value for money to the public purse of the Lincolnshire Home Improvement Agency Housing Options Advice service

Analysis of the potential value for money to the public purse of the Lincolnshire Home Improvement Agency Housing Options Advice service

20 December 2013

This report analyses the potential savings to the public purse of the Lincolnshire Home Improvement Agency (LHIA) housing options advice service.

Read more at: Intended and unintended consequences? A case study survey of housing associations and welfare reform

Intended and unintended consequences? A case study survey of housing associations and welfare reform

19 December 2013

With the Welfare Reform Act 2012 heralding the introduction of some of the most significant changes to the administration and distribution of benefits in recent times, the National Housing Federation has commissioned Ipsos MORI and Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research to assess how these changes impact across the housing association sector in England.

Read more at: Did clients benefit long term from the housing options support they received?

Did clients benefit long term from the housing options support they received?

19 December 2013

This research analyses the long term impact of receiving housing options support on older people.

Read more at: Making informed decisions on housing options: the value of advice and support for older people

Making informed decisions on housing options: the value of advice and support for older people

19 December 2013

Paper presented at the ENHR Conference in Tarragona.

Read more at: Scoping study on service use by the Cambridgeshire D/deaf communities

Scoping study on service use by the Cambridgeshire D/deaf communities

19 December 2013

This study aimed to begin to explore the use of different services in Cambridgeshire by people who are D/deaf.

Read more at: A Hidden History: Women's Activism in Ethiopia

A Hidden History: Women's Activism in Ethiopia

19 December 2013

New journal publication by Dr Burgess describes the dominant gender identity of Ethiopian women and the changes to Ethiopian politics and women’s place within them.

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