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Read more at: The role of the private rented sector in preventing homelessness: Identifying good practice and the impact of policy change

The role of the private rented sector in preventing homelessness: Identifying good practice and the impact of policy change

The report is in three main parts: identifying good practice; implications of welfare reform; and strategies, solutions and models. The report concluded that while there were clearly many challenges facing private rented sector access schemes in the coming months and years, there were also many...


Read more at: Poverty focussed review of housing organisations’ strategic and business plans - Initial Report

Poverty focussed review of housing organisations’ strategic and business plans - Initial Report

This report presents the findings from the first stage of a project that is exploring where poverty fits within the strategies, policies and business plans of local authorities, housing associations and private landlords.


Read more at: Impact of welfare reform on housing associations – 2012 Baseline report

Impact of welfare reform on housing associations – 2012 Baseline report

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. The first component of the research programme is to establish baseline data and understand pre-...


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

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

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. The baseline report was published in late 2012 and this case report builds on that baseline...


Read more at: Reselling shared ownership properties after improvements

Reselling shared ownership properties after improvements

This short report, commissioned by Thames Valley Housing Association explores the process of reselling shared ownership properties in situations where owners have made improvements, increasing the value of their home. It explores the relative merits of different systems in use for valuing the...


Read more at: Evaluation of Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy: Interim Report

Evaluation of Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy: Interim Report

The Interim Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (often referred to as the 'bedroom tax'), carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published. The report explores the effects of the cuts to Housing Benefit for working age social housing tenants who are...


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

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

The National Housing Federation commissioned Ipsos MORI and Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research to assess the impacts of the 2012 Welfare Reform Act across the housing association sector in England. This is the third and final report of the series.


Read more at: Challenging times, changing lives

Challenging times, changing lives

Riverside Housing Group 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. Anna Clarke, from CCHPR, supported the project in an advisory capacity. This first report presented the...