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Read more at: The Contribution of Housing, Planning and Regeneration Policies to Mixed Communities in Scotland, Report

The Contribution of Housing, Planning and Regeneration Policies to Mixed Communities in Scotland, Report

This report looks at whether and how mainstream housing, planning and regeneration policies in Scotland are contributing to "mixed communities”.


Read more at: Cross tenure rents and affordability 2008/09 update

Cross tenure rents and affordability 2008/09 update

This paper looks at the regional pattern of rents over the period 2002/03 to 2008/09 in the local authority, housing association, private rented and owner occupier sectors.


Read more at: Response to the CLG Select Committee Inquiry on the abolition of regional spatial strategies for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Response to the CLG Select Committee Inquiry on the abolition of regional spatial strategies for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) submitted a response to the CLG Committee’s Inquiry into the abolition of regional spatial strategies. This response was drafted on behalf of JRF by Gemma Burgess, Sarah Monk and Christine Whitehead, CCHPR, University of Cambridge, and Alison Bailey, Consultant...


Read more at: What does the literature tell us about the social and economic impact of housing? Report to the Scottish Government: Communities Analytical Services

What does the literature tell us about the social and economic impact of housing? Report to the Scottish Government: Communities Analytical Services

The Scottish Government commissioned CCHPR to write a literature review on the subject of the social and economic impact of housing.


Read more at: The private rented sector in the new century – a comparative approach

The private rented sector in the new century – a comparative approach

This study examines the role of regulation in the private rented sector across 11 European countries. A key finding is that well-conceived and well-managed regulation can enhance the private rented sector for both tenants and landlords.


Read more at: Under-utilisation of the housing stock: Eight local case studies, Report

Under-utilisation of the housing stock: Eight local case studies, Report

This report includes eight local authority case studies into exploring under-utilisation of the existing housing stock. It was commissioned by Shelter to feed into a wider strand of work and examines the issues of empty properties, second homes and under-occupation.


Read more at: Market-pegged social rents & local income distributions

Market-pegged social rents & local income distributions

This report looks at whether higher 'affordable rents', pegged to market rents, for social housing will be affordable to different households in different locations. It discusses definitions of affordability, and recommends and employs a combined residual-income and rent-income-ratio measure. It...


Read more at: Freedom to succeed: liberating the potential of housing associations

Freedom to succeed: liberating the potential of housing associations

This report for the Housing Futures Network explores both the current context and the future operating environment for housing associations in England. It argues that a transformation in role and function is underway with a number of unresolved tensions, the costs of which will be borne by tenants...


Read more at: Funding future homes

Funding future homes

The National Housing Federation wanted to produce a vision of the sector beyond 2015. As part of this work, CCHPR produced a substantial background report drawing together the evidence, including an appendix on development and funding models. The NHF produced an Executive Summary, which is also...


Read more at: Housing in transition: Understanding the dynamics of tenure change

Housing in transition: Understanding the dynamics of tenure change

This study of patterns of housing tenure in England and London looked back at the period 1993 to 2010 and projected trends forward to 2025. It also looked at the tenure patterns for low to middle income households and families with children. The study was for the Resolution Foundation and Shelter.