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Read more at: Benefit Cap: In-depth interviews with affected claimants

Benefit Cap: In-depth interviews with affected claimants

The DWP commissioned CCHPR to undertake a series of qualitative interviews with households affected by the Benefit Cap.


Read more at: Input into Strategic Housing Needs Assessments Draft Guidance

Input into Strategic Housing Needs Assessments Draft Guidance

CCHPR carried out research for DCLG (then ODPM) to produce guidance to local authorities and sub-regions on understanding their local housing market. It updates previous guidance on housing needs assessments and builds on a manual for undertaking housing market assessments.


Read more at: Key worker housing in Surrey

Key worker housing in Surrey

These two short projects looked at the crisis in the recruitment and retention of key workers in these highly pressured housing markets on the edge of London.


Read more at: The extent and impact of rural housing need

The extent and impact of rural housing need

Defra commissioned CCHPR and Land Use Consultants to carry out research to understand the nature of 'housing need' in rural areas and the implications of an under-supply of affordable housing for individuals, communities and economies.


Read more at: Affordability of Low Cost Home Ownership

Affordability of Low Cost Home Ownership

This project was commissioned by Tower Homes and Metropolitan Home Ownership, two of the largest providers of Low Cost Home Ownership in the London area. It involved a survey of clients who had purchased on a shared ownership basis in the previous twelve months and a second survey of those who...


Read more at: Sustainable development in the Kent Thames Gateway

Sustainable development in the Kent Thames Gateway

CCHPR worked in a multi-disciplinary team with others across the university to carry out this piece of research looking at sustainable development in the Kent Thames Gateway.


Read more at: Understanding demographic, spatial and economic impacts on future affordable housing demand

Understanding demographic, spatial and economic impacts on future affordable housing demand

The research will use both primary and secondary data to understand how demographic, spatial and economic changes will impact on affordable housing demand now and in the future (over the next 5 / 10 / 20 years). It will then use this understanding to inform key business and policy decisions and...


Read more at: An approach to affordable housing to inform the East Midlands Regional Plan

An approach to affordable housing to inform the East Midlands Regional Plan

This project reviewed alternative methodologies for determining the proportion of new dwellings that should be affordable in order to select a preferred approach for the East Midlands. Once this was agreed, the project produced affordable housing targets for the region and for the sub-regional...


Read more at: Evaluation of the Mixed Communities Demonstration Projects

Evaluation of the Mixed Communities Demonstration Projects

CCHPR was part of a consortium evaluating the Mixed Communities Demonstration Projects. These aimed to develop comprehensive approaches to neighbourhood renewal through major changes to the housing stock and tenure / income mix, improvements to the environment and action to reduce worklessness and...


Read more at: The use of the existing housing stock in the South East

The use of the existing housing stock in the South East

This report was commissioned by the South East England Regional Assembly. It analyses the ways in which the existing housing stock is used presently and how this might change over the next twenty years.