Topic:Housing Association Sector

The impact of the large scale voluntary transfer of local authority housing stock on the housing association sector

This Sector Study examines the growth and spread of Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT) associations, their effect on the housing association stock profile at district level, the changes in vacancy rates associated with the transfer of stock needing renovation and the difference in tenant...

Definitions of ownership. Phase IV: The Group RSR

Fourth phase of the research: focused on housing association group structures and developing an overarching Group RSR.

Housing association stock managed pending transfer into ownership

This report used Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR) data for 2002 to provide some base data on the number of housing associations and units involved in this type of stock management. It broke data down between types and sizes of association to examine which associations were most involved in...

Multiplication and division: the distribution of stock between landlords in the housing association sector

This Sector Study builds on the earlier report 'Sector Study 10: The spatial distribution of general needs housing associations and their stock'. This report uses the same measures of concentration to compare distribution of all social housing stock between social landlords within local authorities...

Adapt and survive: Housing associations' response to changes in housing policy at the beginning of the new century

Using data from the Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR) and on the profile of new tenants from CORE, this paper examines recent changes in the Housing Association sector and interprets these in the light of changing emphases in government housing policy.

Affordable housing in London: Mobility and locational aspirations: Evidence from the London Household Survey 2002: Dataspring Discussion Paper 8

This discussion paper forms part of a broader project detailing moving aspirations of London’s social housing tenants.

The growing importance of group structure arrangements in the housing association sector in England

This briefing paper reviews the nature and complexity of HA group structures and their activities in terms of what was learnt about their operational realities, their impact on the current statistical profile of the sector and the implications of this for the TSA (then Housing Corporation) in any...

Defining the size of the housing association sector

This project grew out of the need to review the definitions used to calculate the size of the housing association sector.

The wider role of housing associations

Housing associations are increasingly seen as having a role beyond the provision of social rented housing. Many own and/or manage non-social housing stock as well as being involved in non-housing activities. This project aimed to provide a picture of the extent to which associations were involved...

Housing association sector trends

The housing association sector trends project brought together 15 years of data from the Regulatory and Statistical Return, the annual census of housing associations registered with the Tenants Services Authority to form a cohesive relational database. This gives added value to the data as it can...