CCHPR has worked on a range of research projects over the past few months:
- Common Starting Points for Section 106 Affordable Housing Negotiations, published August 2008, was commissioned to improve the evidence on the dynamics of planning obligation negotiations for affordable housing contributions. The research was drawn upon by CLG to inform the development of the Community Infrastructure Levy. This report builds on our work around affordable housing and the planning system; we have also recently produced practice guidance on delivering affordable housing through Section 106 for the Welsh Assembly Government and for the East of England and London commuter belt.
- The report, Low Cost Home Ownership: Affordability, Risks and Issues, looks at how Housing Associations are responding to the market downturn. Further research will be published in the New Year looking more closely at the impacts of the economic downturn on regional LCHO markets and at how the major house builders are offering their own version of LCHO in an attempt to prop up sales.
- A series of eight papers, commissioned by the Housing Corporation draws upon new research as well as existing data to understand how demographic, spatial and economic changes will impact on future affordable housing demand. It examines the changing profile of residents, needs and aspirations, mobility, shared ownership, regional variations and the needs of BME groups.
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