RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE UK AND EUROPE
Resident involvement in social housing is about how tenants or others living nearby can influence a social landlord’s activity. The remit of such influence may range from contributing to landlord decisions on local service delivery, at one end of spectrum, to bearing on an organisation’s strategic policy, at the other. Irrespective of whether it incorporates governing body membership, resident involvement is an aspect of housing and urban governance. This research was commissioned by Hyde Housing Group to inform further development of the Group’s governance and accountability structures and procedures. To obtain a copy of the report go to http://www.hyde-housing.co.uk/library/special-publications
Showing posts with label research centre news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research centre news. Show all posts
Friday, 3 February 2012
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
NEWS FROM CHR, ST ANDREWS
Events
Professor Duncan Maclennan, CBE will be delivering his inaugural lecture on Wednesday 8th December from 5:15pm at the University of St Andrews. This open event will address the theme of "Housing, the Economy and City Change: where next?".
Local Engagement
Dr Kim McKee delivered the opening keynote at the annual Employers in Voluntary Housing conference in St Andrews on the 29th October. The theme of Kim's plenary was "The Future of Community Housing in Scotland".
Prof. Duncan Maclennan delivered a keynote presentation at the Scotland's Cities conference, held in Dundee on the 10th November. This key event sought to bring together international experts, business and local civic leaders to develop an action plan for the future success of Scotland's cities.
New Staff
CHR is delighted to welcome two new research fellows to its growing research centre. Dr Louise Reid (formerly of Aberdeen University) and Dr Beverley Searle (formerly of Durham University) joined the University in October.
New Publications
McKee, K. (2010) “The End of the Right to Buy and the Future of Social Housing in Scotland”, Local Economy 25(4): 319-327.
Professor Duncan Maclennan, CBE will be delivering his inaugural lecture on Wednesday 8th December from 5:15pm at the University of St Andrews. This open event will address the theme of "Housing, the Economy and City Change: where next?".
Local Engagement
Dr Kim McKee delivered the opening keynote at the annual Employers in Voluntary Housing conference in St Andrews on the 29th October. The theme of Kim's plenary was "The Future of Community Housing in Scotland".
Prof. Duncan Maclennan delivered a keynote presentation at the Scotland's Cities conference, held in Dundee on the 10th November. This key event sought to bring together international experts, business and local civic leaders to develop an action plan for the future success of Scotland's cities.
New Staff
CHR is delighted to welcome two new research fellows to its growing research centre. Dr Louise Reid (formerly of Aberdeen University) and Dr Beverley Searle (formerly of Durham University) joined the University in October.
New Publications
McKee, K. (2010) “The End of the Right to Buy and the Future of Social Housing in Scotland”, Local Economy 25(4): 319-327.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
News from CCHPR
New Director for Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research
The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research is delighted to announce that Dr Peter Williams, formerly Deputy Director General of the Council for Mortgage Lenders and chair of the National Housing and Planning Advisory Unit, has been appointed to be the new Director following Professor Christine Whitehead’s retirement at the end of the year. The Centre, located in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It currently employs 15 housing and planning researchers and support staff.
Peter Williams will take up his position on 1st January 2011. He said “I am delighted to succeed Prof. Christine Whitehead as Director of the CCHPR. There is an important research agenda to be addressed in housing and planning at present and this well established and prestigious research centre is uniquely placed to play a key role in formulating and assessing policy at both national and local levels.”
Deputy Director of the Centre, Sarah Monk, said ‘We are really excited by this appointment and while we will miss Christine as Director, we are all looking forward to working with Peter next year. As a self-financing research centre we hope that Peter will help us explore new areas of research and develop sources of funding so we can produce top quality research for at least another 20 years!.’
Ian Hodge, Head of the Department of Land Economy, said ‘ Peter, with his particular interests in housing finance and the interrelationship between housing and planning as well as his long term commitment to supporting the evidence base for policy and his previous experience as a Professor of Housing in Cardiff, running a research centre, brings exactly the mix of skills required to enable CCHPR’s continued development. We look forward to working with him’.
The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research is delighted to announce that Dr Peter Williams, formerly Deputy Director General of the Council for Mortgage Lenders and chair of the National Housing and Planning Advisory Unit, has been appointed to be the new Director following Professor Christine Whitehead’s retirement at the end of the year. The Centre, located in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It currently employs 15 housing and planning researchers and support staff.
Peter Williams will take up his position on 1st January 2011. He said “I am delighted to succeed Prof. Christine Whitehead as Director of the CCHPR. There is an important research agenda to be addressed in housing and planning at present and this well established and prestigious research centre is uniquely placed to play a key role in formulating and assessing policy at both national and local levels.”
Deputy Director of the Centre, Sarah Monk, said ‘We are really excited by this appointment and while we will miss Christine as Director, we are all looking forward to working with Peter next year. As a self-financing research centre we hope that Peter will help us explore new areas of research and develop sources of funding so we can produce top quality research for at least another 20 years!.’
Ian Hodge, Head of the Department of Land Economy, said ‘ Peter, with his particular interests in housing finance and the interrelationship between housing and planning as well as his long term commitment to supporting the evidence base for policy and his previous experience as a Professor of Housing in Cardiff, running a research centre, brings exactly the mix of skills required to enable CCHPR’s continued development. We look forward to working with him’.
Thursday, 3 June 2010
NEW APPOINTMENTS AT THE CENTRE FOR HOUSING RESEARCH, ST ANDREWS
The Centre for Housing Research (CHR) at St Andrews is delighted to welcome Dr Donald Houston and Dr Kim McKee, who have recently been appointed as Lecturers in Housing and Urban Studies.
Donald was previously at the Department of Geography at the University of Dundee, and prior to that Research Fellow at the Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. His research interests are in labour market disadvantage and environmental justice. At CHR he will be developing research on housing and urban sustainability and will manage a Joseph Rowntree Foundation funded project examining the social justice implications of flooding in urban areas. Alongside this, he will continue to publish on the labour market implications of welfare reform and on the changing role of the private rented sector in the UK.
Kim was previously an Urban Studies Fellow in the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow, and prior to that a PhD student in the Department of Urban Studies. Her research interests are in social housing, tenure-mix and low-cost homeownership, community governance, and tenant empowerment. At CHR she will be developing research on social housing, and young people and the future of homeownership.
CHR will also soon be appointing two new research fellows in the fields of housing systems analysis and sustainability to further develop the work of the centre:
http://ggsrv-cold.st-andrews.ac.uk/chr/
Donald was previously at the Department of Geography at the University of Dundee, and prior to that Research Fellow at the Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. His research interests are in labour market disadvantage and environmental justice. At CHR he will be developing research on housing and urban sustainability and will manage a Joseph Rowntree Foundation funded project examining the social justice implications of flooding in urban areas. Alongside this, he will continue to publish on the labour market implications of welfare reform and on the changing role of the private rented sector in the UK.
Kim was previously an Urban Studies Fellow in the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow, and prior to that a PhD student in the Department of Urban Studies. Her research interests are in social housing, tenure-mix and low-cost homeownership, community governance, and tenant empowerment. At CHR she will be developing research on social housing, and young people and the future of homeownership.
CHR will also soon be appointing two new research fellows in the fields of housing systems analysis and sustainability to further develop the work of the centre:
http://ggsrv-cold.st-andrews.ac.uk/chr/
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
NEWS FROM TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
New report on the use of Section 106 Planning Obligations in England
Researchers from Town & Regional Planning (with colleagues in Land Economy at Cambridge University, and Curtin Business School, Perth, Australia) have found that private developers have agreed to fund £5 billion of England´s local capital infrastructure, including roads, schools and new affordable housing in England. The research, which was commissioned by the Department of Communities & Local Government (CLG), shows planning obligations have led to the very substantial investments by developers. The full report can be found on CLG's website: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/planningobligationsreport
Planning obligations, known as S106 agreements, are negotiated by local planning authorities when granting planning permission for new developments. These obligations ensure that the necessary infrastructure to support new developments is in place and also that developers of private housing schemes create mixed communities by providing an element of affordable housing on new private estates.
The report shows that nearly two thirds of new affordable homes are now provided through S106 agreements. In principle many of these contributions are funded by developers from the increase in land value brought about by the granting of planning permission.
Until recently little was known about the extent and value of these obligations. This study is the third in a series commissioned by CLG and shows just how substantial these contributions have become. The value of S106 obligations has risen from £2bn in 2003-04 to £4bn in 2005-06 and to £5bn in 2007-08, of which around half in each year was for new affordable housing. This increase reflects both the greater capability of planning authorities when negotiating contributions and the rise in development values over that period providing the funds for developers to make their contributions.
The most recent research showed that, whilst planning authorities continued to focus their efforts on the largest sites, they were also negotiating more contributions from smaller sites than in earlier years. It further showed that there were still large variations in the extent to which planning authorities negotiated agreements and in the value of the contributions secured. This was partly due to the variations in demand for development and land values but also to significant variations in local authority policy and practice.
An important new finding from the latest research is that developers have been delivering a very large proportion of the agreed obligations. Allowing for changes to the timing of delivery, obligations were fully delivered on four in five of the sites where obligations were agreed in 2003-04 and 2005-06. Later agreements have been affected by the property downturn as sites have been developed much more slowly but planning authorities will require all the agreed obligations to be delivered once the market improves.
For more information, contact Professor Tony Crook on: a.crook@sheffield.ac.uk
Researchers from Town & Regional Planning (with colleagues in Land Economy at Cambridge University, and Curtin Business School, Perth, Australia) have found that private developers have agreed to fund £5 billion of England´s local capital infrastructure, including roads, schools and new affordable housing in England. The research, which was commissioned by the Department of Communities & Local Government (CLG), shows planning obligations have led to the very substantial investments by developers. The full report can be found on CLG's website: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/planningobligationsreport
Planning obligations, known as S106 agreements, are negotiated by local planning authorities when granting planning permission for new developments. These obligations ensure that the necessary infrastructure to support new developments is in place and also that developers of private housing schemes create mixed communities by providing an element of affordable housing on new private estates.
The report shows that nearly two thirds of new affordable homes are now provided through S106 agreements. In principle many of these contributions are funded by developers from the increase in land value brought about by the granting of planning permission.
Until recently little was known about the extent and value of these obligations. This study is the third in a series commissioned by CLG and shows just how substantial these contributions have become. The value of S106 obligations has risen from £2bn in 2003-04 to £4bn in 2005-06 and to £5bn in 2007-08, of which around half in each year was for new affordable housing. This increase reflects both the greater capability of planning authorities when negotiating contributions and the rise in development values over that period providing the funds for developers to make their contributions.
The most recent research showed that, whilst planning authorities continued to focus their efforts on the largest sites, they were also negotiating more contributions from smaller sites than in earlier years. It further showed that there were still large variations in the extent to which planning authorities negotiated agreements and in the value of the contributions secured. This was partly due to the variations in demand for development and land values but also to significant variations in local authority policy and practice.
An important new finding from the latest research is that developers have been delivering a very large proportion of the agreed obligations. Allowing for changes to the timing of delivery, obligations were fully delivered on four in five of the sites where obligations were agreed in 2003-04 and 2005-06. Later agreements have been affected by the property downturn as sites have been developed much more slowly but planning authorities will require all the agreed obligations to be delivered once the market improves.
For more information, contact Professor Tony Crook on: a.crook@sheffield.ac.uk
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
NEW APPOINTMENTS AT HERIOT-WATT
Heriot-Watt is delighted to welcome Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Dr Sarah Johnsen who join the University’s Housing and Urban Society Research Group from July 2010. Having directed York University’s Centre for Housing Policy since 2003, Suzanne becomes Professor of Housing and Social Policy at Heriot-Watt. Sarah, a Research Fellow at York since 2005, becomes a Senior Research Fellow. At Heriot-Watt, Suzanne and Sarah will be working on a range of projects including an ESRC-funded study of multiple exclusion homelessness. Suzanne will retain her role as Editor of the International Journal of Housing Policy (formerly the European Journal of Housing Policy).
Also joining Heriot-Watt is Kirsten Besemer, Research Associate, who moves from Chester University where she has been completing her PhD on the effects of trade liberalisation on Vietnamese rice farmers. Kirsten will work with Professor Glen Bramley and other colleagues on the 2010-11 UK Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey, 2011. This ESRC-funded project is being undertaken in collaboration with the Universities of Bristol, Glasgow and Queens, Belfast. Following on from the Millenium Poverty survey of 2000, the Breadline Britain surveys of 1983 and 1990, and Peter Townsend’s 1969 study, the 2010-11 research will measure the incidence of poverty across the country and investigate the nature of poverty and social exclusion in different contexts.
Also joining Heriot-Watt is Kirsten Besemer, Research Associate, who moves from Chester University where she has been completing her PhD on the effects of trade liberalisation on Vietnamese rice farmers. Kirsten will work with Professor Glen Bramley and other colleagues on the 2010-11 UK Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey, 2011. This ESRC-funded project is being undertaken in collaboration with the Universities of Bristol, Glasgow and Queens, Belfast. Following on from the Millenium Poverty survey of 2000, the Breadline Britain surveys of 1983 and 1990, and Peter Townsend’s 1969 study, the 2010-11 research will measure the incidence of poverty across the country and investigate the nature of poverty and social exclusion in different contexts.
Monday, 1 March 2010
NEWS FROM CRESR
New Projects: Decent Homes Assessment
CRESR is undertaking an assessment of the Government's Decent Homes programme for CLG. The programme has involved expenditure of over £20 billion since 2001 to bring all social housing dwellings in England up to a 'decency' standard. It is estimated that 92 per cent of all dwellings will be classed as 'decent' by the end of 2010. The programme is being assessed on the basis of local authority responses covering standards, links to wider regeneration activities and investment, value for money, tenant satisfaction and involvement, and overall lessons learnt. The final report will be produced in April 2010.
For information about the project please contact Professor Ian Cole, (I.D.cole@shu.ac.uk)
CRESR is undertaking an assessment of the Government's Decent Homes programme for CLG. The programme has involved expenditure of over £20 billion since 2001 to bring all social housing dwellings in England up to a 'decency' standard. It is estimated that 92 per cent of all dwellings will be classed as 'decent' by the end of 2010. The programme is being assessed on the basis of local authority responses covering standards, links to wider regeneration activities and investment, value for money, tenant satisfaction and involvement, and overall lessons learnt. The final report will be produced in April 2010.
For information about the project please contact Professor Ian Cole, (I.D.cole@shu.ac.uk)
NEWS FROM CCHPR
The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research has been commissioned to undertake an evaluation of the FirstStop information and advice service for older people that is funded partly by Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Big Lottery Fund (BLF). FirstStop is an innovative attempt to provide a centralised I&A service about housing and care issues for older people and their families and carers. Faced with the potential financial burden of housing and caring for an ageing population, the government is keen to kind ways to inform older people about their options and encourage them to take preventative and proactive steps to make provision for their housing before a crisis. The evaluation began in late 2009 and will be completed in 2011. For more information contact Dr Gemma Burgess (glb36@cam.ac.uk).
Friday, 4 December 2009
NEWS FROM TOWN & REGIONAL PLANNING, SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY
Professor Tony Crook addresses National Landlords Association conference
Professor Tony Crook addressed the National Landlords' Association conference at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham on 20-21 November. The conference, and Professor Crook’s contribution, explored the Government’s proposals in its response to the Rugg Review of the Private Rented Sector in England. For more details: http://www.landlords.org.uk/conference/nlaconference.asp
TRP staff complete major study of Private Landlords in Scotland
A team of researchers from Sheffield, with a colleague from the University of Oxford, have recently completed a major study of the ownership of privately rented housing in Scotland for the Scottish Government. Professor Tony Crook and Dr Ed Ferrari from the department, together with Professor Peter Kemp from Oxford, authored a report entitled 'Views and Experiences of Landlords in the Private Rented Sector in Scotland'. The report, which was part of the Scottish Government's programme of research into the private rented sector, is informing policy in this important area.
They key findings from the study were that private sector housing is largely owned and managed by individual landlords owning relatively small portfolios. Most now regard their properties as investments, a significant increase from previous years. In general, landlords feel that the private rented sector works well but they have a number of specific concerns about how it is regulated.
More details can be found in the Scottish Government's Research Findings summary and full report, which can be downloaded from the Scottish Government's website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/03/23140128/0
Professor Crook appointed Chair of housing charity
Professor Tony Crook was appointed Chair of housing charity Shelter’s Board of Trustees, with effect from May 1st 2009.
Professor Crook said: “It is a great honour for me to have been asked by the Trustees to serve Shelter at this critical time for our country's housing. I look forward to working with all colleagues in Shelter and partner organisations to help keep the housing needs of our country at the forefront of debates. We will ensure that Shelter continues to be an effective advocate for imaginative policies to eliminate homelessness and bad housing.”
New Project: RICS award to look at household mobility expectations
Craig Watkins, Ed Ferrari and Danielle Leahy Laughlin are undertaking research funded by the RICS that looks at the way in which survey-based data on household mobility expectations are used to forecast housing need and demand at the local level. The project is part of broader programme of work, funded in part by the Technology and Science Board, that seeks to develop the conceptual and technical basis for Strategic Housing Market Assessments.
New Project: Valuing Attractive Landscapes in the Urban Economy (VALUE)
John Henneberry will be leading the TRP team in this major international project funded under the ERB INTERREG IVB North West Europe programme. The Sheffield team will be involved in Stated Preference Experiments that incorporate visualisations/virtual reality models to assess residents', businesses' and policy-makers' preferences and/or willingness to pay for a . The team will also undertake a more macro level assessment of the impact of green infrastructure on urban competitiveness.
New PhD students
Richard Dunning has joined TRP on a University Research Scholarship. Richard's doctoral studies will focus on modelling housing search and mobility patterns.
Reminder: HSA Annual Conference 2010
The call for Papers is open until 31 January 2010. More details can be found at http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/hsa/spring10/index.html. There is also an Early Careers Stream, with discounted fees, open to PhD students and early career researchers.
Professor Tony Crook addressed the National Landlords' Association conference at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham on 20-21 November. The conference, and Professor Crook’s contribution, explored the Government’s proposals in its response to the Rugg Review of the Private Rented Sector in England. For more details: http://www.landlords.org.uk/conference/nlaconference.asp
TRP staff complete major study of Private Landlords in Scotland
A team of researchers from Sheffield, with a colleague from the University of Oxford, have recently completed a major study of the ownership of privately rented housing in Scotland for the Scottish Government. Professor Tony Crook and Dr Ed Ferrari from the department, together with Professor Peter Kemp from Oxford, authored a report entitled 'Views and Experiences of Landlords in the Private Rented Sector in Scotland'. The report, which was part of the Scottish Government's programme of research into the private rented sector, is informing policy in this important area.
They key findings from the study were that private sector housing is largely owned and managed by individual landlords owning relatively small portfolios. Most now regard their properties as investments, a significant increase from previous years. In general, landlords feel that the private rented sector works well but they have a number of specific concerns about how it is regulated.
More details can be found in the Scottish Government's Research Findings summary and full report, which can be downloaded from the Scottish Government's website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/03/23140128/0
Professor Crook appointed Chair of housing charity
Professor Tony Crook was appointed Chair of housing charity Shelter’s Board of Trustees, with effect from May 1st 2009.
Professor Crook said: “It is a great honour for me to have been asked by the Trustees to serve Shelter at this critical time for our country's housing. I look forward to working with all colleagues in Shelter and partner organisations to help keep the housing needs of our country at the forefront of debates. We will ensure that Shelter continues to be an effective advocate for imaginative policies to eliminate homelessness and bad housing.”
New Project: RICS award to look at household mobility expectations
Craig Watkins, Ed Ferrari and Danielle Leahy Laughlin are undertaking research funded by the RICS that looks at the way in which survey-based data on household mobility expectations are used to forecast housing need and demand at the local level. The project is part of broader programme of work, funded in part by the Technology and Science Board, that seeks to develop the conceptual and technical basis for Strategic Housing Market Assessments.
New Project: Valuing Attractive Landscapes in the Urban Economy (VALUE)
John Henneberry will be leading the TRP team in this major international project funded under the ERB INTERREG IVB North West Europe programme. The Sheffield team will be involved in Stated Preference Experiments that incorporate visualisations/virtual reality models to assess residents', businesses' and policy-makers' preferences and/or willingness to pay for a . The team will also undertake a more macro level assessment of the impact of green infrastructure on urban competitiveness.
New PhD students
Richard Dunning has joined TRP on a University Research Scholarship. Richard's doctoral studies will focus on modelling housing search and mobility patterns.
Reminder: HSA Annual Conference 2010
The call for Papers is open until 31 January 2010. More details can be found at http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/hsa/spring10/index.html. There is also an Early Careers Stream, with discounted fees, open to PhD students and early career researchers.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
NEWS FROM CRESR
NEW PROJECTS
Understanding and Evaluating the Impact of the North Staffordshire Landlord Accreditation Scheme
A team of researchers from CRESR have been commissioned by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to evaluate the impact of Landlord accreditation and associated services to tenants and Landlords provided as part of the scheme. The research will investigate the impact that Landlord accreditation has had on the private rented sector across North Staffordshire, particularly in terms of improving housing conditions for tenants. The evaluation will also assess the perceptions of Landlords and tenants and provide recommendations on the future development of the accreditation scheme. A final report will be produced in January 2010.
For information about this study please contact Paul Hickman: p.g.hickman@shu.ac.uk
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Flint, J., Powell, R., Casey, R., Pearce, S., Moore, T. and Green, S. (2009) "A Study to Examine Local Barriers to the Delivery of Affordable Housing in Rural Wales". Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
This research examines the barriers to the delivery of affordable housing in rural Wales and also identifies key enabling factors and good practice. The Report presents findings and sets out recommendations for local authorities, local planning authorities and the Welsh Assembly Government and is available to download in both English and Welsh at: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/planning/planningresearch/publishedresearch/affordablehousing/
For further information about this study please contact John Flint: j.f.flint@shu.ac.uk
New Deal for Communities Evaluation
A series of detailed reports has recently been published by CRESR as part of the ten year national evaluation of New Deal for Communities. The NDC Programme is one of the more interesting Area Based Initiatives ever launched In England in that community driven Partnerships are aiming to transform 39 very deprived neighbourhoods over ten years. The most recent tranche of outputs includes reports on worklessness, an analysis of change data for the 2002-2008 period, exploration of change for those who stayed in NDC areas between 2002 and 2006, and an examination of relationships between outcomes and community engagement. The Reports can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/publications/all/
For more information about the NDC evaluation please contact Paul Lawless: p.l.lawless@shu.ac.uk
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Powell, R. and Flint, J. (2009) '(In)formalization and the civilizing process: Applying the work of Norbert Elias to housing-based anti-social behaviour interventions in the UK', Housing, Theory and Society, 26 (3), pp.159-178.
Robinson, D. (forthcoming) 'New immigrants and migrants in social housing in Britain: discursive themes and lived realities', Policy and Politics. Advanced access at: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/pre-prints
EVENTS
There are two seminars over the next month as part of the 2009/10 CRESR seminar series, all are welcome:
28 October 2009, 4pm, room 9130, Furnival Building, City Campus
Ian Rotherham, Sheffield Hallam University
Ecology: A Luxury or a Driver for Regional Regeneration?
18 November 2009 4pm, room 9130, Furnival Building, City Campus
Rebecca Tunstall, London School of Economics
Housing and Children's Life Chances, 1946-2000
Understanding and Evaluating the Impact of the North Staffordshire Landlord Accreditation Scheme
A team of researchers from CRESR have been commissioned by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to evaluate the impact of Landlord accreditation and associated services to tenants and Landlords provided as part of the scheme. The research will investigate the impact that Landlord accreditation has had on the private rented sector across North Staffordshire, particularly in terms of improving housing conditions for tenants. The evaluation will also assess the perceptions of Landlords and tenants and provide recommendations on the future development of the accreditation scheme. A final report will be produced in January 2010.
For information about this study please contact Paul Hickman: p.g.hickman@shu.ac.uk
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Flint, J., Powell, R., Casey, R., Pearce, S., Moore, T. and Green, S. (2009) "A Study to Examine Local Barriers to the Delivery of Affordable Housing in Rural Wales". Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
This research examines the barriers to the delivery of affordable housing in rural Wales and also identifies key enabling factors and good practice. The Report presents findings and sets out recommendations for local authorities, local planning authorities and the Welsh Assembly Government and is available to download in both English and Welsh at: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/planning/planningresearch/publishedresearch/affordablehousing/
For further information about this study please contact John Flint: j.f.flint@shu.ac.uk
New Deal for Communities Evaluation
A series of detailed reports has recently been published by CRESR as part of the ten year national evaluation of New Deal for Communities. The NDC Programme is one of the more interesting Area Based Initiatives ever launched In England in that community driven Partnerships are aiming to transform 39 very deprived neighbourhoods over ten years. The most recent tranche of outputs includes reports on worklessness, an analysis of change data for the 2002-2008 period, exploration of change for those who stayed in NDC areas between 2002 and 2006, and an examination of relationships between outcomes and community engagement. The Reports can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/publications/all/
For more information about the NDC evaluation please contact Paul Lawless: p.l.lawless@shu.ac.uk
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Powell, R. and Flint, J. (2009) '(In)formalization and the civilizing process: Applying the work of Norbert Elias to housing-based anti-social behaviour interventions in the UK', Housing, Theory and Society, 26 (3), pp.159-178.
Robinson, D. (forthcoming) 'New immigrants and migrants in social housing in Britain: discursive themes and lived realities', Policy and Politics. Advanced access at: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/pre-prints
EVENTS
There are two seminars over the next month as part of the 2009/10 CRESR seminar series, all are welcome:
28 October 2009, 4pm, room 9130, Furnival Building, City Campus
Ian Rotherham, Sheffield Hallam University
Ecology: A Luxury or a Driver for Regional Regeneration?
18 November 2009 4pm, room 9130, Furnival Building, City Campus
Rebecca Tunstall, London School of Economics
Housing and Children's Life Chances, 1946-2000
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
ACSS NOMINATIONS
The Housing Studies Association are delighted to announce this year's successful nomination to the Academy of Social Sciences is, Professor Peter Malpass, University of the West of England. Congratulations to Peter on his nomination, which reflects his valuable and longstanding contribution to the housing studies community.
For more information about the ACSS please see their website:
http://www.acss.org.uk/
For more information about the ACSS please see their website:
http://www.acss.org.uk/
RC43 International Sociological Association Conference 2010
ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, July 11-17, 2010
Cities and the housing boom/bust
Joint session of RC21 Regional and Urban Development and RC43 Housing and Built Environment
Organizers:
- Manuel Aalbers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, m.b.aalbers@gmail.com
- Ken Gibb, University of Glasgow, UK, k.gibb@socsci.gla.ac.uk
Housing markets are highly dependent on the economic performance of cities. Yet, local housing market boom/bust is shaped not only at the city level, but also at the national and increasingly as the financial crisis of 2007-2009 makes clear at the global level. Local, national and global factors interact to produce housing booms/busts. A housing boom may be seen as a sign of economic vitality of a city, but also implies an affordability crisis for large parts of the urban population. A housing bust may be connected to an economic downturn and may result in redundant housing in one city and only a pause in increasing house prices in another.
Possible topics for this session include, but are not limited to:
o The local politics of housing
o Examples of housing boom/bust
o Analysis of how local, national and global factors shape markets
o Local housing effects of the global financial crisis
o Booming neighbourhoods in a busting city
o Busting neighbourhoods in a booming city
o The real estate network as a growth machine
Please email abstracts before the 9th December too:
Professor Kenneth Gibb
k.gibb@socsci.gla.ac.uk
Cities and the housing boom/bust
Joint session of RC21 Regional and Urban Development and RC43 Housing and Built Environment
Organizers:
- Manuel Aalbers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, m.b.aalbers@gmail.com
- Ken Gibb, University of Glasgow, UK, k.gibb@socsci.gla.ac.uk
Housing markets are highly dependent on the economic performance of cities. Yet, local housing market boom/bust is shaped not only at the city level, but also at the national and increasingly as the financial crisis of 2007-2009 makes clear at the global level. Local, national and global factors interact to produce housing booms/busts. A housing boom may be seen as a sign of economic vitality of a city, but also implies an affordability crisis for large parts of the urban population. A housing bust may be connected to an economic downturn and may result in redundant housing in one city and only a pause in increasing house prices in another.
Possible topics for this session include, but are not limited to:
o The local politics of housing
o Examples of housing boom/bust
o Analysis of how local, national and global factors shape markets
o Local housing effects of the global financial crisis
o Booming neighbourhoods in a busting city
o Busting neighbourhoods in a booming city
o The real estate network as a growth machine
Please email abstracts before the 9th December too:
Professor Kenneth Gibb
k.gibb@socsci.gla.ac.uk
DASS SEMINAR SERIES - UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
5TH KEYWORD SEMINAR: REVISTING 'EVIDENCE' AND 'PRACTICE', 11th November 2009
An event hosted by the Governance, Participation and Inclusion Research Group, Department of Applied Social Sciences, University of Stirling, aimed at exploring contemporary keywords in the applied social sciences in a way which links theory, policy, research and practice from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Confirmed speakers include: Hal Pawson, Ian Sanderson, Isobel Anderson and Huw Davies, and the event will be chaired by: Richard Simmons
Further details and registration at:
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/old-site/evidence/
An event hosted by the Governance, Participation and Inclusion Research Group, Department of Applied Social Sciences, University of Stirling, aimed at exploring contemporary keywords in the applied social sciences in a way which links theory, policy, research and practice from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Confirmed speakers include: Hal Pawson, Ian Sanderson, Isobel Anderson and Huw Davies, and the event will be chaired by: Richard Simmons
Further details and registration at:
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/old-site/evidence/
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
NEWS FROM CRESR
NEW PROJECTS
Evaluation of projects under three European Commission Funds
This evaluation, commissioned by the UK Borders Agency, will evaluate projects delivered under three European Commission Funds designed to support managed migration into and out of the UK. These projects include the Gateway Protection Programme, a scheme through which the UK accepts up to 750 refugees a year under an international resettlement programme run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). For more information about this study please contact David Robinson (d.robinson@shu.ac.uk).
Citizenship, Community Cohesion and Perceived Inclusion among Young People
This DCSF commissioned project aims to describe the variation in levels of community cohesion, citizenship orientations and perceived inclusion among a cohort of young people. This will involve multi-level analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England and the Youth Cohort Study in a bid to provide possible explanations of any significant variations found. For more information about this study please contact David Robinson (d.robinson@shu.ac.uk).
Evaluation of projects under three European Commission Funds
This evaluation, commissioned by the UK Borders Agency, will evaluate projects delivered under three European Commission Funds designed to support managed migration into and out of the UK. These projects include the Gateway Protection Programme, a scheme through which the UK accepts up to 750 refugees a year under an international resettlement programme run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). For more information about this study please contact David Robinson (d.robinson@shu.ac.uk).
Citizenship, Community Cohesion and Perceived Inclusion among Young People
This DCSF commissioned project aims to describe the variation in levels of community cohesion, citizenship orientations and perceived inclusion among a cohort of young people. This will involve multi-level analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England and the Youth Cohort Study in a bid to provide possible explanations of any significant variations found. For more information about this study please contact David Robinson (d.robinson@shu.ac.uk).
Monday, 7 September 2009
ALAN HOLMAN RETIRES
On Friday 28 August some 35 people gathered in Cambridge for a seminar entitled ‘Housing requirements, housing demand and housing policy’ to mark the retirement of Alan Holmans from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research. In addition to a series of substantive papers, tributes were paid to Alan’s contributions to housing research and policy over many years, initially as chief economic adviser at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment from 1968 to 1994, and latterly as Research Fellow at CCHPR. Alan was given no choice about retiring from the Civil Service at 60 but Christine Whitehead made it clear that this time a desk will remain available to him, and that colleagues at CCPHR expect to continue working with him on a part time basis for some time to come. Alan also served as an HSA committee member for many years, and the committee would like to thank him for his contribution, and his dedication to the role of Treasurer.
NEWS FROM CCHPR
Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning research has recently been commissioned by Communities and Local Government to evaluate the Enhanced Housing Options Trailblazers. This project, which will run over the next two years will evaluate the implementation, operation and success of the 42 Trailblazers programmes.
The Enhanced Housing Options Trailblazers are being run by CLG with support from the DWP. They aim to develop innovative approaches to delivering housing options/advice services, by offering housing advice to people with low and medium housing need as well as those with acute need, and also by linking housing advice to wider advice about a range of issues such as training and employment, financial management, and access to benefits. There is also a focus on making better use of existing social housing stock, and greater use of the private rented sector.
The evaluation is being lead by CCHPR, with involvement from Birmingham University (Centre for Urban and Regional Analysis) and Shared Intelligence.
The Enhanced Housing Options Trailblazers are being run by CLG with support from the DWP. They aim to develop innovative approaches to delivering housing options/advice services, by offering housing advice to people with low and medium housing need as well as those with acute need, and also by linking housing advice to wider advice about a range of issues such as training and employment, financial management, and access to benefits. There is also a focus on making better use of existing social housing stock, and greater use of the private rented sector.
The evaluation is being lead by CCHPR, with involvement from Birmingham University (Centre for Urban and Regional Analysis) and Shared Intelligence.
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
NEWS FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT, QUB
New research funding
Dr Michael Murray has won funding from the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, to establish a cross-border research network that will explore healthy ageing in rural communities. The network will draw on interdisciplinary expertise in the areas of gerontology, spatial planning, rural geography, economics, social care, and public health. The other partners are the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and the Geography Department at the National University of Ireland Galway, The Centre for Clinical and Population Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, and the Rural Community Network.
Dr Michael Murray has won funding from the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, to establish a cross-border research network that will explore healthy ageing in rural communities. The network will draw on interdisciplinary expertise in the areas of gerontology, spatial planning, rural geography, economics, social care, and public health. The other partners are the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and the Geography Department at the National University of Ireland Galway, The Centre for Clinical and Population Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, and the Rural Community Network.
NEWS FROM CRESR
A Process Evaluation of 'Celtic Against Drugs' and 'Rangers Positive Choices' Programmes
A team of researchers from CRESR and the HPPU at the University of Stirling have been commissioned by the Scottish Government to evaluate two government-funded education and diversionary projects for young people delivered by Celtic and Rangers football clubs. The schemes work with primary school age children from deprived neighbourhoods in Glasgow and combine football coaching and other activities with education about drugs, alcohol, health and diet, sectarianism and racism. The evaluation will assess the management, monitoring, referral and delivery of the two projects and their initial outcomes. A final report will be produced in December 2009.
For information about this study please contact John Flint: j.f.flint@shu.ac.uk
A team of researchers from CRESR and the HPPU at the University of Stirling have been commissioned by the Scottish Government to evaluate two government-funded education and diversionary projects for young people delivered by Celtic and Rangers football clubs. The schemes work with primary school age children from deprived neighbourhoods in Glasgow and combine football coaching and other activities with education about drugs, alcohol, health and diet, sectarianism and racism. The evaluation will assess the management, monitoring, referral and delivery of the two projects and their initial outcomes. A final report will be produced in December 2009.
For information about this study please contact John Flint: j.f.flint@shu.ac.uk
NEW ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Flint, J. (2009) 'Migrant Information Packs and the Colonisation of Civility in the UK', Space and Polity 13(2): 127-140.
Flint, J. (2009) 'Cultures, Ghettos and Camps: Sites of Exception and Antagonism in the City', Housing Studies 24(4): 417- 431.
Flint, J. (2009) 'Subversive Subjects and Conditional, Earned and Denied Citizenship', In M. Barnes and D. Prior (Eds.) Subversive Citizens: Power, Agency and Resistance in Public Services (Bristol: Policy Press), pp. 83-98.
Flint, J. (2009) On the Governance of Social Housing, in D. Czischke (Ed.) Urban Regeneration in Europe: The Place of Housing in Integrated Urban Policies- Current Perspectives (Brussels: CECODHAS European Social Housing Observatory), pp. 35- 44.
Flint, J. and Powell, R. (2009) 'Civilising Offensives: Education, Football and "Eradicating" Sectarianism in Scotland', In A. Millie (Ed.) Securing Respect: Behavioural Expectations and Anti-social Behaviour in the UK (Bristol: Policy Press), pp. 219-238
Levin, E. and Pryce, G. (2009) A regional house price model of excess demand for housing, RICS Research Report May 2009, ISBN: 978-1-84219-510-9.
McKee, K. (2009) 'Empowering Glasgow's Tenants through Community Ownership?' Local Economy 24(4): 299-309.
Murray , M, Houston , D, Keaveney, K, McKay, S, and Murtagh, B, (2009) 'Economic Diversification in the Countryside', Town Planning Review 80(2): 201-226.
Parr, S. and Nixon, J. (2009) 'Family Intervention Projects: Sites of Subversion and Resilience', In M. Barnes and D. Prior (Eds.) Subversive Citizens: Power, agency and resistance in public services (Bristol: Policy Press)
Pryce, G. and Sprigings, N. (2009) Outlook for UK housing and the implications for policy: Are we reaping what we have sown?, International Journal of Housing Market Analysis, 2(2): 145-166.
Pryce, G. (2009) Responding to the Impending Repossessions Crisis, Housing Analysis and Surveys Expert Panel Papers, 7, Communities and Local Government.
Flint, J. (2009) 'Cultures, Ghettos and Camps: Sites of Exception and Antagonism in the City', Housing Studies 24(4): 417- 431.
Flint, J. (2009) 'Subversive Subjects and Conditional, Earned and Denied Citizenship', In M. Barnes and D. Prior (Eds.) Subversive Citizens: Power, Agency and Resistance in Public Services (Bristol: Policy Press), pp. 83-98.
Flint, J. (2009) On the Governance of Social Housing, in D. Czischke (Ed.) Urban Regeneration in Europe: The Place of Housing in Integrated Urban Policies- Current Perspectives (Brussels: CECODHAS European Social Housing Observatory), pp. 35- 44.
Flint, J. and Powell, R. (2009) 'Civilising Offensives: Education, Football and "Eradicating" Sectarianism in Scotland', In A. Millie (Ed.) Securing Respect: Behavioural Expectations and Anti-social Behaviour in the UK (Bristol: Policy Press), pp. 219-238
Levin, E. and Pryce, G. (2009) A regional house price model of excess demand for housing, RICS Research Report May 2009, ISBN: 978-1-84219-510-9.
McKee, K. (2009) 'Empowering Glasgow's Tenants through Community Ownership?' Local Economy 24(4): 299-309.
Murray , M, Houston , D, Keaveney, K, McKay, S, and Murtagh, B, (2009) 'Economic Diversification in the Countryside', Town Planning Review 80(2): 201-226.
Parr, S. and Nixon, J. (2009) 'Family Intervention Projects: Sites of Subversion and Resilience', In M. Barnes and D. Prior (Eds.) Subversive Citizens: Power, agency and resistance in public services (Bristol: Policy Press)
Pryce, G. and Sprigings, N. (2009) Outlook for UK housing and the implications for policy: Are we reaping what we have sown?, International Journal of Housing Market Analysis, 2(2): 145-166.
Pryce, G. (2009) Responding to the Impending Repossessions Crisis, Housing Analysis and Surveys Expert Panel Papers, 7, Communities and Local Government.
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING: NEW PROFESSORS IN HOUSING
Dr Isobel Anderson and Dr Douglas Robertson from the Housing Policy and Practice Unit at the University of Stirling have become the University's first professors in Housing.
Professor Anderson's research has focused on homelessness policies throughout Europe, whilst Professor Robertson's work has focused on housing renewal, and more recently class identity and housing neighbourhoods.
Professor Anderson's research has focused on homelessness policies throughout Europe, whilst Professor Robertson's work has focused on housing renewal, and more recently class identity and housing neighbourhoods.
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