The SPA is pleased to announce the introduction, from January 2010, of a Postgraduate Small Grants Scheme to run alongside the existing Standard Small Grants Scheme.
The Standard and Postgraduate Small Grants Schemes are designed to help fund seminars and workshops dealing with research and/or learning & teaching in a way that is of benefit to the social policy community and SPA members. The focus should be on activities that will benefit a group or network rather than individuals. In 2010, applications for awards to support events with an international focus and/or to facilitate attendance from overseas, are particularly encouraged.
Funds will be made available in two rounds of applications over the year. Round one runs from 1st January to 30th June and round two from 1st July to 31st December. Applications are welcomed at any point within each award period, and funds are allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Each award offers a maximum of £500.
Applications are now invited for Round One 2010.
Full details of the schemes' terms and conditions are available on the SPA website: http://www.social-policy.com/gracond.aspx
Queries and applications should be sent to the SPA Small Grants Officer, Majella Kilkey, by email at M.M.Kilkey@hull.ac.uk
Thursday, 28 January 2010
SPA Conference 2010
Social Policy in Times of Change
5-7 July 2010, University of Lincoln, UK
Call for papers
The Social Policy Association’s Annual Conference will be held at the University of Lincoln from 5-7 July 2010. The plenary speakers for this year’s event will be Professor Peter Dreier (Occidental College, Los Angeles), Professor Ruth Lister (University of Loughborough), and Dr Branko Milanovic (World Bank).
Proposals are invited for papers on any aspect of social policy. We particularly encourage proposals reflecting high quality research or which explore questions of social policy in practice or the teaching of social policy. In 2010, in addition to standard papers, we are also calling for proposals for symposia, with three or four abstracts linked to a particular theme. Symposia will potentially allow participants to engage more deeply with their special interests.
For papers, abstracts of up to 400 words indicating the appropriate stream should be submitted as an email attachment to SPA2010@lincoln.ac.uk. Proposals for symposia should consist of a 200 word outline of the aims of the symposium together with the relevant abstracts. Proposals will be reviewed by a Programme Committee prior to acceptance. The closing date for the submission of abstracts and proposals is Friday 12 February 2010. Full papers must be submitted in pdf form by 18 June 2010. All proposals will be reviewed by a small team before approval.
Streams:
1. Children and families
2. Work, economy and welfare
3. Governance and the policy process
4. Comparative social policy
5. Poverty, inequalities and human rights
6. User perspectives
7. Teaching and learning
8. Health and social care
9. Innovations in social policy research
10. Crime, policing and criminal justice
11. Housing and welfare
12. Ageing and the lifecourse
13. Demographic and environmental change
14. Service design, delivery and use
15. The future of social policy
16. Open stream
Further information about the conference can be found at: www.lincoln.ac.uk/conferences/spa2010.
Booking information will shortly be available on this web site
5-7 July 2010, University of Lincoln, UK
Call for papers
The Social Policy Association’s Annual Conference will be held at the University of Lincoln from 5-7 July 2010. The plenary speakers for this year’s event will be Professor Peter Dreier (Occidental College, Los Angeles), Professor Ruth Lister (University of Loughborough), and Dr Branko Milanovic (World Bank).
Proposals are invited for papers on any aspect of social policy. We particularly encourage proposals reflecting high quality research or which explore questions of social policy in practice or the teaching of social policy. In 2010, in addition to standard papers, we are also calling for proposals for symposia, with three or four abstracts linked to a particular theme. Symposia will potentially allow participants to engage more deeply with their special interests.
For papers, abstracts of up to 400 words indicating the appropriate stream should be submitted as an email attachment to SPA2010@lincoln.ac.uk. Proposals for symposia should consist of a 200 word outline of the aims of the symposium together with the relevant abstracts. Proposals will be reviewed by a Programme Committee prior to acceptance. The closing date for the submission of abstracts and proposals is Friday 12 February 2010. Full papers must be submitted in pdf form by 18 June 2010. All proposals will be reviewed by a small team before approval.
Streams:
1. Children and families
2. Work, economy and welfare
3. Governance and the policy process
4. Comparative social policy
5. Poverty, inequalities and human rights
6. User perspectives
7. Teaching and learning
8. Health and social care
9. Innovations in social policy research
10. Crime, policing and criminal justice
11. Housing and welfare
12. Ageing and the lifecourse
13. Demographic and environmental change
14. Service design, delivery and use
15. The future of social policy
16. Open stream
Further information about the conference can be found at: www.lincoln.ac.uk/conferences/spa2010.
Booking information will shortly be available on this web site
UK HOUSING REVIEW 2009/10
The UK Housing Review provides the key information for busy managers and policy makers. This 18th edition brings together the most up-to-date housing statistics available for England (and its regions), Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
It features over 200 charts and tables including data about:
UK and international economic trends
Public expenditure plans
Housing stock and conditions
Housing characteristics and incomes
House prices and market trends
Rents and revenue spending
Subsidies, tax relief and benefits
Homelessness and lettings
Housing investment by councils and housing associations
In addition to commentary on current trends, Steve Wilcox and other commentators give their views on ten years of devolved housing policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, stock transfer, the prospects for reform of council housing finance, and the effects of the continuing ‘credit crunch’.
‘At a time of growing public concern about Britain’s housing needs and how these can best be met, the importance of good, up-to-date information and perceptive analysis of market trends and relevant financial data cannot be over-emphasised. The UK Housing Review compiled and edited by Steve Wilcox admirably fulfils this role.’ Nick Raynsford, MP and former minister.
Discount price to Housing Studies Association members only: £27.00 plus £5.00 p&p for UK (normal price is £45 plus postage).
Contact Katharine.Walsh@cih.org or on 024 7685 1752 to order your copy and claim your HSA discount
It features over 200 charts and tables including data about:
UK and international economic trends
Public expenditure plans
Housing stock and conditions
Housing characteristics and incomes
House prices and market trends
Rents and revenue spending
Subsidies, tax relief and benefits
Homelessness and lettings
Housing investment by councils and housing associations
In addition to commentary on current trends, Steve Wilcox and other commentators give their views on ten years of devolved housing policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, stock transfer, the prospects for reform of council housing finance, and the effects of the continuing ‘credit crunch’.
‘At a time of growing public concern about Britain’s housing needs and how these can best be met, the importance of good, up-to-date information and perceptive analysis of market trends and relevant financial data cannot be over-emphasised. The UK Housing Review compiled and edited by Steve Wilcox admirably fulfils this role.’ Nick Raynsford, MP and former minister.
Discount price to Housing Studies Association members only: £27.00 plus £5.00 p&p for UK (normal price is £45 plus postage).
Contact Katharine.Walsh@cih.org or on 024 7685 1752 to order your copy and claim your HSA discount
NEWS FROM CIH
Housing, Schools and Communities
A new Policy into Practice report on Housing, Schools and Communities has recently been published. The report examines the significant contribution to the success of neighbourhoods and communities that can be achieved through effective working between schools and housing providers, and highlights where both sectors share aspirations around tacking issues such as youth homelessness, social inclusion and community cohesion. Examples of existing partnership arrangements between schools and social landlords are used throughout to illustrate the report. Available to download:
http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-HousingSchoolComtys-nov09.pdf
Transforming Estates
A new research report highlights the need for continued public investment in regeneration throughout the recession and in the face of expected public spending cuts, to ensure that longer-term gains for deprived communities are not jeopardised.Transforming Estates, a report by CIH and ECOTEC, urges policy makers to take a longer term perspective on regeneration and to commit to continued public investment in major regeneration schemes, beyond the current need for short-term rescue while private finance is restricted. Available to download here
http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-TransLargeEsts-oct09.pdf
Housing, Health and Care
Housing Health and Care is a new report from CIH and the DH's Housing LIN look at taking a strategic approach to planning for sustainable communities - by integrating the development and delivery of services across housing, support, care and health. It aims to help professionals tackle the 'too difficult' area of more fully integrating and using the benefits of housing and related support, to deliver on the agenda of Putting People First. The role of housing is crucial for the increased focus on prevention and early response to problems. The report is
available here: http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-HousingHealthCare-Dec09.pdf
A new Policy into Practice report on Housing, Schools and Communities has recently been published. The report examines the significant contribution to the success of neighbourhoods and communities that can be achieved through effective working between schools and housing providers, and highlights where both sectors share aspirations around tacking issues such as youth homelessness, social inclusion and community cohesion. Examples of existing partnership arrangements between schools and social landlords are used throughout to illustrate the report. Available to download:
http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-HousingSchoolComtys-nov09.pdf
Transforming Estates
A new research report highlights the need for continued public investment in regeneration throughout the recession and in the face of expected public spending cuts, to ensure that longer-term gains for deprived communities are not jeopardised.Transforming Estates, a report by CIH and ECOTEC, urges policy makers to take a longer term perspective on regeneration and to commit to continued public investment in major regeneration schemes, beyond the current need for short-term rescue while private finance is restricted. Available to download here
http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-TransLargeEsts-oct09.pdf
Housing, Health and Care
Housing Health and Care is a new report from CIH and the DH's Housing LIN look at taking a strategic approach to planning for sustainable communities - by integrating the development and delivery of services across housing, support, care and health. It aims to help professionals tackle the 'too difficult' area of more fully integrating and using the benefits of housing and related support, to deliver on the agenda of Putting People First. The role of housing is crucial for the increased focus on prevention and early response to problems. The report is
available here: http://www.cih.org/policy/fpp-HousingHealthCare-Dec09.pdf
NEWS FROM THE NI HOUSING EXECUTIVE
Housing Research Bulletin – 9th Edition
The most recent edition of the Housing Research Bulletin summarises a number of short reports on the private rented sector in Northern Ireland, produced by the University of Ulster for the Housing Executive. The findings point towards a sector that fulfils a vital role in catering for a range of needs, and raise questions on how best to support the quality private rented sector that will continue to be a very necessary part of Northern Ireland’s housing market.
On a similar, sustainability-related theme, other articles in this edition of the Research Bulletin consider the impacts of second homes north and south of the border in Ireland, new evidence on the level of segregation in Housing Executive estates outside Belfast, and the measurement of ‘social assets’ at local level in Northern Ireland.
It can be accessed at: www.nihe.gov.uk/housing_bulletin_autumn_09_.pdf
Continuous Tenant Omnibus Survey
The 2008 Continuous Tenant Omnibus Survey (CTOS) was the fifteenth comprehensive assessment of the attitudes of Housing Executive tenants to be carried out since 1994. As well as gathering views on the Executive’s service provision, the survey provides a useful socio-economic profile of Housing Executive tenants.
www.nihe.gov.uk/continuous_tenant_omnibus_survey_annual_report_2008__november_2009_.pdf
Migrant Workers and the Housing Market: A Case Study of Dungannon
There has been no comprehensive study of the effect of the rapid increase in the number of migrant workers on Northern Ireland’s housing market. This research goes some way to address this issue. Using Dungannon as a case study, it examines the impact that migrant workers have had on the local housing market, provides an insight into their current housing circumstances and gives a preliminary indication of their future housing needs.
www.nihe.gov.uk/migrant_workers_and_the_housing_market_-_a_case_study_of_dungannon.pdf
Performance of the Private Rental Market (Belfast Metropolitan Area)
This report examines the developments in the private rental market January-June 2009. It indicates that in line with other parts of the UK average rent levels have declined a little.
www.nihe.gov.uk/rental_report_jan-june_09.pdf
The Private Rented Sector in Northern Ireland
This important suite of new research publications deals with aspects of privately rented accommodation and the experiences of tenants.
Introduction and Background
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_1_introduction_and_background_to_research_series__published_july_2009_.pdf
Stock Profile and Physical Condition Report
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_2_stock_profile_and_physical_condition_report__published_july_2009_.pdf
Socio-economic Profile of Private Sector Tenants
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_3_socio-economic_profile_of_tenants_in_the_private_rented_sector__published_july_2009_.pdf
Living in the Private Rented Sector
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_4_living_in_the_private_rented_sector_-_the_experiences_of_tenants__published_august_2009_.pdf
Stick, Twist or Bust: Final Report
This study looks at the impact of falling grant rates and the efficiency agenda on the ability of small and medium-sized housing associations in England to develop new social housing. This final report consolidates previous working papers and offers a commentary on the significance of the findings for the housing association sector in Northern Ireland.
www.nihe.gov.uk/stick_twist_or_bust_-_final_report.pdf
The most recent edition of the Housing Research Bulletin summarises a number of short reports on the private rented sector in Northern Ireland, produced by the University of Ulster for the Housing Executive. The findings point towards a sector that fulfils a vital role in catering for a range of needs, and raise questions on how best to support the quality private rented sector that will continue to be a very necessary part of Northern Ireland’s housing market.
On a similar, sustainability-related theme, other articles in this edition of the Research Bulletin consider the impacts of second homes north and south of the border in Ireland, new evidence on the level of segregation in Housing Executive estates outside Belfast, and the measurement of ‘social assets’ at local level in Northern Ireland.
It can be accessed at: www.nihe.gov.uk/housing_bulletin_autumn_09_.pdf
Continuous Tenant Omnibus Survey
The 2008 Continuous Tenant Omnibus Survey (CTOS) was the fifteenth comprehensive assessment of the attitudes of Housing Executive tenants to be carried out since 1994. As well as gathering views on the Executive’s service provision, the survey provides a useful socio-economic profile of Housing Executive tenants.
www.nihe.gov.uk/continuous_tenant_omnibus_survey_annual_report_2008__november_2009_.pdf
Migrant Workers and the Housing Market: A Case Study of Dungannon
There has been no comprehensive study of the effect of the rapid increase in the number of migrant workers on Northern Ireland’s housing market. This research goes some way to address this issue. Using Dungannon as a case study, it examines the impact that migrant workers have had on the local housing market, provides an insight into their current housing circumstances and gives a preliminary indication of their future housing needs.
www.nihe.gov.uk/migrant_workers_and_the_housing_market_-_a_case_study_of_dungannon.pdf
Performance of the Private Rental Market (Belfast Metropolitan Area)
This report examines the developments in the private rental market January-June 2009. It indicates that in line with other parts of the UK average rent levels have declined a little.
www.nihe.gov.uk/rental_report_jan-june_09.pdf
The Private Rented Sector in Northern Ireland
This important suite of new research publications deals with aspects of privately rented accommodation and the experiences of tenants.
Introduction and Background
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_1_introduction_and_background_to_research_series__published_july_2009_.pdf
Stock Profile and Physical Condition Report
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_2_stock_profile_and_physical_condition_report__published_july_2009_.pdf
Socio-economic Profile of Private Sector Tenants
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_3_socio-economic_profile_of_tenants_in_the_private_rented_sector__published_july_2009_.pdf
Living in the Private Rented Sector
www.nihe.gov.uk/private_rented_sector_in_northern_ireland_report_4_living_in_the_private_rented_sector_-_the_experiences_of_tenants__published_august_2009_.pdf
Stick, Twist or Bust: Final Report
This study looks at the impact of falling grant rates and the efficiency agenda on the ability of small and medium-sized housing associations in England to develop new social housing. This final report consolidates previous working papers and offers a commentary on the significance of the findings for the housing association sector in Northern Ireland.
www.nihe.gov.uk/stick_twist_or_bust_-_final_report.pdf
Friday, 4 December 2009
HOUSING CONFERENCE: HOUSING PRIVATISATION 30 YEARS ON
Housing Privatisation, 30 Years on: Time for a Critical Re-appraisal
26- 27 July 2010, University of Leeds, UK
Organised by: Stuart Hodkinson, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (School of Geography, University of Leeds).
Steering group: Paul Watt (Birkbeck), Sarah Glynn (St Andrews), John Grayson (Sheffield Hallam University), Quintin Bradley (Leeds Metropolitan University), Glyn Robbins (London Metropolitan University) and Lee Crookes (University of Sheffield/MMU).
Next year marks the thirtieth anniversary of one of the most significant government policy agendas in modern British politics - the privatisation of public housing and the expansion of owner occupation. In 1980, the newly-elected Conservative government gave tenants of local authority housing ('council housing') the statutory 'Right to Buy' their council home at discounted prices. The Right to Buy was complemented by public spending cuts on housing, deregulation and a range of 'demunicipalisation' strategies aimed at transferring the remaining council housing to not-for-profit social landlords. Since 1997 New Labour has embraced this 'roll back' agenda, preventing local authorities from building new council housing despite the massive growth in housing waiting lists. At the same time, new market-based approaches, such as arms length companies, public-private partnerships, and choice-based lettings, have been 'rolled out' to what remains of the public housing stock in return for new investment to tackle disrepair. 30 years on, today less than a fifth of society lives in 'social rented housing' compared to 1980 when one-third of the population lived in council housing as a mainstream tenure of choice. At the same time, Britain is engulfed in a crisis of housing unaffordability and insecurity. In England alone, 1.8 million households - four million people - are on council housing waiting lists, nearly 100,000 live in temporary accommodation, and 54,000 households are overcrowded. While we are told by government and economists to celebrate the social and economic benefits of owner occupation and investing in the housing market, the contraction of affordable, secure, public rented housing in favour of reliance on the private sector is seen by critics as a major cause of today's housing crisis.
So, after three decades of housing privatisation in Britain, this public conference calls on academics, housing professionals, tenants' and residents' associations, policy makers, and campaigners to stand back and critically reflect on the aims, methods and, above all, consequences of this neoliberal agenda, and what lessons we can draw for future housing policy.
Keynote speakers include:
* Professor Peter Malpass (University of West England), author of Housing and the Welfare State (Palgrave MacMillan, 1995).
* Professor Danny Dorling (University of Sheffield), co-author of The Great Divide: an Analysis of Housing Inequality (Shelter, 2005)
Themes include:
* Historical emergence, role and experience of council housing (and non-market housing) in Britain
* The neoliberal turn in housing policy
* The role of think tanks, lobbyists, consultants in shaping housing policy
* British society before and after privatisation
* Winners and losers from privatisation: wealth redistribution, life chances, etc.
* Geographies of privatisation e.g. unpacking the urban/ rural, inner-city, high-rise / low-rise, devolution etc. experiences
* Council housing and social inequality - class, 'race' and gender
* Mass media representations of council housing
* Policy discourses of council housing.
* Evaluating 30 years of the Right to Buy, 20 years of stock transfer and 10 years of 'Decent Homes' including Arms Length Management
Organisations and the Private Finance Initiative
* Impact on the tenants' movement and wider political consequences e.g. class consciousness, political affiliations etc.
* Life on today's council estates, working class culture, the idea of community
* Political parties and privatisation - are they all the same?
* International influences and connections
* Wider linkages with urban regeneration, social mixing and sustainable communities, Housing Market Renewal, gentrification and the privatisation of public space
* Future housing policy
* Time for a third generation of council housing?
* Alternatives to the market: tenant Management, Coops, Community Land Trusts, squatting, eco-villages etc.
Session proposals:
If you would like to run one of these sessions or organise your own, send a session proposal with the title and its short description (within 200 words) to Stuart Hodkinson (s.n.hodkinson@leeds.ac.uk) by 1 January, 2009. All sessions will be announced on the conference website in January.
Individual papers:
Please send the title and abstract (within 200 words) of your proposed paper by 31 January, 2010. You can either wait for the official session announcement or submit now.
We very much welcome session proposals / papers / presentations from non-academics.
The programme will be completed by end of February, 2010; booking forms, prices and accommodation information will be available by then.
Keep checking the conference website:
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/conferences/housing-privatisation-confe
rence.html
Dr Stuart Hodkinson
School of Geography
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
0113-343-1820
s.n.hodkinson@leeds.ac.uk
26- 27 July 2010, University of Leeds, UK
Organised by: Stuart Hodkinson, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (School of Geography, University of Leeds).
Steering group: Paul Watt (Birkbeck), Sarah Glynn (St Andrews), John Grayson (Sheffield Hallam University), Quintin Bradley (Leeds Metropolitan University), Glyn Robbins (London Metropolitan University) and Lee Crookes (University of Sheffield/MMU).
Next year marks the thirtieth anniversary of one of the most significant government policy agendas in modern British politics - the privatisation of public housing and the expansion of owner occupation. In 1980, the newly-elected Conservative government gave tenants of local authority housing ('council housing') the statutory 'Right to Buy' their council home at discounted prices. The Right to Buy was complemented by public spending cuts on housing, deregulation and a range of 'demunicipalisation' strategies aimed at transferring the remaining council housing to not-for-profit social landlords. Since 1997 New Labour has embraced this 'roll back' agenda, preventing local authorities from building new council housing despite the massive growth in housing waiting lists. At the same time, new market-based approaches, such as arms length companies, public-private partnerships, and choice-based lettings, have been 'rolled out' to what remains of the public housing stock in return for new investment to tackle disrepair. 30 years on, today less than a fifth of society lives in 'social rented housing' compared to 1980 when one-third of the population lived in council housing as a mainstream tenure of choice. At the same time, Britain is engulfed in a crisis of housing unaffordability and insecurity. In England alone, 1.8 million households - four million people - are on council housing waiting lists, nearly 100,000 live in temporary accommodation, and 54,000 households are overcrowded. While we are told by government and economists to celebrate the social and economic benefits of owner occupation and investing in the housing market, the contraction of affordable, secure, public rented housing in favour of reliance on the private sector is seen by critics as a major cause of today's housing crisis.
So, after three decades of housing privatisation in Britain, this public conference calls on academics, housing professionals, tenants' and residents' associations, policy makers, and campaigners to stand back and critically reflect on the aims, methods and, above all, consequences of this neoliberal agenda, and what lessons we can draw for future housing policy.
Keynote speakers include:
* Professor Peter Malpass (University of West England), author of Housing and the Welfare State (Palgrave MacMillan, 1995).
* Professor Danny Dorling (University of Sheffield), co-author of The Great Divide: an Analysis of Housing Inequality (Shelter, 2005)
Themes include:
* Historical emergence, role and experience of council housing (and non-market housing) in Britain
* The neoliberal turn in housing policy
* The role of think tanks, lobbyists, consultants in shaping housing policy
* British society before and after privatisation
* Winners and losers from privatisation: wealth redistribution, life chances, etc.
* Geographies of privatisation e.g. unpacking the urban/ rural, inner-city, high-rise / low-rise, devolution etc. experiences
* Council housing and social inequality - class, 'race' and gender
* Mass media representations of council housing
* Policy discourses of council housing.
* Evaluating 30 years of the Right to Buy, 20 years of stock transfer and 10 years of 'Decent Homes' including Arms Length Management
Organisations and the Private Finance Initiative
* Impact on the tenants' movement and wider political consequences e.g. class consciousness, political affiliations etc.
* Life on today's council estates, working class culture, the idea of community
* Political parties and privatisation - are they all the same?
* International influences and connections
* Wider linkages with urban regeneration, social mixing and sustainable communities, Housing Market Renewal, gentrification and the privatisation of public space
* Future housing policy
* Time for a third generation of council housing?
* Alternatives to the market: tenant Management, Coops, Community Land Trusts, squatting, eco-villages etc.
Session proposals:
If you would like to run one of these sessions or organise your own, send a session proposal with the title and its short description (within 200 words) to Stuart Hodkinson (s.n.hodkinson@leeds.ac.uk) by 1 January, 2009. All sessions will be announced on the conference website in January.
Individual papers:
Please send the title and abstract (within 200 words) of your proposed paper by 31 January, 2010. You can either wait for the official session announcement or submit now.
We very much welcome session proposals / papers / presentations from non-academics.
The programme will be completed by end of February, 2010; booking forms, prices and accommodation information will be available by then.
Keep checking the conference website:
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/conferences/housing-privatisation-confe
rence.html
Dr Stuart Hodkinson
School of Geography
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
0113-343-1820
s.n.hodkinson@leeds.ac.uk
Age Friendly Communities in the North: People and Places 2020
The Northern Housing Consortium have conducted ground-breaking research amongst their membership to explore, understand and respond to the needs of older people in our communities, and to map out the steps the housing sector needs to take to create ‘age friendly’ homes, neighbourhoods and services which will meet the needs of future generations. The results of this major research project will be launched at an unmissable event for any one involved in the provision of services for older people: Tuesday, January 26th, 2010, York Racecourse, York.
Also featuring the first screening of Northern Silver Screen II – a collection of short films looking at best practice in age friendly and intergenerational ctivities.
Delegates at the event will:
-Receive a free copy of the publication, ‘Age Friendly Communities in the North: People & Places 2020’
-Receive a free copy of the Northern Silver Screen II DVD
-Hear latest government thinking around ensuring that homes and neighbourhoods are ‘age friendly’ and future proofing the sector as a whole
-Gain the knowledge to understand the key challenges, identify opportunities and deliver results
-Share good practice and learn from one another
-Hear about the tools and solutions available to future proof the services you deliver
For further information or to book a place, please visit:
www.northern-consortium.org.uk/Page/Events/
Also featuring the first screening of Northern Silver Screen II – a collection of short films looking at best practice in age friendly and intergenerational ctivities.
Delegates at the event will:
-Receive a free copy of the publication, ‘Age Friendly Communities in the North: People & Places 2020’
-Receive a free copy of the Northern Silver Screen II DVD
-Hear latest government thinking around ensuring that homes and neighbourhoods are ‘age friendly’ and future proofing the sector as a whole
-Gain the knowledge to understand the key challenges, identify opportunities and deliver results
-Share good practice and learn from one another
-Hear about the tools and solutions available to future proof the services you deliver
For further information or to book a place, please visit:
www.northern-consortium.org.uk/Page/Events/
NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
New Research
A team of researchers from the University of Glasgow (Rob Croudace, Nigel Sprigings and Kim McKee) and the Scottish Community Development Council are embarking on research for Scottish Natural Heritage with the purpose of exploring the social impacts of Scotland's natural environment. The study will consider issues such as health and well-being, volunteering and quality of life.
A team of researchers from the University of Glasgow (Rob Croudace, Nigel Sprigings and Kim McKee) and the Scottish Community Development Council are embarking on research for Scottish Natural Heritage with the purpose of exploring the social impacts of Scotland's natural environment. The study will consider issues such as health and well-being, volunteering and quality of life.
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.
NEWS FROM CLG
Measuring and valuing public services at the neighbourhood level:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/measuringpublicservices
Review of permitted development for charging points for electric cars:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/electriccarsreview
Small scale renewables and low carbon technology:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/smallscalesummary
Economic developments delivered by the New Dimensions programme:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/fire/newdimensionbenefitsreport
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/measuringpublicservices
Review of permitted development for charging points for electric cars:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/electriccarsreview
Small scale renewables and low carbon technology:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/smallscalesummary
Economic developments delivered by the New Dimensions programme:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/fire/newdimensionbenefitsreport
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