Evidence

Using data to track success

Our research has included a distillation of the values social landlords are working to in successful placemaking. From these we developed a set of objectives,

24 October 2024 No Comments

The placemaking project: Our findings to date

We began our project with a literature review that encompassed as much writing as we could find from the 1980s to date that might be

24 October 2024 No Comments

Transforming social housing into an asset class: REITs in supported housing

Social care is in crisis, with MPs on the Public Accounts Select Committee warning that adult social care in England has been brought “to its

16 July 2024 No Comments

How to make building safety remediation more ‘liveable’

Thousands of multi-storey residential buildings require disruptive remediation work to fix safety problems identified in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, writes Jenny Preece.

16 July 2024 No Comments

The complexity of licensing for better standards in private renting

Important research on licensing schemes in the private rented sector highlights the complexities and difficulties for local authorities in enforcing minimum standards, writes Janis Bright.

25 April 2024 No Comments

Building belonging: Transforming spaces into communities

Dr Eve Blezard, HQN “You don’t care. You only pretend to care” Cathy Ward, Cathy Come Home 1966 In the decades since the

25 April 2024 No Comments

A smoking ban in public housing: Ethical and effective?

Since 2018 residents of public housing in the US have been banned from smoking in their own homes. The Department of Housing and Urban Development

18 January 2024 No Comments

Heat networks: A warm future?

Last month the UK government announced important new funding and other measures to boost takeup of ‘green’ improvements in the housing stock. Prominent in the

18 January 2024 No Comments