This roundup by HQN Associate Emma Lindley provides a selection of recent research and reports across a range of strategic housing topic areas. If you would like to suggest any research to be included in future editions, please get in touch.
Housing demand
The first results of the Census 2021 have now been released.
This article from Lichfields looks at the initial Census data, and considers how geography, affordability and housebuilding might offer an understanding of this imbalance and what it means for communities.
Homelessness
Homelessness and Children’s Social Care in England
This article published by the European Journal of Homelessness reviews the incidence of homelessness among young people leaving care, the pathway that leads them there, and the evidence base on how this might be prevented. It concludes that we still know far too little about “what works” in this area.
Disability recommendations for the homelessness sector
This article from Just Life shares insights from interviews with residents of temporary accommodation who have disabilities on their experience of living in the TA.
This Housing Studies Journal article (subscription required) highlighted the dehumanising nature of news photographs about homelessness and recommend partnering with the media to raise awareness of stigma and ultimately bring about policy change.
How Houston moved 25,000 people from the streets into homes of their own
This long read from the New York Times reports on how the fourth-largest American city is making progress to ending rough sleeping.
Roadmap for tackling non-UK national homelessness
This report from Homeless Link and NACCOM – The No Accommodation Network – offers an ambitious roadmap for building inclusive homelessness systems.
Opportunity Fulfilled: The Fulfilling Lives Programme in Nottingham, 2014-2022
This is the end of programme report for the Fulfilling Lives Programme in Nottingham.
PRS
Renters and landlords face perfect storm as benefit freeze bites
This article from the NRLA highlights data showing that 820,000 private rented households in Britain experience a shortfall between their housing benefit payment and their monthly rents.
Property guardians: headline report
This DLUHC report presents findings from a study carried out by CRESR at Sheffield Hallam University exploring property guardianship in England. It found that poor conditions prevail in this sector and that very few local authorities appear to engage with this sector.
Local authority enforcement in the private rented sector: headline report
This report presents findings from a study to explore local authority enforcement in the private rented sector. The research was commissioned by DLUCH and carried out by Sheffield Hallam University.
English Housing Survey: a segmentation analysis of private renters
This research report from DLUHC segments privately rented households based on the economic and family circumstances that impact their ability to access high-quality housing.
English Private Landlord Survey 2021: main report
This annual DLUCH report shares survey findings regarding landlord and letting agent circumstances, properties, tenants and the possible impact of legislative and policy changes in the sector.
English Private Landlord Survey: segmenting private landlord compliance
This research report from DLUHC segments private landlords based on patterns of compliance with legislation and good practice when letting a property.
Ending the disconnect: engaging local authorities with private renters
This report from Generation Rent shares key learning from their project working with five local authorities to develop best practice models for engagement with private renters.
The end of ‘no fault’ section 21 evictions (England)
This House of Commons Library paper covers the background and reactions to the government’s plans to abolish ‘no-fault’ evictions.
Development
The Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury
This reports sets out the recommendations from a group of 30 social housing tenants from across the North of England – this work was commissioned by the Northern Housing Consortium in partnership with five housing associations.
Heat pumps and the Government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme
How do heat pumps work? What are the costs? Where can they be installed? How does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme work? How does UK progress compare to the rest of Europe?
Grey going green? Longevity for our planet and people through Integrated Retirement Communities
This report from ARCO (Associated Retirement Community Operators) shares articles from member organisations exploring a different angle of the net zero challenges and what integrated housing communities can be doing to achieve it.
UK Senior Living: The Inflection Point
This Spotlight briefing from Savills shares insights on the emergence of Integrated retirement Communities.
Progress in reducing emissions: 2022 report to Parliament
This report from the Climate Change Committee provides their annual assessment of the Government’s performance in combatting climate change – chapter 4 assesses buildings.
Housing supply; indicators of new supply, England: January to March 2022
This is a statistical release from DLUHC on indicators of housing supply.
Supported housing / specialised housing
More than £130m in public money handed to housing providers names and shamed by regulator
This investigation by The Independent and openDemocracy has found that huge sums in housing benefit for “exempt accommodation” have been given to organisations since 2018 despite judgements or notices from the Regulator of Social Housing.
Research briefing: supported exempt accommodation (England)
The House of Commons library briefings provides an overview of the regulation of supported exempt accommodation and calls for increased oversight, improved funding and better standards of support provision.
This blog article from Spring Housing reflects on their research and campaigning work to improve quality and accountability in the supported housing sector.
Local authority interventions to improve quality in social housing
This DLUHC guide brings together work undertaken by the five local authorities who participated in the 2020-21 supported housing pilots.
Meeting the needs of specific groups (disabled, domestic abuse survivors, care leavers, prison leavers, veterans, NRPF/refugees/asylum seekers, etc)
A Manifesto for Change: Older People’s Care in Social Housing
This report from Altair looks at the future role of social housing providers in supplying housing with care.
The social value of aids and adaptations
A report commissioned by Foundations Independent Living Trust sets out the social value of home adaptations – the research explores the stories of the people helped by home improvement agencies to find, fund and use adaptations to their homes.
Engaged Lives: End of Project Report 2022
Engaged Lives is a project run by The Extra Care Charitable Trust and supported by the National Lottery Community Fund. The main aims of the project are to build community and connection amongst the UK’s older population.
Rates of intimate partner abuse and substance misuse reduced with combined care
Researchers from King’s College London interviewed participants on a 16-week intervention that simultaneously addresses intimate partner abuse perpetration and substance use.
Multiple disadvantage and co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions
This briefing from MEAM explores access to appropriate support and treatment for people facing co-occurring mental health and substance misuse needs.
Considering and meeting the sensory needs of autistic people in housing
This LGA report guides teams on how to consider sight, sound, smell, and tough, when designing or commissioning spaces.
Mapping of domestic abuse services across England and Wales
This report from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner provides the early findings of its mapping exercise.
Embedding informed approaches: trauma, gender and culture
This document shares the Fulfilling Lives LSL learning journey to becoming a more trauma, gender and culturally-informed organisation, and a toolkit for other organisations seeking to implement informed approaches.
Housing options information for older people in Greater Manchester
This research commissioned by Greater Manchester Older People’s Network examines the housing options information provided by each of the local authorities in greater Manchester.
Partnerships with health and social care sector
Sustainable healthcare – practical steps to build back better in the English NHS
This report from Future Health and IPPR shows a clear place-based inequality in health – it makes a number of recommendations to ensure more people can live more of their lives in good health.
Understanding integration – how to listen to and learn from people and communities
This guide published by The Kings Fund aims to support systems to listen to and learn from people and communities about their experience of integrated care.
Drug misuse and prevention review
This report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs focuses on the prevention of drug misuse in vulnerable groups. It explores the factors that contribute to vulnerability and the evidence of what works in preventing misuse.
Healthy foundations: integrating housing as part of the mental health pathway
This report from NHS Confederation and HACT explores the steps needed to achieve a more integrated and strategic approach between health, housing and social care.
The Khan tobacco control review: a magic bullet for health inequalities?
This Kings Fund article highlights the impact of smoking on health inequalities.
This explainer from the Kings Fund explains the different types of health inequality and the different way the term is used.
Leadership in strengths-based social care
This briefing from the Social Care Institute for Excellence identifies the leadership behaviours and practices associated with successfully implementing and embedding strengths-based approaches in adult social care.
Low-cost homeownership
This report from the Centre for Policy Studies sets out the scale of the discrimination within the benefits system against low-income owners as opposed to working renters.
