A two-year study into tenancy sustainment in social housing highlights the difficulties and sacrifices tenants face paying their rent
The ‘Holding on to home: tenancy sustainment in social housing’ study from Sheffield Hallam University, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, looked at the causes of rent payment difficulties, and rent arrears, in particular.
Large UK housebuilders pay out £16 billion in dividends, as the cost of this to new homebuyers is revealed
The eight largest housebuilding firms in the UK have paid shareholders £16 billion in dividends over the last 18 years, without significantly increasing the supply of new homes, according to new research from housing experts at Sheffield Hallam University.
Sixty-one per cent of social housing tenants cut back on essentials to pay rent
New findings from a survey of social housing tenants found that 70 per cent struggled to pay their rent, with 61 per cent forced to cut back on essentials, such as heating and food, to be able to pay their rent.
Housing and place
Research and evaluation into the operation of housing markets, individuals’ experiences of housing, and the interface between housing, welfare, health, social care, regeneration and place-making.
Drivers of Rent Arrears in Social Housing: an Evidence Review
Client: Nuffield Foundation | Authors: Tony Manzi and Emma Bimpson
Evaluation of Extra Care Housing in Wales: Executive Summary
Client: Welsh Government | Authors: Elaine Batty, Mike Foden, Stephen Green, Lindsey McCarthy, David Robinson and Ian Wilson
myplace Impact Evaluation Interim Report: Executive Summary
Client: Big Lottery Fund | Authors: Nadia Bashir, Elaine Batty, Chris Dayson, Sarah Pearson, Deborah Platts-Fowler, Elizabeth Sanderson, Ian Wilson, Lucy Clague, Eleanor Formby, Claire Wolstenholme
Evaluation of the South Yorkshire Social Infrastructure Programme - Report I: Partnership, voice, engagement and influence
Client: Big Lottery Fund | Authors: Peter Wells (CRESR) and Rose Ardron and Mandy Wilson (COGS)
Community-led housing for all
Client: Nationwide Foundation, Tudor Trust, Power to Change, Community Land Trust Network, East Midlands Community Led Housing, Confederation of Co-operative Housing | Authors: Claude Hendrickson, Henri Baptiste, Tom Moore and Yael Arbell
Local Productivity: The real differences across UK cities and regions
Client: Sheffield Hallam University | Authors: Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill