A lot of the research that the Housing and Communities Research Group undertakes is directly related to policy, or particularly to activities that housing organisations themselves are involved in. Our Housing and Communities Research Network meets regularly to hear presentations about new research.
Research partnerships
The Housing and Communities Research Group places a high value on our research partnerships as part of its core mission. We have a track-record of practical impact as well as academic excellence, and see our close relationships with practitioner partners as central to our broader research agenda.
We are actively involved in longer term research projects on our core themes and fields of interest including:
- Housing solutions for low and middle income communities
- Social housing, community led housing, self-help housing and co-operatives
- Homelessness, young peoples' housing options, youth homelessness
- Generation rent - the expanding role of private renting for younger households
- Renewing older housing and empty homes
Current research
2020 - 2021
2019 - 2022
2019 - 2020
Previous research projects
2018 - 2019
2016 - 2017
2015
- Co-operative Capital: The Governance Capacity of Co-operative and Community-led Housing - Marie Curie Project (2015-2016)
- Extra-Care Housing, for Housing and Care 21 (2015)
- Reinvest: Financing affordable housing under localism (2015-2018)
- Independent review of housing association governing arrangements: Northern Ireland (2015)
- Tenants Leading Change - An investment not a cost (2015)
- Building a Legacy: The impact of empty homes community grants programme in North East Yorkshire and Humberside
2014
- Evaluation of the empty homes community grants programme - Midlands Baseline Case Studies Report (2014)
- The future of social housing (2014-2015)
- North Yorkshire Home Choice: Evaluation of a regional choice-based lettings scheme (2011-2014)
2013
- Bringing real localism into practice through co-operative housing governance - William Plowden Fellowship (2013)
2012
- Releasing the community investment potential of social housing providers (2012-2014)
- Anti-social behaviour models, Peabody (2011-2012)
2011
- Community Investment: Measuring the impact, HACT (2011-2012)
- Third Sector Housing Partnerships: Commissioning new social housing and supported housing in Northern Ireland (2011-2012)
- Fifth Tenant Survey for Jephson Housing Association Group (2011-2012)
- HACT and TSRC explore how social housing providers can achieve community empowerment (2011)
Pre-2011
- Social investment performance management toolkit for housing associations (2010)
- Close neighbours, not distant friends (2010)
- Self-help housing
- Cluid Housing Association Strategy Review (2008)