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The new national affordable housing programme (NAHP) poses many challenges for housing associations and local authorities. Landlords have to assess how many current and future residents might be able to pay an affordable rent which is higher than the current social housing rent (with and without housing benefit). To assist this process CCHPR has developed a model through which associations and authorities can assess the number of working households/not working who might be able to pay an affordable rent (set at 80/70/60% of market rent) by property type and size, local authority area and wider market area.
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Downloadable Housing and Planning ReportsIn addition to Dataspring social housing reports the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research has published numerous reports on the interface between housing and land use planning, and issues around the principles of government intervention and the future of housing demand, finance and provision. Latest OutputsComparison of stock, rents and service charges among different types of social landlords: 2008/09 In 2009, Dataspring undertook comparative analyses between these four types of social landlords on stock, rents and service charges. Following that baseline study, this paper updates the analysis and further investigates whether or not substantial differences exist between these landlords. Additional time series analysis has been included to help clarify this. Cross tenure rents and affordability 2008/09 update This paper looks at the regional pattern of rents over the period 2002/03 to 2008/09 in the local authority, housing association, private rented and owner occupier sectors. It also provides an update on the local pattern of these rents for the latest year. It then examines the regional distribution of affordability measured by rent/income and rent/earnings ratios across the four rent tenures for the same time frame. Target rents in relation to market levels: 2008/09 This paper evaluates target rents in terms of the restructuring regime objectives by examining to what extent the target rents are employing market logic in their formation to reflect the policy objectives, with a main emphasis on a comparative approach. On the assumption that market rents are currently close to equilibrium, this paper compares target rents to private rents in an attempt to capture the extent to which fairness and affordability are delivered by the target rents. Guide to local rents 2009 Part I: Cross Tenure Rents The Guide to Local Rents, Part I, II and III provide comprehensive data on the pattern in the social housing sector in England. Part I reports rents charged by housing associations (HAs), rents charged by local authorities and rents in the private rented sector. |
NewsNew Affordable Homes: what, where and for whom have RPs been building between 1989 and 2009?The New affordable homes report provides detailed retrospective analysis of the new homes built by Registered Providers in England over the period 1989 to 2009. more Dataspring presentation to the Tenant Services AuthorityProf. Christine Whitehead gave a presentation to the senior management of the Tenant Services Authority on 22 February 2011 examining changes in social housing stock in the past year, the alignment of supply to demand, target rents, service charges and affordability across tenures. more Interactive UpdatesThe Interactive Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR) Time Series Database has been updated with stock data from the 2010 RSR. It now covers the years 1989 to 2001 and 2001 to 2010. CCHPR 20th Anniversary Conference: ‘Housing – the next 20 years.’To mark its 20th anniversary the CCHPR celebrated by hosting a housing and planning conference for more than 100 guests from over 25 countries. The event also marked the publication of a number of books by members of the CCHPR. more New Director for Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning ResearchThe Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research is delighted to announce that Dr Peter Williams, formerly Deputy Director General of the Council for Mortgage Lenders and chair of the National Housing and Planning Advisory Unit, has been appointed to be the new Director following Professor Christine Whitehead’s retirement at the end of the year. The Centre, located in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It currently employs 15 housing and planning researchers and support staff. more |
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