Welcome to the Dataspring websiteDataspring is a research unit within the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, specialising in UK social housing data. It has particular expertise in the stock and rents data provided by housing associations in their Regulatory Statistical Returns (RSR) to the Housing Corporation, one of the Centre's funders. Example uses of the data together with sample Dataspring reports can be found here. As a free service to the social housing community elements of two of our key databases can be interrogated online: Have you seen...Guide to Local Rents 2008 Part III
New paper on rent restructuring policy publishedA paper on rent restructuring policy by Dataspring project manager and research associate, Dr Connie Tang has just been published in 'Housing Studies' journal. The paper evaluates empirically the market and welfare impacts of rent restructuring in the housing association (RSL) sector. The focus is on the financial viability of housing associations in the north of England, the affordability problems of tenants in the south, and the changes of turnover rates of RSL tenancies that have resulted. Please click here to see more details on the journal website Latest OutputsGuide to local rents 2008 Part III: social landlord rents: Supported Housing The Guide to Local Rents Parts I, II and III provide comprehensive data on the pattern of rents in the social housing sector in England. Part III provides data on housing association rents and service charges for supported housing and/or housing for older people at individual housing association, local authority area, regional, and national levels. Housing Associations and the movement to target rents, 2007 to 2008 Each year the Housing Corporation publishes data in the form of a Rent factfile, a paper that compares actual net rents to target rents as at 31 March of two consecutive years. The Rent factfile is produced on behalf of the Housing Corporation by Dataspring. This year's paper compares 31 March 2007 and 31 March 2008 and examines the extent to which actual rents have moved towards target rents. It also describes the annual change in gross rents for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008. The Use of Rent Caps in the Rent Restructuring Regime, 2005/06 and 2002/03 This paper outlines the magnitude of the impact of rent caps on rent determination. It also examines where the rent caps have an effect and whether the impact is concentrated among a particular range of housing associations. Comparing Rents and User Costs, 2005/06 and 2001/02 This paper examines how housing association (HA) rents relate to costs in other tenures in 2005/06 and 2001/02, the year before target rents were introduced. It compares HA rents, local authority rents, private sector rents and owner-occupation user costs at national, regional and LA levels and for different property types. |
 NewsGuide to local rents 2008 Part II: Social Landlord RentsPart II Tables and Notes for the Rents Guides are now available for download and available for interactive access - earlier than in previous years and ahead of the published schedule! more 4 new reports published on social v private rents, owner occupation costs and rates of returnDataspring publishes new outputs on the relationship between housing association and private rents and the equivalent costs of owner occupation. Please click here to see our latest outputs more Dataspring Housing Market databaseDataspring's Housing Market database contains cross tenure rents, house prices and demographic and socio-economic variables. This fully uptodate resource is now available for commissioned Housing Market and bespoke reports. For more information please click here |
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