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.
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.
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.
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.
The Guide to Local Rents, Part I, II and III provide comprehensive data on the pattern in the social housing sector in England. Part II provides data on rents and service charges for general needs housing at individual housing association, local authority area, regional, and national levels.
The report illustrates the recent development of owner-occupation (OO) costs at the lower priced property market and compares OO costs with registered social landlord (RSL) rents. It also examines the relationship between OO costs and RSL rents from 1998/99 to 2006/07 at different spatial levels.
The paper gives an overview of the housing association (HA) stock in 2007, the extent to which HAs involved in shared ownership schemes. It also looks at the number of lettings, and evictions made by HAs, and the extent to which HA stock meets the Decent Homes Standard.
The report examines the spatial pattern of rental rates of return in the housing association sector as compared to those observed in the private rented sector between 1998/99 and 2006/07 at national as well as at lower geographical levels. It also looks at rate differentials between the two sectors at four metropolitan areas: London, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle.
The report analyses how housing association (HA) rents relate to the lower quartile house prices in the private sector over the period 1998/99 to 2006/07 at national as well as at lower geographical levels. It also looks at the variation of rental rates of return on HA housing between regions.
This report analyses how private rents relate to the lower quartile house prices in the private sector. It also looks at changes in the spatial pattern of private rents and private gross rental rates of return from 1996/97 to 2006/07 at national, regional and local authority levels.
The report examines the RSL rent patterns over the period from 2001/02 to 2006/07. It also looks at changes in rents over the five year period from 2001/02 to 2006/07 at different spatial levels; rents by property size; and finally the rent relativities between neighbouring local authorities.
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, rents in the private rented sector and an equivalent cost of owner occupation.
Each year, the Housing Corporation and Dataspring produce a Profile of the Housing Association (HA) sector, consisting of a set of data tables and technical papers outlining HA stockholdings and changes within the sector over the year.
Please note that from 2007 onwards only Housing Associations which own and/or manage 1,000 or more units and/or bedspaces are required to complete the RSR long form. This has increased from 250 or more in previous years.
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.
This research focuses on HAs that have submitted data once or sporadically since November 2005. The aim is to find out the reasons HAs do not submit NROSH data on a regular basis and what can be done to ease the process. This follows Phase I of the research which focused on HAs that submit data on a regular basis.
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 2006 and 31 March 2007 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 2006 to 31 March 2007.
The Guide to Local Rents, Part I, II and III provide comprehensive data on the pattern in the social housing sector in England. Part II provides data on rents and service charges for general needs housing at individual housing association, local authority area, regional, and national levels.
The study covers the types of HA involved in supplying low cost home ownership products, trends in levels of output, and the mix of provision between types of low cost home ownership among regions. It concludes that as the gap between social rents and housing costs in other tenures increases across all regions the need for this type of provision is also increasing.
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.
This briefing paper looks at key trends in the housing association sector in 2006. It forms part of the 'Profile of the housing association sector in 2006' project which also includes a series of data tables and supporting papers. These are based on the data returned in the Housing Corporation's Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR), an annual survey completed by registered housing associations.
These notes focus specifically on the changes applied to the RSR in 2006. The document should be used in conjunction with 'Comparison of the RSR data tables published by the Housing Corporation in 2005 and 2006'.
This paper accompanies the Profile of the HA Sector in 2006 data tables. The aim of this report is to provide a guide on the content and comparability of the RSR 2006 tables with those produced in 2005.
Each year, Dataspring produces a 'Profile of the Housing Association Sector’ on behalf of the Housing Corporation, a report based on stock and rent information provided by HAs in the Regulatory and Statistical Return. The report comprises approximately 90 data tables, two technical papers and a brief summary of findings. A final set of tables for 2006 are now available for download.
This study investigates the role of housing associations in the development and maintenance of social housing stock by charting the changes in stock levels from 1989 to 2005, including the impact of properties transferring from council ownership and the knock-on effect of transfers on the rise of availability of social 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.
For those relatively new to the housing association sector in England we have published a short guide to the data and publication sources our researchers use in their reports and analyses.
This report compares actual (net) rents to target rents as at 31 March 2005 and 31 March 2006 and examines the extent to which actual rents have moved towards target rents. It also describes the annual change in gross 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 II provides data on rents and service charges for general needs housing at individual housing association, local authority area, regional, and national levels.
This study follows on from previous recent research which evaluated the impact of shifts in RSR data resulting from changes in definitions to Supported Housing and the introduction of Housing for Older People between the 2004 and 2005 RSR. This research was conducted in order to ascertain why unexpected shifts of stock between categories were reported and what could be done to rectify mistakes and avoid confusion in the future.
The purpose of this paper is to analyse how private rents relate to house prices and to examine the relationship between private sector rents and house prices, and by implication the gross rates of return achievable, over the period 19996/97 to 2000/01.
This report describes the pattern of average housing association rents and service charges for the combined categories, supported housing and housing for older people (supported housing /HOP), which were collected for the first time in 2005.
This source document consists of a full set of data tables outlining HA stockholdings, along with four technical papers and one Dataspring Brieifing Paper - "Housing Associations in 2005".
Following on from Phase I the research team determined why stock transfer had not taken place by managing HAs and identified barriers to stock transfer that both BME and mainstream HAs were facing.
This report investigates the impact of changes in definitions used for data collection in the Regulatory and Statistical Return between 2004 and 2005. The term sheltered housing was no longer used in the 2005 RSR. Instead, a new category 'Housing for Older People' was introduced. Data taken from the RSR 2004 and 2005 has been analysed to assess the overall impact the change in definition has had on stock numbers within the social housing sector.
This briefing paper looks at key trends in the housing association sector in 2005. It forms part of the 'Profile of the housing association sector in 2005' project which also inlcudes a series of tables and technical papers. These are based on the data returned in the Housing Corporation's Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR), an annual survey completed by registered housing associations.
This paper sets out the three core definitions to be used when reporting the size of the Housing Association (HA) sector. It also sets out, as part of good practice, the issues to be considered when using different sector size formulae for different circumstances.
This Sector Study compares actual (net)rents to target rents as at 31 March 2004 and 31 March 2005 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 2004 to 31 March 2005.
Guide to Rents, Parts I and II: together these publications provide the data to undertake comparisons of rents geographically for all three rented sectors, between individual HAs and between individual LAs. A summary of the key findings from the data are provided with the data tables. Part I includes cross tenure rents for LAs.
The Guide to Local Rents, Part I and II provide comprehensive data on the pattern in the social housing sector in England. Part II provides data on rents and service charges for general needs housing at individual housing association, local authority area, regional, and national levels.
This briefing paper looks at key trends in the housing association sector in 2004. It forms part of the 'Profile of the housing association sector in 2004' project which also inlcudes a series of tables and technical papers. These are based on the data returned in the Housing Corporation's Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR), an annual survey completed by registered housing associations.
A paper outlining the main changes in RSL stock adaptations for older people and people with physical disabilities and in the numbers of dwellings provided for tenants with support needs in England since 1989.
This Sector Study aims to give a better understanding of the range of activities that housing associations are involved in and to assess the relationship between such activities and organisational structure.
This paper reports on a project looking at how the benefits and risks vary between areas under current schemes. Using secondary data from 1995 – 2004, the paper aims to identify key issues relating to the demand for existing low cost homeownership schemes.
This report compares the residential mobility of social tenants and households entering LCHO in London with mobility in the northern regions of England.
This Briefing Paper seeks to give a better understanding of how the rent-restructuring formula works in practice. It examines the three elements of the rent restructuring formula ? relative property values, relative average earnings, and the bedsize weigh
This source document s consists of a full set of data tables outlining HA stockholdings, along with four technical papers and one Dataspring Brieifing Paper - "Housing Associations in 2004".
Guide to Rents, Parts I and II: together these publications provide the data to undertake comparisons of rents geographically for all three rented sectors, between individual HAs and between individual LAs. A summary of the key findings from the data are provided with the data tables. Part I includes cross tenure rents for LAs.
Almshouse charities have been active in providing social housing, mostly for older people, for centuries. This Sector Study provides background information and descriptive data about the almshouse charities registered with the Housing Corporation.
This report uses Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR) data for 2002 to provide some base data on the number of Housing Associations and units involved in this type of stock management
The paper compares the Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR) and the Census surveys in 2001 to assess the evidence on the number of dwelling units within the Housing Association (HA) sector.
This paper presents the findings of research piloting new definitions of sheltered and supported housing for use in the Housing Corporation's Regulatory Statistical Return
This Briefing Paper provides a summary of the pattern of housing association and local authority rents for England, as published in the Housing Corporation's Guide to local rents 2003: Part I Cross tenure rents.
Guide to Rents, Parts I and II: together these publications provide the data to undertake comparisons of rents geographically for all three rented sectors, between individual HAs and between individual LAs. A summary of the key findings from the data are provided with the data tables. Part I includes cross tenure rents for LAs.
This report is the Corporation's annual report on housing association rents and rent changes. It examines the extent to which actual HA rents have moved towards target rents over the period 31 March 03 and 31 March 04.
This study aims to assess evidence on the extent to which households in the social sector in London are prepared to move together with the attributes of households and dwellings that help to determine their attitudes and requirements
Using data from the RSR and CORE, this paper examines recent changes in the Housing Association (HA) sector and interprets these in the light of changing emphases in government housing policy
The aim of this paper is to assess the absolute importance of the social housing sector and within this, how the Housing Association (HA) sector has geographically changed in comparison with the 1991 Census.
The aim of this paper is to report on the relative importance of social housing and Housing Association (HA) housing in England in a spatial format, as reported in the 2001 Census.
Guide to Rents, Parts I and II: together these publications provide the data to undertake comparisons of rents geographically for all three rented sectors, between individual HAs and between individual LAs. A summary of the key findings from the data are provided with the data tables. Part I includes cross tenure rents for LAs.
This report compares actual rents as at March 31 2003 to target rents and describes the annual changes in rents for the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003.
This source document consists of a full set of data tables outlining HA stockholdings, along with a summary paper outlining the main changes to stock and major trends in the housing association sector.
This study examines changes in house prices, RSL rents and the comparative costs of low cost home ownership and RSL renting over the decade 1989/90 to 1998/99.
This Sector Study examines the gap between the weekly costs of home ownership and RSL rents over the last decade and how this varies across the country and the implications for RSLs when
The third annual analysis of registered social landlords' performance in limiting rent increases. It is also the first in the series of Sector Studies (Research and Good Practice).
The main purpose of this study was to assess the use of the Continuous Recording system of lettings and sales (CORE) by RSLs as a tool to use when measuring affordability.
