Current Projects for Christine Whitehead

Project list
Date Down Arrow Project Description
2009  Housing Association Service Charges for General Needs Housing This project looks at how service charges applied to general needs stock by housing associations (HA) vary between different property types and sizes, and between types of HA. 
2009  Comparison of Stock, rents and service charges among different types of social landlords This project draws comparisons of stock, rents and service charges between four different types of social landlord; Traditional mixed funded Registered Social LandLords (RSLs); RSLs who have taken over local authority stock via Large Scale Voluntary Transfer; Local authorities (retention LAs); and Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMO). 

Outputs for Christine Whitehead

Output list
Date Up Arrow Output Description Project
2000  Getting Rents Right: Dataspring Discussion Paper 2 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.  Getting Rents Right
2000  Registered social landlords and changes in rent: Sector Study 1 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).  Registered social landlords and changes in rent
2001  Definitions of Ownership. Phase III: the Shadow RSR Definitions of Ownership Phase III Project report  Definitions of Ownership Phase III: The Shadow RSR
2001  Annex A: The Shadow RSR The Shadow RSR  Definitions of Ownership Phase III: The Shadow RSR
2002  Source 57: Housing Associations in 2001: Profile of the Sector 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.  Profile of the Housing Association Sector
2002  Definitions of Ownership. Phase IV: The Group RSR Definitions of Ownership Phase IV Report  Definitions of ownership. Phase IV: The Group RSR
2003  Source 61: Guide to local rents, 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.  Guide to Local Rents
2003  Source 61: Guide to local rents, part II: social landlord rents   Guide to Local Rents
2003  Who moves and why? Patterns of mobility in the housing association sector in London: Sector Study 25 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  Mobility and moving aspirations of social housing tenants in London and the North
2004  RSL Rents: Evidence from the Existing Tenants Survey 2000: Dataspring Discussion Paper 6 This paper draws on the Existing Tenants Survey to examine rents in the social housing sector  RSL Rents: Evidence from the Existing Tenants Survey 2000: Dataspring Discussion Paper 6
2004  Rents Briefing Paper Two: The spatial pattern of target rents and their relationship with actual rents, 2002/03 This Briefing Paper describes the spatial pattern of target rents across England and the extent to which target rents differ from actual rents.  Target Rents
2004  Rents Briefing Paper One: The distribution of housing association rents within local authority areas in the first year of rent restructuring This Briefing Paper describes the spatial pattern of housing association rents across England in the first year of the rent restructuring regime.  Target Rents
2004  Pilot RSR 2005: New definitions for sheltered and supported housing: Dataspring Discussion Paper 7 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  Supported housing/Housing for older people
2004  Census Briefing Paper Two: Profile of the HA Dwelling Stock: the RSR 2001 and the Census 2001, An Update 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.  Census Briefing paper series
2004  Stock Managed Pending Transfer into Ownership: Sector Study 31 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  Stock Managed Pending Transfer into Ownership
2004  Who moves and where? A comparison of housing association tenants in London and northern regions: Sector Study 40 This Sector Study focuses on the London region and sets out the currently available evidence on who intends and expects to move, where and why?  Mobility and moving aspirations of social housing tenants in London and the North
2004  Affordable housing in London: who expects to move and where?: Sector Study 39 This Sector Study focuses on the London region and sets out the currently available evidence on who intends and expects to move, where and why  Mobility and moving aspirations of social housing tenants in London and the North
2005  Rents Briefing Paper Four: Understanding the rent-restructuring formula for housing association target rents 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  Target Rents
2005  Housing Associations in 2004 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.  Profile of the Housing Association Sector
2006  Housing Associations in 2005 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.  Profile of the Housing Association Sector
2006  Impact of Changes in the Definitions in Supported Housing and Housing for Older People between the RSR 2004 and 2005 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.  Supported housing/Housing for older people
2006  Stock Managed Pending Transfer into Ownership: Addressing Delays 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.  Stock Managed Pending Transfer into Ownership
2006  Private sector rents and rates of return, 1996/97 to 2000/01 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.  Estimating Rates of Return on Private Sector Rents
2006  The Impact of Changes in Definitions in Supported Housing and Housing for Older People between the RSR 2004 and 2005 - A Qualitative Follow-Up Study 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.  Supported housing/Housing for older people
2007  Trends in Housing Association Stock in 2006 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.  Profile of the Housing Association Sector
2007  The role of housing associations in the intermediate market 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 role of housing associations in the intermediate market
2008  NROSH: Lessons Learned Phase II 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.  NROSH: Lessons Learned Phase II
2008  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.  Comparative analysis of private and social sectors’ rates of return
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.  Target Rents
2008  Property size and rent caps This paper shows how rent caps have affected rent determination since the rent restructuring regime was introduced and assesses the extent to which the introduction of a larger number of property size bands and higher rent caps has reduced the incidence of rent caps.  Target Rents
2009  Changing Affordability across the Major Tenures, 2002/03–2006/07 This briefing paper examines the affordability in the housing associating (HA) sector over the period 2002/03–2006/07. It also compares the position of HA tenants with those in the private rented and owner-occupier sector.  Affordability in the Housing Association Sector
2009  Analysis of distribution and rents of properties with five or more bedrooms, 2006/07 This paper explores the extent to which housing associations (HAs) are providing dwellings for large family households who require four bedrooms or more, and the extent to which there is a shortfall in such provision.  Detailed analysis of the current pattern of RSL rents
2009  Evolution of rent caps This paper updates and builds on previous analyses to show how rent caps have affected rent determination and assess the extent to which the introduction of a larger number of property size bands and higher rent caps has reduced the incidence of rent caps.  Target Rents
2009  Cross tenure rents and affordability 2007/08 update This briefing paper examines affordability in the housing associating (HA) sector over the period 2002/03–2007/08. It also compares the position of HA tenants with those in the private rented and owner-occupier sectors.  Affordability in the Housing Association Sector
2009  Rents and rates of return in the housing association and private sectors 1998/99 to 2007/08 The report examines rental rates of return in the housing association sector as compared to those observed in the private rented sector between 1998/99 and 2007/08 at national as well as at lower geographical levels.  Comparative analysis of private and social sectors’ rates of return
2009  Target rents in relation to market levels This paper looks at housing association target rents and how they differ from private sector rents, in an attempt to capture the extent to which affordability is delivered by the target rents.  Target Rents
2009  Comparison of stock, rents and service charges among different types of social landlords - Baseline study: 2007/08 This paper draws comparisons of stock, rents and service charges between four different types of social landlord; Traditional mixed funded Registered Social LandLords (RSLs); RSLs who have taken over local authority stock via Large Scale Voluntary Transfer; Local authorities (retention LAs); and Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMO).  Comparison of Stock, rents and service charges among different types of social landlords
2009  Housing Association Service Charges for General Needs Housing, 2003/04–2007/08 This report looks at how service charges applied to general needs stock by housing associations (HA) vary between different property types and sizes, and between types of HA, by region and looking particularly at London.  Housing Association Service Charges for General Needs Housing
2009  Housing Associations and the Movement to Target Rents 2008 to 2009

Each year the TSA publishes data in the form of a Rents Factfile, a paper that compares actual net rents to target rents as at 31 March of two consecutive years. The Factfile is produced on behalf of the TSA by Dataspring. This most recent paper examines the extent to which actual rents have moved towards target rents in 2008 and 2009 and describes the annual change in gross rents for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009.

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