Quite a lot of my work is confidential to my client, or embedded in wider collaborative work.
The reports below are all in the public domain.
| Title | About |
| Empowering Private Sector Tenants – Establishing a System of Reputational Regulation in the Private Rented Sector
Client/Funder: Consumer Focus 2011 |
Research exploring ways of helping to balance the lack of information many tenants have about their potential landlord at the time they sign their tenancy agreement |
| “Avoiding homelessness among private rented sector tenants”
Client/Funder: Friends Provident Foundation 2008 |
Exploring reasons why many private sector tenants become homeless, and ways to prevent homelessness. |
| RENEW Qualitative Report. Produced in partnership with Stratosphere (Market Research) as part of wider research by arc4]
Client/Funder: RENEW (Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder 2007) |
Quantitative research into the local Housing Offer, Aspirations, Social Mobility and Affordability in North Staffordshire
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| “Practical Steps in Rebalancing Communities” (With Judi Watkinson)
Client/Funder: Joseph Rowntree Foundation April 2007 |
Practicalities and case studies of improving Rented Housing estates through tenure/income mix |
| Rebalancing Communities: Introducing mixed incomes into existing rented housing estates (With Judi Watkinson)
Client/Funder: Joseph Rowntree Foundation April 2003
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Inspired by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust pioneering “SAVE” project, this research assessed the perceived benefits and extent of tenure diversification in English rented housing |
| “Disrepair in Owner Occupation and Reserved Powers: An exploration of policy options”
Client/Funder: Communities Scotland 2003
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An analysis of potential causes and remedies for owner occupation disrepair in Scotland, identifying gaps in the powers of the Scottish Parliament |
| Affordable Home Ownership in the Upper Dales – A Report on the feasibility of establishing a Home Equity Fund
Client/Funder: Upper Wensleydale Community partnership; Two Dales partnership 2004 |
In an area where second home owners were crowding out local families this research explored the practicality of enabling local people or others with money to set up a fund to help local families purchase and remain in the area. |
| An Introduction to Housing Finance for Council and Housing Association Tenants
Client/Funder: ODPM/ TPAS 2004 |
Now dated, but describes how housing finance worked in 2004 |
| “Swamps and Alligators – the future for low cost home ownership”
Client/Funder:Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
A report for the Minister of Housing and Construction – Eventually(!) led to major changes in |
http://www.gm1housing.co.uk/3.pdf