Housing
The Code for Sustiainable Homes
CLG - UK
A 68-page document setting out the assessment process and performance standards required for the UK Code for Sustainable Homes
Housing, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-29
Innovative Construction Products and Techniques
CLG - UK
A 45-page UK report providing information on innovative construction products and techniques, with particular reference to fire safety
Housing, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-01-08
Council of Australian Governments' Initiatives Regarding Mental Health and Homelessness
COAG
A document summarising the Australian Governments' mental health initiatives directly or indirectly relating to homelessness
Delivering Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society
Communities and Local Government
This 37-page UK publication sets out a record of the actions and recommendations that were proposed in the February 2008 strategy document, the measures taken and progess made.
Ageism: Designed and Planned for Older Australians?
Council on the Ageing
This 28-page Australian study draws attention to ageist stereotypes and assumptions of older people held by professionals involved in the policy, design and planning of the built environment, in particular residential complexes
Fostering Better Integration and Partnerships for Housing in Canada
CPRN
A 36-page Canadian paper analyzing possible avenues for strengthening housing governance
HousingPosted: 2007-10-26
Homelessness in Canada: Past, Present, Future
CPRN
This 13-page Canadian paper looks at the evolution of the set of social problems we now call homelessness and the efforts of governments and communities to address them
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-03-19
The Hidden Truth about Homelessness: Experiences of Single Homelessness in England
Crisis
This 74-page UK study aims to expose the extent of hidden homelessness, explore the experiences and needs of single homeless people who are hidden and identify the consequences of living in such marginalised and insecure circumstances
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-19
Unlocking Potential, Transforming Lives: An Evaluation of Crisis SmartSkills, a Personalised Accredited Learning Programme
Crisis
This 58-page UK publication explores the difference that personalised learning alongside access to accommodation made to the lives of people with experience of homelessness
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-13
Missed Opportunities: The Case for Investment in Learning and Skills for Homeless People
Crisis
A 75-page UK report highlighting how participation in learning and skills can transform the lives of homeless people
Poverty & Hunger, HousingPosted: 2006-09-08
Lost Voices: The Invisibility of Homeless People with Multiple Needs
Crisis
A 60-page U.K. study on multiple health needs among homeless individuals
Daytime Homelessness
Crisis
A 79-page U.K. report exploring the concept of daytime homelessness and examining the role and nature of daytime provision for homeless people
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-04-11
Life on the Margins: The Experiences of Homeless People Living in Squats
Crisis
A 70-page U.K. report examining the prevalence and experiences of homeless people living in squats (occupied premises)
HousingPosted: 2004-05-05
Living in Fear: Violence and Victimisation in the Lives of Homeless People
Crisis
This 38-page UK report explores homeless people's experience of crime and anti-social behaviour
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-03-24
Include Me In
Demos
This 25-page U.K. report offers a model for assisting homeless people to return to work and escape exclusion
Social Policy, HousingPosted: 2005-07-05
Transferable Lessons from the New Towns: Housing Research Summary
Department for Communities and Local Government
A 17-page summary of an extensive review of the research and other literature dealing with the English new towns programme, conducted to identify lessons to be learned from the programme
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2006-07-12
Evaluating Homelessness Prevention
Department for Communities and Local Government - UK
This 12-page UK research summary offers key findings from research into homelessness prevention
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2006-06-14
Tackling Youth Homelessness
Department for Communities and Local Government - UK
A 25-page UK policy briefing focusing on the work of central government, local authorities and the voluntary and community sector to prevent and tackle youth homelessness
Housing, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-03-12
Children in the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP)
Department of Family and Community Services
This 170-page report deals with children (accompanied and otherwise) in Australia's Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2005-10-26
Social Housing and Worklessness: Qualitative Research Findings
DWP
This 154-page UK report examines the relatively high levels of worklessness within the social housing sector
HousingPosted: 2008-09-16
Ends and Means: The Future Roles of Social Housing in England - CASE Report 34
ESRC
This 228-page UK report examines how social housing performs against its key objectives and assesses the role social housing can play in 21st century housing policy
HousingPosted: 2007-02-26
Housing and Integration of Migrants in Europe
Eurofound
This 112-page report presents successful practices and strategies for integrating migrants into local communities
Immigration & Refugees, HousingPosted: 2008-01-10
The National Homelessness Initiative
Fraser Institute
This 2-page critique of Canada's National Homelessness Initiative castigates the government for failing to provide any meaningful measure of its effectiveness
Housing, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2004-02-17
On the Home Front: Improving the Housing Environment and Delivering Sustainable Communities
Groundwork UK
A U.K. report examining housing needs in the context of regeneration and a better-integrated society
HousingPosted: 2004-07-13
Precarious Housing and Health Inequalities: What Are the Links?
Hanover Welfare Services
Summary findings of an Australian study exploring the relationship between precarious housing and health
Anatomy of a Train Wreck: Causes of the Mortgage Meltdown
Independent Institute
A 29-page article examining the causes of the US mortgage meltdown
Economic Policy, HousingPosted: 2008-10-14
Demography and Housing Demand: What Can We Learn from Residential Housing Data?
Institute for Futures Studies
This 32-page Swedish report examines the relationship between a population's age structure and residential housing construction
HousingPosted: 2005-12-15
Hybrid Buildings: Pathways for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Housing Sector
Institute for Social Research
This Australian report shows how the carbon emissions from 5-star rated homes can be reduced to zero, with the savings averaging eleven tonnes per house each year
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2009-08-11
Homelessness in Los Angeles: A Summary of Recent Research
Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
This 30-page report, to form part of a larger study covering Paris, Sao Paulo and Tokyo, provides a comprehensive picture of Los Angeles' homeless
HousingPosted: 2004-03-24
On the Negative Relationship Between Labor Income Uncertainty and Homeownership: Risk Aversion vs. Credit Constraints
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 28-page discussion paper examining whether the underlying factor behind the negative effect of income uncertainty on home ownership propensity is risk aversion or credit constraints
HousingPosted: 2004-07-25
Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper estimates empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008
Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-08-13
Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS
IZA
A 36-page discussion paper examining the type of living arrangement experienced by elderly Chinese
House Price Volatility and the Housing Ladder
IZA
This 52-page discussion paper investigates the effects of housing price risk on housing choices over the life-cycle
HousingPosted: 2010-09-22
Residential Mobility and Housing Adjustment of Older Households in Europe
IZA
A 29-page discusion paper investigating the determinants of residential mobility in older households, and the adjustment of housing for those who move
Housing Inequality in the United States
Levy Economics Institute
This 39-page working paper explores the various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, as well as the distinct immigration experiences and spatial patterns that shape racial and ethnic inequality in US home ownership
Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-05-27
Subsidized Housing and Employment: Building Evidence About What Works to Improve Self-Sufficiency
MDRC
This 51-page US working paper argues that subsidized housing and employment policies should have a stronger evidence base created by an expanded use of randomized controlled trials
Housing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-04-04
Sustained Earnings Gains for Residents in a Public Housing Jobs Program
MDRC
An 8-page US policy brief reporting on a test of whether a program that combined employment and training services, new rent rules to “make work pay,” and neighbor-to-neighbor outreach centering on work could make a difference in the economic prospects of public housing residents
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2010-02-11
Home Truths: Mental Health, Housing and Homelessness in Australia
Mental Health Council of Australia
This 68-page Australian report explores how the lack of recognition of the pivotal value of a secure home affects mental health and homelessness in Australia, and identifies what needs to be done to improve housing outcomes
CDCs in Gentrifying Neighbourhoods - Giving Low-Income Residents a Chance to Bloom in a changing market
National Housing Institute
This U.S. commentary describes how Community Development Corporations are adapting to the challenge of creating mixed communities in gentrifying areas
HousingPosted: 2004-04-13
Losing Ground in the Best of Times: Low Income Renters in the 1990s
National Low Income Housing Coalition
This 24-page U.S. report finds that while housing conditions improved for many income groups during the 1990s, conditions worsened for the lowest income renting households
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-03-17
Australia's Homeless Youth
National Youth Commission
A 401-page Australian study of youth homelessness
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-04-17
Accommodation Options for Older People in New Zealand
New Zealand Centre for Housing Research
This 207-page report forecasts the types of accommodation that will best meet the needs of a rapidly-ageing New Zealand population and improve the quality of life for older people
Shared Equity Home Ownership
NHI
A 158-page US paper examining the benefits of shared equity home ownership
HousingPosted: 2007-07-20
Shared Equity Homeownership
NHI
This 158-page US study examines the development of alternatives to conventional home ownership strategies
HousingPosted: 2006-12-03
Shared Equity Home Ownership
NHI
This 158-page US study describes shared equity home ownership models in use in the US, and the policy and design issues they raise
HousingPosted: 2006-09-13
Market Assessment of Housing Options for Older People
NPI
This 90-page UK paper examines whether the housing stock is able to meet the changing demands of England’s ageing households
Evaluation of the Starter Home Initiative: Final Report
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - U.K.
A 145-page U.K. report on the outcomes of the Starter Home Initiative, designed to deliver affordable housing to assist in the recruitment and retention of key workers
HousingPosted: 2005-09-01
Women, Domestic and Family Violence and Homelessness
OFW
This 84-page Australian report studies the support and accommodation needs of women and children affected by family violence
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-10-05
Women, Domestic and Family Violence and Homelessness
OWF
This 84-page Australian report investigates the support and accommodation needs of women (and children) affected by domestic and family violence
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-12-04
Better Homes, Greener Cities
Policy Exchange
A 59-page UK report urging a reform of the planning system so as to enable a reversal of the trend toward high-density development in favour of "garden city" living
HousingPosted: 2006-03-06
Bigger Better Faster More: Why Some Countries Plan Better than Others
Policy Exchange
An 80-page comparative study examining why some countries consistently deliver more housing, of better quality, than the U.K.
HousingPosted: 2005-09-19
Housing Policy and Practice in the Context of Poverty and Exclusion: Synthesis Report
Policy Research Initiative
This 40-page Canadian synthesis report highlights the role housing plays as both a determinant and an outcome of poverty and exclusion
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-09-03
Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia
Rand Corporation
This 61-page US report examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2009-09-23
New Approaches to Affordable Housing: Overview of the Housing Affordability Problem
Reason Foundation
A 7-page U.S. policy brief outlining several policy options that local governments should pursue to promote affordable housing in their areas
HousingPosted: 2005-05-09
Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work? Evidence from Los Angeles County and Orange County
Reason Foundation
This 32-page policy study examines the effect of inclusionary housing ordinances on their objective of increasing the supply of affordable housing in California
HousingPosted: 2004-06-17
Housing Supply and Affordability: Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work?
Reason Public Policy Institute
This 50-page U.S. study investigates the merits of "inclusionary zoning", whereby, to increase the supply of affordable housing, local authorities mandate that developers sell a given percentage of new homes at sub-market prices.
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-04-16
Current Developments in Housing Policies and Housing Markets in Europe
SECODHAS
The 43-page proceedings of a colloquium held to identify and discuss the emerging trends in social housing provision in Europe
HousingPosted: 2007-10-04
Improving Outcomes for Homeless Jobseekers: The YP4 Experience
SPRC
This 10-page Australian paper describes the trial of an initiative to provide a service for people suffering homelessness and unemployment
Housing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-08-31
Governance and Social Housing: Can Good Governance be Bad Practice?
Swinburne Institute for Social Research
This 7-page paper argues that reforms in the governance (planning and management) of social housing can be used to avoid addressing the real needs, such as larger budgets
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-03-03
Managing Social Housing for Indigenous Populations
Swinburne Institute for Social Research
This 11-page paper, based on Australian experience, provides a conceptual framework for understanding why and how indigenous cultures require culturally-specific management practices in social housing
HousingPosted: 2004-03-03
A Safety Net for Bubble Buyers: Rescuing Homeowners from Collapsing Home Values
The Century Foundation
A 4-page US proposal for assisting homeowners from the consequences of negative equity
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-11-28
Wherever I Can Lay My Head: Homeless Youth on Homelessness
The Night Ministry
An 86-page U.S. study of a survey of homeless youth in Chicago, designed to learn what the youth themselves identify as their housing needs, and to understand the differences in these needs among a number of subgroups
HousingPosted: 2005-03-16
Assisted Living: Examples of State Efforts to Improve Consumer Protections
U.S. General Accounting Office
A 44-page U.S. report describing initiatives by different states to protect the interests of people living in assisted living facilities
Characteristics of Transitional Housing for Homeless Families
Urban Institute
A 53-page study examining the different types of transitional housing programs available for homeless people in the US
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-10-23
Reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Urban Institute
This 15-page US house testimony provides an overview of US policies for dealing with homelessness
HousingPosted: 2007-10-29
Preliminary Analysis of National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program Effects: September 2010 Update
Urban Institute
A 162-page US study of the effectiveness of the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) programme
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-01-24
Understanding Homeless Youth
Urban Institute
A 14-page US testimony on the numbers of homeless youth, their characteristics, factors predisposing them to become homeless and promising interventions
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2007-06-23
The Skid Row Collaborative 2003-2007: Process Evaluation
Urban Institute
This 28-page US report examines a homelessness project that moved chronically homeless disabled people into housing and helped them with health, mental health, substance abuse and other supportive services
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-09-22
Promoting Home Ownership Among Low-Income Households
Urban Institute
A 22-page US report proposing that housing benefits be reformed to encourage home ownership
HousingPosted: 2007-08-28
Housing Partnerships: The Work of Large-Scale Regional Nonprofits in Affordable Housing
Urban Institute
An 89-page study examining the work of the Housing Partnership Network
HousingPosted: 2007-05-04
The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities: A Primer
Urban Institute
This 54-page US brief summarizes what is known about how foreclosures adversely affect households and their neighborhoods — from children and the elderly to public safety and local property tax revenues. It also looks at policies, programs, and response strategies to prevent or mitigate the fallout
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-07
What Next for Distressed Public Housing?
Urban Institute
A summary of lessons learned from the U.S. Hope VI program for public housing
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-06-10
An Equitable Housing Strategy for the District of Columbia
Urban Institute
An 8-page U.S. policy brief offering proposals for improving the affordable housing stock in Washington D.C.
HousingPosted: 2004-06-17
A Decade of Hope VI: Research Findings and Policy Challenges
Urban Institute
A 72-page report summarising existing research into the Hope VI urban redevelopment program in the U.S., with an assessment of its achievements, impacts and lessons learned
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2004-05-20
Overcoming Concentrated Poverty and Isolation: Ten Lessons for Policy and Practice
Urban Institute
A 48-page U.S. report on the results of research testing alternative strategies for helping low-income families escape high-poverty, central city communities
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-08-19
Preventing and Ending Homelessness: Next Steps
Urban Institute
This 12-page brief examines the current state of homelessness in the US, how community responses are changing, what is working, and what policymakers should be doing to make more advances
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2009-02-20
Strategies for Preventing Homelessness
Urban Institute
A 210-page exploratory U.S. study identifying communities that have implemented effective and well-target homelessness-prevention activities
HousingPosted: 2006-02-16
Monitoring Success in Choice Neighborhoods: A Proposed Approach to Performance Measurement
Urban Institute
This 50-page paper considers how to effectively evaluate outcomes and measure success in comprehensive community transformation efforts like Choice Neighborhoods. The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative proposed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is intended to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty and severely distressed housing into revitalized mixed-income communities
Urban Issues, HousingPosted: 2010-05-28
In the Face of Gentrification: Case Studies of Local Efforts to Mitigate Displacement
Urban Institute
A 100-page report describing strategies to balance revitalization of neighbourhoods with measures to reduce the displacement of low-income families
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2006-03-24
Atlantic Exchange: Case Studies of Housing and Community Redevelopment in the US and the UK
Urban Institute
This 29-page report describes two case studies of previously distressed communities—one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom—that have been redeveloped and revitalized
Urban Issues, HousingPosted: 2010-03-25
Rough Living: Surviving Homelessness and Violence
UTSePress
This 70-page Australian report reveals the ways in which intense chains of disadvantage incorporating homelessness are triggered by very early experiences of violence
Housing, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2011-01-26
More Than a Bed: Sydney's Homeless Speak Out
Wesley Mission
A 44-page Australian report examining the causes of homelessness
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-07-12
Expanding Housing Finance to the Underserved in South Asia
World Bank
This 358-page report argues that South Asia’s future economic growth, social development, and employment are tied to providing housing and nurturing real-estate growth