Responding to residents' needs

This project aimed to clarify what comprises ‘extra care’ for older people and to establish shared standards for provision. April 2008.

In this issue: tenant special, worklessness map, Gold Award 2008 and a new online analysis tool.

This project is focused on the impact of the introduction of choice-based lettings schemes on the rehousing of the homeless and whether the introduction of choice in lettings has assisted or hindered homeless households.

As the national affordable homes agency, investing in homes that meet people’s needs across their lifespan is a core part of the Housing Corporation’s business. April 2008

Issue seven focuses on an ageing society.

This study uses the Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR) time series database to examine how the stock of housing aimed at particular needs and owned and managed by housing associations has changed since the 1988 Housing Act.

This In Brief summarises the outcomes of Look Ahead Housing and Care’s Customer Training programme, an initiative that was funded by the Housing Corporation. February 2008.

A social and business review of the role and perceptions of shared housing models for people with support requirements.

This study examines the current literature on social housing and worklessness

This project was commissioned by the Housing Corporation as one of a group of projects developing key themes of the Corporation’s Tackling Homelessness Strategy, published in December 2006.