Responding to residents' needs

This research project looks at some of the practical challenges that South Asian elders face in meeting their housing and support needs.

The paper looks at moving towards a common language to accurately describe older people’s housing.

Under current legislation there is no absolute mechanism for residents’ groups to complain to the Housing Ombudsman if they are in dispute with their landlord. The toolkit aims to redress this.

This In brief introduces a critique of Tribal’s research report: ‘A real choice for tenants?’.

In this issue: drivers of satisfaction for BME tenants, culturally sensitive services, Gold events, the Existing Tenants Survey, and NROSH regional seminars

This report summarises the findings of two qualitative research projects that have been commissioned by the Housing Corporation to improve our understanding of BME tenants

The Clean Break project focused on how housing and drug treatment services can work together more effectively and makes recommendations for future improvements. August 2008.

In 2007 Notting Hill Housing commissioned Ipsos Mori to conduct a research study to discover what numbers of social renters had the aspiration to become homeowners. August 2008.

This study identifies the key factors that might see residents move towards a system of self-regulation. August 2008

Part four of an eight part series looking at demographic, spatial and economic impacts on future affordable housing demand