Housing Research
We have been involved in an ongoing programme of research on a wide range of housing issues affecting the West Midlands since 2008. Prior to April 2010 this work was managed by the West Midlands Regional Assembly.
More information about each of the projects completed to date is available below.
Larger Affordable Homes: Research into increasing the supply of larger affordable homes in the Central Housing Market Area of the West Midlands Region. (Housing Vision Consultancy with Kim Sangster Associates, August 2010)
Intermediate Housing Market: research to identify the role of the Intermediate Housing Market in the West Midlands Region (Housing Vision Consultancy with Gill Leng, July 2010).
Full report
Appendices
Appendix 4 - Affordability Matrices
Evidence base review: a comprehensive review of data and evidence relating to housing in the West Midlands to end 2009, including the outputs of the housing research programme (Nevin Leather Associates, June 2010).
Full report
Report summarising the key messages from the evidence for the six sub-regions
Presentation slides entitled "Housing in the West Midlands" (Nevin Leather Associates) from Housing Research seminar - 12 July 2010
Housing and Transport: a study investigating the links between transport and housing markets, and the relationship between housing development and transport infrastructure investment (MVA Ltd, March 2010).
Full report
Plans and Figures
Housing and Health: a study to explore the links between housing and health, in order to identify ways that housing and housing services can support public health objectives (Housing Vision Consultancy with Gill Leng, February 2010).
Full report
Housing and the Economy: a study modelling the level of housing demand associated with different levels of economic growth from 2006-2026 (SQW Consulting with Cambridge Econometrics, February 2010).
Full report
Individual projections for each local authority
Impacts of Recession: a study evaluating the impacts of the recession on housing markets in the West Midlands and the implications for future housing policy (Nevin Leather Associates, February 2010).
Full report
Homelessness and Recession: a study exploring the potential impacts of the recession on housing for vulnerable groups (MWB Consultancy Ltd, January 2010).
Full report
Housing Market Areas: a review of housing market areas in the West Midlands based on a technical analysis of house price dynamics (The University of Sheffield, Department of Town and Regional Planning, 2009).
Full report
The role of new housing development: a survey of occupiers of recently built housing exploring choices of dwelling and location, reasons for moving and areas moved from, to identify who is served by the provision of new housing in different parts of the West Midlands (Nevin Leather Associates and SMSR Ltd, September 2009).
Full report
Implications of the Credit Crunch for housing in the West Midlands: a study exploring the potential implications of the credit crunch for the delivery of housing policy, along with the possible duration of the downturn in house prices and the development industry (Ecotec and GVA Grimley, June 2009).
Full report
Report focusing on the delivery of housing targets
House Prices: a geographical analysis of changes in house prices across the West Midlands from 2004 to 2008 (Worcestershire County Council, June 2009).
Full report
Need for affordable housing: estimates for future affordable housing need 2006-2026 based on household projections (University of Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, April 2009).
Full report
Low carbon housing: a joint West Midlands Regional Assembly and Advantage West Midlands project setting out a baseline for low-carbon refurbishment of existing housing in the West Midlands (Faithful and Gould, March 2009).
Full report
Housing affordability and supply: a review of the implications for the West Midlands of the National Housing and Advisory Planning Unit's recommendations for increased housing supply as a mechanism for improving affordability (Green Balance, February 2009).
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Analysis of Strategic Housing Market Assessments: a detailed analysis based on the six Strategic Housing Market Assessments. This study produced a technical report on overall leads of affordable housing need (Ecotec, February 2009); a report detailing housing need by dwelling type and number of bedrooms (Ecotec, June 2010); fact sheets for local housing market areas across the West Midlands (Ecotec, June 2010); and a West Midlands wide overview (Ecotec, June 2010).