Our research covers a number of housing and regeneration related areas, to support our delivery nationally and locally.
We regularly produce reports analysing trends in the housing market, the economy and the housebuilding industry, including the Housing Market Bulletin; and we have funded the Valuation Office Agency to continue publishing residential land value data across three types of site – small, bulk and suitable for flats/maisonettes.
The HCA commissioned Regeneris and Oxford Economics to carry out an evidence review on housing's role in the economy, with particular reference to growth and productivity. The Role of Housing in the Economy – Pdf (2.2MB)
Financial Benefits of Investing in Specialist Housing analyses nine vulnerable client groups and estimates the net benefit of HCA investment in specialist housing for vulnerable and older people to be around £940 per person per year, equating to a total net benefit of around £640m per year. Financial Benefits of Investing in Specialist Housing – Pdf (368KB)
Meeting the challenge: market analysis, outlines current conditions in the housing market and development industry. It sets the context and opportunities for the future funding and supply of housing. Meeting the challenge PDF (729 KB)
This report details the findings of a comprehensive audit of affordable housing, carried out by CABE on behalf of the then Housing Corporation. Affordable Housing Survey - PDF (2.23 MB)
SHIFT is the standard by which affordable housing providers prove their environmental performance by benchmarking performance in mitigating and adapting to climate change. HCA commissioned Sustainable Homes to carry out analysis of the data resulting from the operation of SHIFT.