Key sources of data on all aspects of housing
Department of Communities and Local Government – DCLG provides a full range of data and up to date statistics about housing in the UK
http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation – JRF is a source for information on all aspects of housing and the main supporter of research in housing and related fields reported on regularly in the Findings series
Public Spending – Source of data on all aspects of public spending in the UK
http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/
UK Housing Review (Hal Pawson and Steve Wilcox) – published annually – the main source for all housing data drawn from a variety of sources and with keynote articles
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/ukhr/index.htm
Campaigns on housing and related issues
Birkbeck Institute for Social Research – London research centre with an emphasis on housing campaigns
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/news/housing
BSHF – promoting innovative housing policy and practice
Building Futures – arguing for a set of policies for more sustainable development and planning Futures
Care and Repair England – a charity set up to improve the housing and living conditions of older and disabled people
http://www.careandrepair-england.org.uk/
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health – the professional and campaigning organisation for EHOs
Citizens UK – the national home of community organising and campaigners for the London Living Wage and better housing
Crisis – the national charity for single homeless people
Housing Justice – the national voice on Christian action on housing and homelessness
http://www.housingjustice.org.uk/
Human Rights TV – the UK Housing Policy channel of Human Rights TV includes a wide range of material including analyses of what went wrong in 2007/8, the changes in lending practices, good coverage of WECH and the film ‘No Place Like Home’
http://www.humanrightstv.com/uk-housing-policy
Shelter – the national housing and homelessness charity
Team Homes – a social housing provider with innovative ideas about funding, construction technology and housing management
Zacchaeus 2000 Trust – Z2K seeks justice for vulnerable debtors and supports research and analysis into poverty and housing unaffordability
Housing journals, networks and organisations
Guardian Housing Network – a network for all housing specialists which runs periodic online and actual seminars
http://www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network
Inside Housing – key housing periodical covering all aspects of housing policy and events
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/
National Housing Federation – the national voice of housing associations in England representing 1200 associations
Professional organisations related to housing
Chartered Institute of Housing – the CIH is the professional organisation for people working in housing
Faculty of Public Health – the FPH works to improve public health and has recently incorporated the UK Public Health Association
Royal Institute of British Architects – the RIBA is the professional institute for architects and campaigns for better housing and environment
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – RICS is the world’s leading professional body for qualifications and standards in land, property and construction
Town and Country Planning Association – the TCPA is a leading think-tank on planning, the environment and sustainability
UK research centres with housing emphases
Building Research Establishment – the BRE provides a complete range of consultancy, testing, certification and research in relation to the built environment
Institute of Public Policy Research – the IPPR carries out research and campaigning on a wide range of public policy issues with a strong emphasis on housing
Exemplar Registered Social Landlords (RSLs)
Helena Homes – an RSL in St Helens, Lancashire with an excellent community support programme
Walterton and Elgin Community Homes – WECH is a resident controlled RSL in north Paddington with a full community support programme
Worthing Homes – an RSL in Worthing, Sussex who operate a successful Community House in a poorer area of the town
http://www.worthing-homes.org.uk/
Residents’ and Tenants’ Organisations
Camden Federation of Private Tenants – the CFPT is an organisation to protect the interests of private and housing association tenants in Camden
London Tenants’ Federation –the LTF is an umbrella organisation bringing together London’s borough-wide council tenants’ federations and organisations some of which also represent housing association tenants
http://www.londontenants.org/pages/home.php
Housing research centres in other countries
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) – the national research institute centred in a number of Australian universities with a strong housing research programme
National Center for Healthy Housing, Columbia, MD – an important US research centre focusing especially on the relationship between housing and health
College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts – especially the work on housing affordability by Michael E Stone
http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/~mstone/
Healthy Housing New Zealand – strong research group led by Philippa Howden-Chapman at Otago University, Wellington, focusing on health and housing in New Zealand
http://www.healthyhousing.org.nz/
Australians for Affordable Housing – a coalition of people and organisations calling for more affordable housing in Australia