Case Studies
Environment
Going Green
Novelist Julia Stephenson explains her plans for making her London flat environmentally sound. more>>
Flagship Home - 36 Beaufort Gardens
The project took a typical five storey Victorian terraced house and refurbished it to maximise energy efficiency and reduce emissions of CO2. more>>
General
21st November 2006 - PROD Case Study:
The Sad Story of the Creation
of a Slum in North London
Today 366 homes in the
area remain in public
hands, and according to
figures from Transport for
London 79 are empty. | more>>
28th September 2005 - Latin American Housing Co-op
Years ago, Luis Maya came to Britain from Colombia. One thing struck him about his new country, that there was almost no provision for Spanish speakers from Latin America, many of whom were refugees fleeing from persecution in their own country. | more >>
2nd August 2005 - Sheffield: Tackling an empty property hotspot
The Empty Property Team at Sheffield City Council concentrates its work in the East of the city, as this area has the highest concentration of empty properties and has been identified as an area of low demand by Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder. | more >>
17th January 2005 - Brent Homelessness Charter and The Empty Homes Campaign
Brent Homelessness Charter had been developed by a group of local homeless people (Brent Homeless User Group). The initiative offers for the first time a clear promise for quality services for homeless people 'Brent Homelessness Charter.' Danny Maher, B.HUG Chairman explains: " This is the first time that homeless people are getting a charter promising them quality services." | more >>
Low Demand
26th June 2006 - Prodding Newsham Park
Secretary of State Ruth Kelly MP has approved a PROD of publicly owned empty homes in Liverpool after a community group raised a PROD. Read their correspondence and the official press release.
- Correspondence | more>>
- Press Release | more>>
28th September 2005- Giroscope
Giroscope is an award winning Workers Co-operative based in Hull, England. They are a community based organisation that has been providing work and accommodation in West Hull for more than twenty years. | more>>
ODPM Market Renewal Pathfinders: | more>>
- Overview | more>>
- Where are they? | more>>
- Case Studies | more>>
3rd June 2005 - Whitefield Conservation Action Group
Whitefield has 1,285 registered dwellings within the ward, and approximately 4,203 residents. (2001 Census Report) and according to English Heritage, ". . is the only remaining part of a late 19th century Victorian mill town, which remains virtually intact and is of National Importance . . !" | more>>
Sustainable Communities - Market Renewal Pathfinders
In advance of their full plans being agreed, in June 2003 seven of the pathfinders were allocated a £4 million budget each from the £500m housing market renewal fund for early actions alongside completion of their strategic schemes. | more>>