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Mental Health Specialist Supported Housing (MHSSH): a project for the GLA Jul 3
We are currently working with Imogen Blood Associates and a range of partners to undertake a project for the GLA to improve the take-up of capital (CASSH) funding for mental health specialist supported housing.
Read moreThe Healthier Housing Partnership Feb 27
Richard Turkington acts as co-ordinator for this partnership of academics and practitioners which is committed to promoting healthier housing and raising the standard of existing and new housing https://www.healthierhousing.co.uk/
Read moreOur new paper 'Better Housing for Better Health' has just been published, it sets out the facts of unhealthy housing, the need for action and what can be done to improve poor housing.
Better Housing for Better Health: Our New Report - February 2023 (healthierhousing.co.uk)
Further Study of Rural Housing Need in King's Lynn and West Norfolk Apr 5
After the success of our research project for the Holkham Estate and Wells Town Council to assess rural housing need in an area of North Norfolk, we have been commssioned to undertake an assessment in Burnham Market and 8 adjacent parishes.
Read moreThis is a further collaboration with the expert market research agency Qa Research who will be managing the delivery of a postal survey targeted at all residential households. An analysis of demographic and housing market patterns and trends will provide a context for understanding the survey findings.
A Major Study of Housing Need in North Norfolk Mar 5
Commissioned by the Holkham Estate in partnership with Wells Town Council through its Neighbourhood Planning Group, we have undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the need for housing in the 5 adjacent parishes of Well-next-the-Sea, Holkham, Walsingham, Warham and Wighton.
Read moreThe project consisted of four consecutive stages as follows:
1. a Housing Needs Assessment profiling demographic and housing market patterns and trends across the 5 parishes in the context of the North Norfolk District;
2. a series of telephone interviews with major employers in the area to gain their views concerning the need for housing and its consequences;
3. an online survey of the views of local employees concerning the localneed for housing, and
4. a postal survey of 2,500 households in the area to identify their housing needs.
The project has provided a comprehensive analysis of current and emerging needs and identified specific requirements associated with young families and the growing older population.
Richard Turkington joins the Board of 'Care and Repair England' Jun 26
The director of Housing Vision is delighted to announce that he has been invited to join the Board of 'Care and Repair England'.
Read moreCare & Repair England is a small, national charitable organisation set up in 1986 to improve the homes and living conditions of older people. It believes that all older people should be able to live in a decent home of their own choosing and strives to:
Ensure that more older people can live independently and with dignity in their own homes for as long as they wish.
Connect housing, health and social care in ways that improve older people’s whole quality of life.
Work with older people to influence decisions about housing & the related services which affect their lives.
Richard is hoping to contribute his understanding of the housing system and his longstanding experience as a housing researcher.