Localism that works: How housing associations make things happen

Placeshapers

Year of publication: 2011

This report was produced in 2011 just ahead of the Localism Act going through Parliament. It is a series of case studies showing the work that various HA members of Placeshapers are engaged in locally.

Topic: Health, Placemaking, Localism, Employment

Type: Report

House of Commons Library: Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders note

Wendy Wilson

Year of publication: 2013

This note summarises the story of the development of the Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinders. It mainly covers how and why they were established, what was spent and points to other reports that have looked at their effectiveness.

Topic: Placemaking, Regeneration

Type: Report

Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration Program Final Impacts Evaluation

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development & Research by National Bureau of Economic Research

Year of publication: 2011

American report evaluating a programme that gave poor people the opportunity to move to wealthier neighbourhoods to see if that improved their life chances. This was a long term project and the research is longitudinal.

Topic: Culture, Economy, Equality, Health

Type: Report

Toward a ‘New’ Strategic Leadership of Place for the Knowledge-based Economy

John Gibney, Stuart Copeland, Alan Murie

Year of publication: 2009

The article explores the changing dynamic of place-based leadership particularly within the context of the emergence of the ‘knowledge-based economy (KBE).’

Topic: Economy, Placemaking

Type: academic journal

Five ways housing associations underpin inclusive growth

Jonathan Schifferes, Jake Thorold (RSA)

Year of publication: 2017

The RSA Inclusive Growth Commission set out to identify practical ways to make local economies across the UK more economically inclusive and prosperous. This report focuses on the role of housing in supporting inclusive growth and identifies five key contributions that housing associations make.

Topic: Anchor institutions, Economy, Equality, Placemaking

Type: Report

Inclusive Growth Commission: Making our economy work for everyone

RSA

Year of publication: 2017

Inclusive growth is the process whereby as many people as possible contribute and benefit from economic growth. It has a particular focus on increasing inclusion and participation across the labour market and geographically. The report sets out the Commission’s framework and recommendations for achieving inclusive growth in the UK. place-based industrial strategies to deliver business-led productivity and quality jobsa fundamental reset of the relationship between Whitehall and the town hall, underwritten in new social contractsinclusive growth at the heart of public investment making inclusive growth our definition of economic success

Topic: Economy, Equality

Type: Report

Moving on without moving out: the impacts of regeneration on the Rayners Lane Estate

Bert Provan, Alice Belotti, Anne Power (London School of Economics)

Year of publication: 2016

LSE Housing and Communities was commissioned by Home Group to evaluate the value and impact of the Rayners Lane Estate regeneration.

Topic: Placemaking, Regeneration

Type: Report

Place-based policymaking after Brexit: In search of the missing link?

Will Jennings, Adam Lent, Gerry Stoker (New Local Government Network)

Year of publication: 2017

The report argues that the sharp divisions highlighted by the Brexit vote reflect the political and economic trajectories of different parts of the UK over time. Those places strongly connected to the global knowledge economy were strongly Remain, whereas those which are poorly integrated and post-industrial were more likely to vote Leave.

Topic: Economy, Placemaking, Society

Type: Report

Powerful Communities, Strong Economies: the final report of the Keep it Local for Economic Resilience Action Research Project

Locality

Year of publication: 2017

The report captures the work done in six local areas to explore how social challenges can be successfully met despite severe austerity, by commissioning local community organisations to provide local services. Headline findings were: Cuts are both enabling and preventing change There is an opportunity for community organisations but some scepticism about their capacity to seize it Local systems are fragmented Risk aversion and fear of ‘letting go’ are stubborn cultural barriers Social value hasn’t gone far enough, but it can go further

Topic: Economy, Equality, Regeneration

Type: Report

Industrial Strategy: Steering structural change in the UK economy

IPPR Commission on Economic Justice

Year of publication: 2017

The report defines the industrial strategy as ‘the purpose-driven coordination by the state of its ‘supply side’ economic policies…’ Analysis of the UK economy and other countries’ experience of such strategies has led the authors to make five suggestions. The aim of the industrial strategy should be to promote structural change in the UK economy, including by stimulating economic growth and productivity in all regions and nations of the UKThe strategy should integrate the improvement of the economy’s supply side with the stimulation of demand, partially by driving significant new public investment through a National Investment Bank covering infrastructure, housing, business growth and innovationThe scope of the strategy needs to be expanded to focus on raising productivity in the ‘everyday economy’ of ordinary firms where most people are employed Innovation policy should aim to diversify the UK’s base of world-leading ‘frontier’ firmsGeographic rebalancing requires the creation of stronger regional institutions in England (reform and devolution)

Topic: Economy, Infrastructure

Type: Report