by Administrator | Dec 5, 2012 | Publications
We were commissioned by the Greater London Authority to review the standards of housing being developed in London in 2009/2010 i.e. before the GLA published their Interim London Housing Design Guide. The purpose of the study was to take a snapshot of pre-Guide housing...
by Administrator | Feb 28, 2012 | General
Last month the National Housing Federation held a one-day conference on the newly-emerging world of land-use planning. It was very useful to hear from one of the authors of the draft National Planning Policy Framework about the careful thought that had gone into its...
by Administrator | Nov 25, 2011 | General
What do recent events at News International and the banks have in common with affordable rent conversions in 2011, PFI contracts in 2002 and Community Land Trusts? The common factor is trustworthiness – having it or lacking it. All of these matters have tested the...
by Webmaster | Mar 27, 2011 | Resources
Wikis are powerful communication tools that can also be used for other purposes such as technical authoring. We use a wiki to provide Development Procedures that are particularly flexible, and user-friendly. We think that their use will grow rapidly over the next few...
by Webmaster | Mar 10, 2010 | Publications
This HATC-funded piece of research investigated the amount and use of space in new dwellings in London & the South East. We measured up the plans of 90 dwellings then being marketed in London and the south-east and analysed how the space was used. This included...
by Administrator | Sep 28, 2009 | Resources
In this presentation to the Pamwin Conference 2009 we were asked to gaze into our crystal ball to see how the public subsidy system may change after the 2008/11 period. The presentation looked at historical trends in the subsidy system to identify the trajectory. In...
by Webmaster | Aug 26, 2009 | Resources
This is a presentation to the NHF’s July 2009 Development & Regeneration Conference. The brief was to consider how changes in the shape of HA affordable housing programmes will affect demand for Development / Regeneration staff over the next 5 years. Our...
by Administrator | Jul 28, 2009 | General
Sunand Prasad and Andrew Drury. Estate redevelopment is just so satisfying and progressive. Residents may have to suffer a decant or two but they get desirable, energy-efficient new homes in place of their tired out and unsuitable old homes. But does the need to count...
by Webmaster | Jul 22, 2009 | Publications
Developing Affordable Housing is the standard text for Development or Regeneration team members, or for others who wish to understand the process, such as Directors and Board members. It is a comprehensive starter-guide to commissioning & building new homes....
by Webmaster | Apr 22, 2009 | Publications
This report was commissioned by CABE in 2009. Written by Andrew Drury of HATC Ltd with support from Gary Welch and Nick Allen of Ipsos-MORI, it gives the results of a postal survey of 11,000 households in London and south-east probing their levels of satisfaction with...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2008 | Publications
In 2007 the Housing Corporation introduced the Building for Life criteria as part of their compliance requirements set out in Design & Quality Standards. This emphasis on urban design was new to housing associations, and so we were commissioned to prepare a...
by Administrator | Jul 28, 2008 | Publications
First published in 1998 by the NHF, the second edition of this seminal good-practice design guide was published in 2008. Heavily used throughout the affordable housing sector by architects, housing association Development teams and builders, it has been very...
by Administrator | Jul 14, 2008 | General
If we are to build functional, adaptable homes with a long lifespan, we need internal space standards for housing based on an up-to-date, robust evidence base about how people use space in the home, says Andrew Drury. Unlike the rest of Europe, England has no national...
by Administrator | Jul 25, 2006 | Publications
The Greater London Authority commissioned HATC to answer two questions: should the GLA set minimum dwelling sizes through their planning powers, and could they? Our report answered both those questions. You can download the report for free. It is in PDF format, so...
by Administrator | Feb 3, 2005 | General
A recurrent nightmare of developing RSL’s has quietly raised its head and peeked out from Brussels. Social Housing Grant (SHG) might be considered by the European Union as an unfair form of subsidy, to be opened up to competition. This prospect is not new. Every few...
by Administrator | Oct 28, 2002 | General
The private finance initiative is taking some knocks from the unions, but chancellor Gordon Brown wants to stick with it. However, with some suppliers expressing concerns over the costs of bidding and their risks, the government needs to ensure that its PFI model is...
by Administrator | Sep 24, 2002 | General
As the Development teams get to grips with the recently issued Bidding guidance from the Housing Corporation, staff and members of the Associations will be wondering if this the last time they will be playing this game. After the Corporation’s discussion paper...
