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Housing Associations Market - UK 2010 - 2014
AMA Research, April 2010, Pages: 75
This report incorporates original input and primary research, and represents an up-to-date and perceptive review of the market and its development. This unique report answers the need for both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Housing Associations' market focusing on market size and trends, housing mix, buying and specification and future prospects, the report is comprehensive, informative and will facilitate operational and strategic decision-making processes.
The overall Housing Association market is estimated at around just over 2.7 billion dwellings in 2009. The market has grown through a combination of LSVTs and new build, also the Decent Homes programme has stimulated improvement of the existing homes, though new build in the sector has been affected by the current low levels of private sector lending.
Key issues include:
- Review of the UK Social Housing Market – Local Authority and Housing Association sectors – size, structure, growth, political issues, future trends.
- Identification of major Housing Associations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- New Build – Review of progress of government programmes including NAHP and construction activity in the social housing sector.
- RMI – expenditure levels, trends and forecasts, impact of Decent Homes programme.
- Housing mix by type – Social rental, shared, care homes, student accommodation.
- Housing association specification/purchasing processes – Identification of key roles, new build/RMI differences, key trends and influences.
- Future prospects –changing roles of RSLs and local authorities, stock transfer, public/private funding.
Areas of particular interest include:
- Market activity levels with forecasts to 2014, including stock, new build and refurbishment.
- Overall review of Social Housing and the relationship between Local authority housing and Housing associations.
- Analysis of the housing mix in housing associations – social rental, shared ownership, care homes, student accommodation.
- Review of key market influences.
Key areas covered in the report :
THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS MARKET
- Review of social housing structure.
- Market size in stock terms from 2004 with forecasts through to 2014.
- Market size in terms of new build starts and completions of Housing Association properties and forecast through to 2014.
- Analysis of Repair Maintenance and Improvement on Housing Association properties, forecast for 2014.
- Market trends, opportunities and threats.
- Analysis of size of dwellings of new Housing Association properties.
- Review of key market influences – economic factors, government policies, housing affordability, Large Scale Voluntary Transfers, Right to Buy etc.
- Key regulatory and funding organisations and their role (Housing and Communities Agency, National Housing Federation etc).
- Future prospects for the market.
HOUSING ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
- Market size, and trends for each major area of activity:-
- Social rented housing;
- Shared ownership housing;
- Care homes;
- Student accommodation.
- The mix of activity across the above sectors.
- How the Housing Associations are developing their business models, regional breakdown within shared ownership, key care home providers amongst the Housing Associations, Housing Associations providing purpose built student accommodation etc.
THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS
- Review of major Housing Associations – dwelling stock, key characteristics, regional strengths, market positioning etc in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Market shares of major Housing Associations in each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
SOCIAL HOUSING
- Review of key government affordable housing programmes such as NAHP, investment levels 2008-2011, review of recent activity.
- Identification of LSVTs occurring in the last two years.
- Private financing – sources of private finance, major lenders, areas of significant expenditure.
SPECIFICATION AND BUYING PROCESS
- Specification process – key influencers on the process.
- Influences of Government initiatives on buying and specification – partnering arrangements, framework agreements, procurement routes and issues.
- Key contractors – Future trends and changes.
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