In this section of the website you can download reports that the London Housing Foundation has written or commissioned about the private rented sector. Reports published by other organisations can be found in our
resources section.
'Private Access, Public Gain: The use of PRS access schemes to house single homeless people'
Published July 2008
Co-commissioned by the London Housing Foundation and Crisis, this report highlights the business, strategic and economic case for local authorities to invest in PRS access schemes for single, non-statutory homeless people.
It presents a cost-benefit analysis for a range of commissioners. For example, the research indicates that Supporting People commissioners can generate a net saving of £4,900 for each PRS tenancy used as move-on from supported housing.
'From rough sleeping to private renting' - Our Response to CLG Discussion Paper 'Rough Sleeping 10 Years On'
Published July 2008
Communities and Local Government recently issued a discussion paper on tackling rough sleeping. The London Housing Foundation submitted a response to CLG, focusing on how the Private Rented Sector can be better utilised as part of a comprehensive strategy to tackle rough sleeping. We argue that many rough sleepers can be supported directly into the PRS, without the need to go into supported housing. Currently, no such provision is in place.
Our response calls for local, sub-regional or indeed a regional strategy to establish a pathway from rough sleeping to private renting.
'From Rough Sleeping to Private Renting' Paper (seven pages)
PRS Symposiums - key themes and policy options
Published June 2008
Undertaken by Alan Cripps of Neadon Consulting on behalf of the Foundation, this report summarises the ideas that flowed out of a series of seminars or 'symposiums' on how to improve access to the PRS for homeless people, facilitated by the Foundation in winter 2007/8. The symposiums were attended by a wide range of experts from across sectors - landlords, local authorites, researchers, consultants, homelessness agencies, formerly homeless people, PRS access schemes and housing solicitors.
The report and the accompanying appendices present a wide range of issues and barriers, but was mainly focused on solutions, in terms of policy and practice.
Full report (nine pages)
Report appendices (21 pages)
Improving access to the private rented sector for homeless single people in London - an overview of policies and programmes
Published April 2008
Undertaken by Geoffrey Randall on behalf of the Foundation, this report provides an overview of the policy and key issues affecting access into the PRS for homeless people. It provides a number of policy options on how access can be improved.
Future search conference report
Published October 2007
A ‘Future Search’ conference is a method of getting a whole range of stakeholders involved in an area of work to explore a ‘system’ and to develop a shared vision and way forward toward an agreed goal. We held a Future Search Conference about the private rented sector in July 2007 in London. It involved approximately 80 people, including landlords, (formerly) homeless people, homelessness agencies, Local Authorities, pan-London bodies, and central Government. The Future Search enabled us to collectively plan systemic change in the way the Private Rented Sector (PRS) is utilised as an effective resettlement solution for ‘non-statutory’ homeless people.
Notes from the PRS Future Search (Four pages)
Private rented sector access schemes
Published by Crisis and the London Housing Foundation, May 2007
This report, jointly commissioned by the Foundation and Crisis in May 2007, is an analysis and directory of schemes that support homeless people in London to access private accommodation. This is the most comprehensive source of information and analysis about private rented sector access schemes in London. A corresponding
searchable database of schemes is available on this website.
Full report (65 pages, including a two page executive summary).
Download report (PDF)
Supported accommodation workshop materials
Published May 2007
Below are a series of documents and resources which together constitute a three-hour workshop for supported accommodation workers, and a similar but separate set of downloads that constitute a three-hour workshop for supported accommodation residents. The materials have been drafted to make it as easy as possible for even an inexperienced trainer to take them 'off the shelf' and deliver workshops to workers and residents. Even though they are each three hour workshops, the workshops have been designed in sections, any of which work as stand-alone exercises.
To download as individual files, it is recommended that you:
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create a folder on your desktop
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then right click on each download and click on 'Save As...'
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and save in to the desktop folder
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Then drag the desktop folder onto your network
To download the zipped versions, it is recommended that you:
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click on the link
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follow the prompt to save the folder
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save on to your network
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You will now have the zipped version of all the documents opened in a window.
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To unzip the files, click on 'extract all files' in the left hand menu
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Follow the prompts in the 'Extraction Wizard'
Supported accommodation staff workshop materials
Supported accommodation residents workshop materials
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