The aim of the Centre for Housing Research is to improve the management of the social and affordable housing sectors through research, training and policy advice. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local authorities fund its work. The Centre also generates revenue from its training and research outputs and is administered through the Institute of Public Administration.
The Centre has the following specific objectives:
- commission and conduct research in line with its strategic objectives
- work with others to identify housing practitioner training needs and devise programmes and strategies in response
- promote a more strategic approach by local authorities to the delivery of their housing management services, having regard to the general policy framework
- develop links with the voluntary and co-operative housing sector
- promote best practice in housing management.
The Centre consults with the Housing Forum, established under the Social Partnership Agreements, and supports five Regional Housing Practitioner Networks (Click to go to the section on the Networks).