PLANAFFHO · PLANning for AFFordable HOusing
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2018-02-01 → 2020-01-31
- EU contribution
- €183,455
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
PLANAFFHO - PLANning for AFFordable HOusing
Rising house prices and worsening affordability across the housing market have led to poor housing conditions in many capital cities. House prices often exceed the maximum that low- and middle-income households can afford, resulting in overcrowded dwellings, insecure tenures, long waiting lists for social housing, and a high number of vulnerable families who are homeless or who live in emergency or temporary accommodation. The Planning for Affordable Housing (PLANAFFHO) project, undertaken by Sónia Alves at the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, aimed to investigate the relationships between housing and planning systems in three capital cities – Copenhagen, Lisbon and London. The research addressed the following questions: (1) How has the planning system been used to incorporate affordable housing and provide a mix of housing tenures within new developments? (2) Have planning authorities mandated or encouraged developers to reserve a proportion of affordable homes within market-driven developments above a certain threshold? (3) What has been the relevance and the effect of requiring the provision of on-site affordable housing as part of general market developments? (4) What has been learnt so far?
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Project objective
PLANAFFHO - PLANning for AFFordable HOusing, aims to examine how land-use planning has contributed to the provision of affordable housing for low-income people and has promoted a mix of housing tenures within new developments in three capital cities - Copenhagen, Lisbon, and London, over the last ten years. The first aim and principal focus of the research is therefore investigating planning and housing activities in three cities (Copenhagen, Lisbon and London) that seek to address problems of housing shortage, affordability, and segregation of housing tenures. The research aims to provide practical knowledge and innovative advice to decision-makers on what can be done regarding these huge societal challenges. The second aim of the research, underpinning and informing the former, is to make a contribution to the theoretical and methodological advancement of international comparative research on housing and land-use planning. In order to meet these aims, the theoretical and methodological skills of the candidate will be strengthened at the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, located within the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, and led by Professor Michael Oxley. With over 25 years of experience and a proven track record of providing evidence and analysis to influence and support better policy and practice in several areas, the Centre is well-placed to broaden her practical experience of housing and planning matters, from both an interdisciplinary and a comparative perspective. The research will involve short-term visits to planning departments and non-profit housing associations in Copenhagen, Lisbon, and London, aiming to contribute to a mutual exchange of knowledge. During the visits, the candidate will collect data and conduct fieldwork. The data will be analysed though the lens of spatial and social scrutiny, an optic with which an ER with a background in geography, spatial planning, and sociology is already familiar.
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Participants
- THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · CAMBRIDGECoordinatorUnited Kingdom
Links
- View on CORDIS
- DOI: 10.3030/747257
- https://www.cchpr.landecon.cam.ac.uk/Projects/Start-Year/2018/planning_for_affordable_housing
Data: CORDIS, © European Union