Research

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Focus

At Place Base we want to see more and better homes of high quality delivered and services provided to the owners, investors, operators and occupiers of those homes in an effective and efficient way. We are committed to a programme of research that will further this.

Our Approach

Drawing on expertise from senior, innovative, influential and thoughtful contacts from across the housing sector our research approach combines qualitative insight with in-depth statistical analysis and - where appropriate - financial analysis to clearly identify issues.

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Solutions

Our research makes clear, direct and effective proposals for change that will improve or eliminate the issues identified and improve the delivery of new homes, services and ultimately outcomes for residents.

Choice Led Shared Ownership

Place Base supported the large national home-builder, Vistry, to engage with a range of stakeholders and develop a new model of shared ownership to increase choice for first-time buyers, increase home-building and enable investment at scale from long-term private investors. The model has been designed to work for all homebuilders, including SMEs and minimise call on tax-payers' money. Place Base provided strategic advice and engagement with housing associations, for-profit providers of social housing, investors, consumer representatives, mortgage lenders and other homebuilders.

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Shared ownership insights: buyback

Place Base provided housing policy and operations expertise to Shared Ownership Resources, a charity which acts to amplify the voices of shared owners, to co-author an insight report into buyback and exit routes from shared ownership. The report explores why buyback matters, why it is not offered more widely, why it should be, and offers some proposals for a clear, fair and mandatory framework to:

support improved access to and exit from shared ownership homes;
reduce the loss of social housing to the open market, and
restore public confidence in shared ownership.