Tuesday 30th March 2010
Updating housing markets
North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire have once again re-appointed Outside Consultants to review their housing markets and needs assessment to ensure it is both current and fit-for-purpose. This work will involve updating the housing markets intelligence and the housing needs models for the two authorities. This continues our successful relationship with the two authorities that dates back to the original Housing Needs and Markets Assessment in 2006.
Monday 8th February 2010
Back to school!
Over the next couple of months, we get to go back to school and spend time in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales at the same time! And get paid for it! Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has appointed Outside Consultants to evaluate their outreach work with Eastwood Primary School in Keighley. A short, focussed piece of work to determine through questionnaires, focus groups and interviews the extent to which the outreach work has raised awareness of the Dales as a leisure destination and/or resulted in more visits to the Dales. Did I mention, we get paid for it too!!! Brilliant!
Friday 17th July 2009
Leeds Irish Health and Homes (LIHH) have appointed Outside Consultants in partnership with re'new to undertake a feasibility study and business case for Extra Care Housing for older Irish people in Leeds. This is an excting opportunity to inform the development of extra care housing in Leeds and complements the work we are already doing in this regard with Leeds City Council. Furthermore it enhances our considerable portfolio in the field of older people's housing needs.
Tuesday 14th July 2009
Central Lancashire Housing Market Partnership has asked Outside Consultants, with our partners Three Dragons, to conduct an Affordable Housing Viability Assessment. Ever since Blyth Valley, local authorities have recognised the increasing importance of having robust and defendable viability information to enhance SHMA findings both for the development of planning policy and for site-by-site negotiations.
Wednesday 22nd May 2009
Leeds City Council is submitting a Round 6 PFI bid for Extra Care Housing in the District. Outside Consultants have been commissioned to provide evidence to support the bid. This will entail a face-to-face survey and focus groups with older people to assess their future housing needs, their aspirations and their views of different housing and support services. The study will complete in July 2009.
