Beaver Housing Grouphttp://members.aol.com/beavgroup/hpage.htmA major provider of rented, shared ownership and special needs accommodations in London, the Beaver House site includes projects, links, and other information about affordable rented housing, shared ownership and similar housing associations.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted Beth Johnson Housing Grouphttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bjhg/The site for an English housing association, information is provided about their ongoing projects and programs, and includes a large list of links to English housing-related publications, political parties, networks, associations, and financial institutions.Rating: InformativeLocation: Stoke-on-Trent, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted 

 

Bob’s Open Doorhttp://www.cix.co.uk/~franklin/With the self-proclaimed mission statement “Open Door is committed to bringing you subjective, unreliable, and probably out of date comments on social housing websites,” this site includes a wonderful array of housing-related sites. Be sure to check out Bob’s downloadable “Affordability Spreadsheet.”Rating: RecommendedLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Neighborhood / Community, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Broadland Housing Association.http://www.broadland-housing.org.uk/Although the site indicates that “this non-profit housing agency provides homes for people in housing need, including families, single persons, the elderly, and those in special need,” the site is woefully lacking in other information.Rating: InformativeLocation: Norwich, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing Bromford Carinthia Housing Associationhttp://www.telford.gov.uk/bromcar.htmGeared toward redeveloping vacant properties, maintaining community atmosphere, and creating housing for those with special needs, this Housing Association site lists project and office locations and details projects to date.Rating: InformativeLocation: Wolverhampton, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Neighborhood / Community Cardiff YMCA Housing Associationhttp://info.cf.ac.uk/ccin/main/employ/ymca/ymca3.htmlThe Association’s site describes their effort to tackle the homelessness problem in Cardiff through the provision of good quality temporary accommodations. Hostel regulations, provisions, and contact information is provided.Rating: InformativeLocation: Cardiff, Wales, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Wales, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Centre for Housing Policy — University of Yorkhttp://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/Welcome.htmThe work of the Centre includes both short term policy evaluation and long term reflective research and most of its work falls within the broad area of housing and social policy. Although often slow to load and somewhat difficult to navigate through, this page includes useful information in their newsletter, conference information, and research summaries.Rating: InformativeLocation: York, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, University Program, Legal / Policy Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies — University of Glasgowhttp://www.gla.ac.uk/Inter/CHRUS/This site provides information about the Centre’s programs and studies, ongoing research, related information, and links to similar housing research institutes. Their main study focus lies in housing finance and economics, housing and urban society, and urban change and policy.Rating: InformativeLocation: Glasgow, Scotland, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Scotland, National, University Program, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy Centre for Urban and Community Research — Goldsmiths College / University of Londonhttp://www.gold.ac.uk/cucr/homep.htmThis site describes the mission and objectives of the Centre, which revolve around the promotion of housing and community development research at national and international levels. Information is also provided about degree programs at Goldsmith College, seminars, conferences, newsletters, and their ongoing research.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, University Program, Legal / Policy, Neighborhood / Community Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies — University of Newcastle-upon-Tynehttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ncurds/This site describes the mission, goals and objectives of the Centre, which revolve around the promotion of economic, social, housing and community development research. Information is also provided about seminars, conferences, newsletters, useful links, and their ongoing research.Rating: InformativeLocation: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, University Program, Neighborhood / Community Centre for Urban and Regional Studies — University of Birminghamhttp://www.bham.ac.uk/curs/This site covers CURS’ research and development programs in management and policy issues in housing, urban development and renewal, poverty and deprivation, and other related issues. The University’s degrees and programs are also discussed.Rating: InformativeLocation: Birmingham, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Non-Profit Organization, University Program, Special Interest / Minority, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Shelter / Homeless Chartered Institute of Housing — London Chapterhttp://www.focusnet.co.uk/cih/The online newsletter meant to keep branch members informed of events, this site maintains a library of past presentations related to elderly and disabled housing, as well as general housing issues and discussions. Unfortunately, it is not well updated or maintained, which makes it rather frustrating to use.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Membership Group, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Neighborhood / Community, Assisted Living, Hospice / Healthcare Comhairle: The Scottish Centre for European Policy Sector Studies — University of Paisleyhttp://www.paisley.ac.uk/research/co-This site has copies of all Scottish public sector annual reports and accounts from 1994 to date, and a comprehensive range of journals and magazines in the library. Also discussed are ongoing research projects in areas including housing; education; local economic development; nursing; health economics, management and policy; defense; human resource management in the public sector; financial reporting in the public sector; and organization and administration in the public sector.Rating: InformativeLocation: Paisley, Scotland, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Scotland, National, Non-Profit Organization, University Program, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Special Interest / Minority Community Self-Build — Scotlandhttp://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/csbs/This site promotes CSBS’ desire to deliver more housing through the mechanism of community self-build–constructing or redeveloping their own housing with the aid of knowledgeable volunteers. Other information includes how to secure financing for a project, how to develop a project, news, and links to related sites.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Edinburgh, Scotland, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Scotland, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Construction / Product, Design / Architectural, Neighborhood / Community COPAC Online Public Access Cataloguehttp://cs6400.mcc.ac.uk/copac/”COPAC is a new national Online Public Access Catalogue, providing unified access to the online catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland.” A searchable database, this site provides direct access to several extensive bibliographic collections.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Manchester, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Multi-National, Index / Periodical Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Housing Divisionhttp://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/This site contains information about their various programs and services, including Housing and Community Care, Council Tenants’ Charter, a Housing Database of unit availability, Housing and Construction Legislation, and their Housing and Regeneration Newsletter. Although limited in its scope, it should prove useful for people interested in United Kingdom’s housing issues.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy Earthscan Publications, Ltd.http://www.earthscan.co.uk/The site for this leading English publisher of books on environment and sustainable development contains information about recent housing, sustainability, and environmentally-conscious publications, a searchable catalog, purchasing information, and links to related sites.Rating: RecommendedLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Index / Periodical, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community Environment Agency of England and Waleshttp://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/This searchable site “provides comprehensive information and advice on the protection and management of the environment” and contains detailed state of the environment information, resources, publications, press releases, current programs and projects, and other pertinent resources.Rating: InformativeLocation: Bristol, England, Wales, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, UK, Wales, National, Index / Periodical, Legal / Policy, Environmental / Sustainable Ferguslie Park Partnershiphttp://www.ccis.org.uk/fp/This site provides information about this Scottish cooperative housing development which allows residents to take “greater responsibility for their own affairs, take a full part in the economic life of Paisley, Renfrew and Glasgow and to live in decent housing in a pleasant environment.” Heavily relying on community activism, shared resources, and combined economic resources, this development incorporates methods of cohousing and healthy neighborhood planning in one development. Information is provided about education, poverty, homelessness, community issues, and related topics as discussed by the Ferguslie Park Partnership.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Paisley, Scotland, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Scotland, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Ferret Information Systems, Ltd.http://www.ferret.co.uk/This site claims to be home of “Britain’s largest supplier of advisory systems in the field of welfare benefits and related law.” While I cannot attest to the validity of that statement, the site does contain a wealth of information about housing and welfare issues, a calendar of events and conferences, programs for sale to help in calculating price, benefit and payment schedules, and includes links to a variety of United Kingdom law sites.Rating: InformativeLocation: Cardiff, Wales, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Wales, National, Private Business, Index / Periodical, Fair housing, Legal / Policy Homes For Changehttp://www.gabriel.co.uk/heaven/h4c/h4c.html”Homes for Change is a co-operative venture generating a mixture of housing and workspace in the United Kingdom,” whose goal is to “to prove that quality design is affordable for just about anyone. No longer can poor quality housing be justified on the basis of cost.” Project photographs and plans, as well as goals, history and a handbook for co-operative development design are included on the site.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Manchester, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Design / Architectural, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Hostels Onlinehttp://www.hostels.org.uk/This site, which you must register to use (although guest usage is allowed), contains up-to-the-hour information on available beds in the London area in transitional and youth hostels.Rating: ExcellentLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Index / Periodical, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Housing and Household Amenitieshttp://kennedy.soc.surrey.ac.uk/qb/topics/housing_level_1.htmThis site contains information about, and results from, a United Kingdom survey of housing and housing amenities.Rating: RecommendedLocation: England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Legal / Policy, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community Housing Corporationhttp://www.demon.co.uk/hcorp/This site is the home of “a public body supporting social housing in England by working with Registered Social Landlords and others to provide good homes for those in housing need.” While the effort seems worthwhile, there is little information provided on their homepage.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Housing Managementhttp://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/hm.htmThis site details publication information about various Housing Management books and articles available from the University of York.Rating: RecommendedLocation: York, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Index / Periodical, University Program, Affordable / Assisted, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative, Shelter / Homeless Housing Studieshttp://www.carfax.co.uk/hos-ad.htmThis site provides subscription information for this journal that includes contributions from many different disciplines including economics, political science, urban studies, history, social administration, sociology, geography, law and planning. This site only contains information about the journal and how to receive it, not information contained within the journal. If you are a subscriber, you can link to the journal online at no charge.Rating: InformativeLocation: Abingdon, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Multi-National, Private Business, Index / Periodical Housing Todayhttp://www.housingtoday.org.uk/This is the site for the online version of “UK’s leading weekly magazine for social housing providers.” It contains the latest articles and features, job listings, links to related resources, a searchable archive of past issues, directory of products and services, events and subscription information, and is very well organized and easy use.Rating: RecommendedLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative Inside Housing: The National Voice of Housinghttp://www.atlas.co.uk/inside/This is the site of a weekly news magazine aimed at all working in or concerned with social housing across the United Kingdom. It features UK housing links, job listings, their services, programs and events, as well as subscription information.Rating: InformativeLocation: UKRelated pages: UK, National, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Special Interest / Minority, Environmental / Sustainable, Hospice / Healthcare, Shelter / Homeless Joseph Rowntree Foundationhttp://www.jrf.org.uk/This site “supports programs of research and innovative development in the fields of housing, social care and social policy,” includes its publications, and contains a vast amount of research findings in a fully searchable database.Rating: RecommendedLocation: York, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Special Interest / Minority, Construction / Product, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Assisted Living, Hospice / Healthcare, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Liverpool Housing Trusthttp://www.lht.co.uk/This Trust and site “exist to promote and provide high quality affordable housing services for people in need within and around Merseyside through the efficient use of human, physical and financial resources and the active participation of tenants in the management and control of the association.” Providing information about social housing in the United Kingdom and worldwide, this site also includes an excellent links page, and listing of their services, tenancies and supported initiatives.Rating: InformativeLocation: Liverpool, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative MAGNAhttp://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/MagnaHA/MAGNA has a “commitment to providing good quality affordable homes wherever there is a housing need.” The slightly outdated site for this UK Housing Development Corporation has information about its past projects, ongoing programs, continued services, and has links to other UK housing corporations.Rating: InformativeLocation: Dorset, UKRelated pages: UK, National, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy Maritime Housing Associationhttp://www.merseyworld.com/maritime/“The aim of the Maritime Housing Association is to provide good quality, affordable housing for rent or for sale to people who are homeless, living in poor and/or overcrowded conditions, or who need re-housing for medical or social reasons.” This site has limited descriptions of the Association’s services and goals, but has an lengthy list of United Kingdom housing related sites.Rating: InformativeLocation: Liverpool, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing National Housing Federationhttp://www.housing.org.uk/This site provides detailed information about the latest news in housing policy and planning in the United Kingdom. Purchasable publications, free resources, and links to a variety of related UK sites are provided.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy North British Housing Associationhttp://www.nbha.co.uk/This is the site of a non-profit organization providing a wide variety of housing developments including hostels, urban renewal projects, shelters, housing for the elderly, and all other types of housing in the United Kingdom. Links to other social housing sites are also listed.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Lancashire, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Special Interest / Minority, Assisted Living Planwebhttp://www.planweb.co.uk/This site contains “Internet information resources for town planners and land property professionals,” and includes a wealth of links to planning, organization, GIS, environmental, and local authority sites.Rating: InformativeLocation: Warwickshire, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Multi-National, State / Regional / Local, Private Business, Index / Periodical, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community Poptel InfoSource — Housing Issues Bulletin Boardhttp://www.poptel.org.uk/housing/This site provides pertinent information about this United Kingdom based bulletin board, aimed at providing “an open forum for anyone interested in UK housing to discuss any issues relevant to housing, homelessness and related issues.” Details of how to join and post to the list, and other list information is provided.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Manchester, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Special Interest / Minority, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Cohousing / Cooperative, Hospice / Healthcare, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Priority Youth Housinghttp://www.gn.apc.org/priority/”Priority Youth Housing provides affordable accommodation with support to single homeless people aged 16-25 years old in Bristol, England.” Their site provides writing by residents, advice and information about housing, legal, career, financial, health, and women’s issues, local contacts, and links to related sites.Rating: InformativeLocation: Bristol, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Special Interest / Minority, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Question Bank — The Centre for Applied Social Surveyshttp://kennedy.soc.surrey.ac.uk/qb/Welcome.htmlThe entire “Question Bank” of survey topics is keyword searchable and includes links to United Kingdom surveys about housing definitions and structure, race, gender, economic activity and other related issues.Rating: RecommendedLocation: England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Legal / Policy, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community Resource Information Service: A Guide to Homelessness in the UKhttp://www.ris.org.uk/This site provides information about organizations, resources and agencies available for housing the homeless in the United Kingdom. Information about legislation, accommodations, homelessness, and links to important resources are provided.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Affordable / Assisted, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Riverside Housing Associationhttp://www.riverside.org.uk/The site for an English housing association whose “aim is to provide, improve and manage good-quality housing for rent for those who need it most,” it includes detailed information about crime, community development, training and employment, health, and a variety of information about the association itself.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Liverpool, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Design / Architectural, Environmental / Sustainable, Neighborhood / Community, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Scottish Homes — Housing Information in Scotlandhttp://www.scot-homes.gov.uk/Although this site is somewhat slow to load, it is worth the wait. Striving to tackle Scotland’s housing problems, this page includes details of their housing management, regional associations, strategies, financial responsibilities, publications, news and contact information. Information about their research on homelessness, rural housing, minorities, and community issues is also included.Rating: RecommendedLocation: Glasgow, Scotland, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, Scotland, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Special Interest / Minority, Neighborhood / Community, Shelter / Homeless SHAH Housing Aid Centerhttp://www.shah-hastings.demon.co.uk/On this site you’ll find information about SHAH’s housing aid, services, volunteering, current housing issues, housing advice, and links to other sites related to United Kingdom’s housing concerns.Rating: InformativeLocation: Hastings, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing Shelterhttp://www.shelter.org.uk/This site is home of the United Kingdom’s National Campaign for Homeless People, and provides information about their fundraising, projects, publications, press releases, case studies and Fair Housing.Rating: RecommendedLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Fair housing, Legal / Policy, Shelter / Homeless, Transitional Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/”SOSIG is an online catalogue of thousands of high quality Internet resources relevant to social science education and research. Every resource has been selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist.” By searching for “housing,” for example, a series of related terms are displayed to choose from. This is an excellent site that you should surely bookmark.Rating: ExcellentLocation: Bristol, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Multi-National, Index / Periodical Strutton Housing Associationhttp://www.dircon.co.uk/strutton/”Strutton is the largest non-statutory provider of quality housing for people with HIV disease in the United Kingdom.” Tenant surveys, details of existing accommodations, location maps of units, and information regarding maintenance, rent and services are provided.Rating: InformativeLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Disability Concern, Fair housing, Assisted Living, Hospice / Healthcare Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trusthttp://www.london-calling.co.uk/hat/hat.htmlThis site includes information about HATs, developing homes, involving residents, working with the community and other proactive housing techniques.Rating: RecommendedLocation: London, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, National, Non-Profit Organization, Affordable / Assisted, Neighborhood / Community Two-Piers Housing Cooperativehttp://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~twopiers/twopiers/welcome.htmlThis site details the elements of this cooperative housing development’s lifestyle, community, and organizational techniques. Principles, meetings, and related details are provided.Rating: InformativeLocation: Sussex, England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, State / Regional / Local, Non-Profit Organization, Cohousing / Cooperative United Kingdom Social Housing Link — University of Westminsterhttp://www.wmin.ac.uk/Env/CHS/ukhouse/ukhom.htmlThis site highlights issues of “fair access to affordable homes in decent condition, the public and private provision of housing for those in housing need, and strategies and alternative policies from all sources for meeting housing needs.” Links to newsgroups, bulletin boards and other resource forums are provided.Rating: InformativeLocation: England, UKRelated pages: UK, UK, England, Multi-National, Index / Periodical, Affordable / Assisted, Legal / Policy, Neighborhood / Community