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Evaluating the Impact of a Housing Improvement Programme: the Case of Portobello and Belle Vue “The Houses all Look Posh Now” - Evaluating the Impact of a Housing Improvement Programme: The Case of Portobello and Belle Vue Final Report February 2011 “The Houses all Look Posh Now” - Evaluating the Impact of a Housing Improvement Programme: The Case of Portobello and Belle Vue Final Report Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research Sheffield Hallam University Professor Paul Hickman Aimée Walshaw Dr Ed Ferrari Dr Tony Gore Ian Wilson February 2011 Acknowledgements This report was produced with the help and assistance of many people and organisations. Particular thanks must go to the following members of Wakefield and District Housing: Paul Wake; Paul Wood, who directed the study in its first year; Sophie Withnall, who managed its final year; and especially, William Jacobsen, who directed it for its last three years. It was very helpful to share our ideas with the members of the Project Advisory Group: Andy Dalton (Groundwork); Cath Taylor (Wakefield Council); Martyn Gorton (WDH); Sue Hey (WDH); Jean Ashford (Local Management Committee); John Erskine (HCA); Nick O'Conner (Keepmoat plc); Tony Pisacane (WDH); Sally Hinton (West Yorkshire Housing Partnership); Shez Iqbal (Wakefield Council); Emily Ramskill (Groundwork Wakefield); Lee Sugden (WDH), Rachel Willoughby (WDH), and especially, Tony Todd, formerly of the WDH, who managed the study for its first three years. The study team is grateful to all of the individuals who agreed to be interviewed and share their thoughts with us. We are also indebted to Jude Bennington, for transcribing interviews, and Claire Lynas, Norah Keany Corr, Debra Parr, Arshad Mahmood, Javed Iqbal, Anne Moran, and Sally Martin, who all provided valuable assistance to the study team at various points of the study. We would also like to thank: our colleagues at CRESR, Emma Smith, Sarah Ward, Ian Chesters, and Louise South, for putting this (and other reports) together; BMG Ltd for conducting the two household surveys; Littlestar for producing the excellent films about the study area; and former members of the team who include Ros Goudie, Ruth Barley, Deborah Platts-Fowler, and especially Rionach Casey who managed the study for 18 months. Finally, we would also like to express our gratitude to those representatives of key local “stakeholder” organisations who we interviewed and to the many residents in Portobello and Belle Vue who gave up their time to talk to us. Ed Ferrari, Tony Gore, Paul Hickman, Aimée Walshaw and Ian Wilson. Contents Foreword from Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) ..................................................... i Executive Summary ........................................................................................................... iii 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Research Objectives ................................................................................................ 2 1.3. The Structure of the Report ...................................................................................... 2 SECTION ONE – CONTEXT ................................................................................................ 4 2. Context .................................................................................................................... 5 2.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5 2.2. The Study Area ........................................................................................................ 5 2.3. The Improvement Programme ................................................................................ 13 2.4. Policy Context, Initiatives and Developments in the Study Area ............................. 15 2.5. The Literature on the Impact of Housing Improvement Programmes ...................... 16 2.6. Summary ................................................................................................................ 17 3. Research Approach.............................................................................................. 19 3.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 19 3.2. The Difficulties Associated with Assessing the Impact of Area Based Improvement Programmes ........................................................................................................... 19 3.3. Research Approach ................................................................................................ 20 3.4. Approach to the Presentation of Analysis ............................................................... 22 3.5. Summary ................................................................................................................ 22 SECTION TWO – FINDINGS .............................................................................................. 24 4. Enhanced Satisfaction with the Home ................................................................ 30 4.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 30 4.2. Exploring Enhanced Satisfaction with the Home ..................................................... 30 4.3. A home with modern facilities ................................................................................. 32 4.4. A warmer home that costs less to heat ................................................................... 36 4.5. Improved internal decoration .................................................................................. 39 4.6. A more secure home .............................................................................................. 40 4.7. Satisfaction with the repair of the home .................................................................. 42 4.8. Exploring housing satisfaction over the course of the study .................................... 42 4.9. Using Logistic Regression Modelling to Further Understand the Key Aspects of the Home and the Improvement Programme ................................................................ 43 4.10. Summary ................................................................................................................ 47 5. Enhanced Emotional Well-being ......................................................................... 49 5.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 49 5.2. Understanding Enhanced Emotional well-being...................................................... 50 5.3. Summary ................................................................................................................ 54 6. Other Impacts ....................................................................................................... 56 6.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 56 6.2. Greater Investment in the Home by Residents ....................................................... 56 6.3. The Changing Role and Use of Home .................................................................... 58 6.4. Summary ................................................................................................................ 62 7. Assessing the Overall Impact of the Programme............................................... 64 7.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 64 7.2. Improved neighbourhood quality of life ................................................................... 64 7.3. Socio-economic problems ...................................................................................... 71 7.4. Recession .............................................................................................................. 82 7.5. The (Poor) Quality of Property Boundaries, Gardens and Public Spaces in Portobello ............................................................................................................... 88 7.6. Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 93 7.7. Summary ................................................................................................................ 96 8. Residents' Housing Stories ................................................................................. 98 8.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 98 8.2. Janette's housing story ........................................................................................... 99 8.3. Larraine's Housing Story ...................................................................................... 101 8.4. Coleen's Housing Story ........................................................................................ 103 8.5. Summary .............................................................................................................. 106 SECTION THREE – POLICY MESSAGES ....................................................................... 107 9. Conclusions and Policy Implications................................................................ 108 9.1. Introduction
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