Philip Leather
Biographic Data
| ID | 4387848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Leather |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Leather |
| SIGNATURE | LEATHER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Housing Market Renewal Programme: Origins, Outcomes and the Effectiveness of Public Policy Interventions in a Volatile Market
This paper examines the operation of the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Programme in England over the period 2002–10. The programme aimed to address high vacancy rates and low house prices in inner-city and declining industrial areas of northern and Midlands cities. The programme achieved some success in generating new housing supply in areas where private developers had previously been reluctant to invest, but had only limited impacts on high…
Levels and Consequences of Exposure to Service User Violence: Evidence from a Sample of UK Social Care Staff
Workplace violence is a serious occupational hazard for many social care staff. In this paper, we detail the results of an investigation into the levels of client violence experienced by a sample of 363 social care staff working in a UK Shire County Department. We also explore the consequences of such violence upon job satisfaction and self-reported stress symptoms. The results reported show that levels of client violence differ across areas of s…
Funding and managing the adaptation of owner occupied homes for people with physical disabilities
The importance of housing in the implementation of community care policies is increasingly being recognized. Adapted housing is particularly important for people with physical disabilities if they are to remain living in their own homes or to return to their homes after leaving hospital. In 1990 there was a major change in the funding arrangements for adaptation work with the introduction of a new disabled facilities grant. This paper draws on th…
Grants to Home-owners: A Policy in Search of Objectives
This paper examines the policy of providing capital grants to home-owners in England and Wales for repairs and improvements to their properties since its origins in the late 1940s. Such grants have been the major mechanism for delivering state support to home-owners with repairs and improvements and at times have formed a major component of public spending. Grant aid, usually covering 50 per cent of approved costs, was initially intended as an in…
Nest-building or investing in the future? Owner-occupiers’ home improvement behaviour
English This article uses qualitative data to explore in detail owners’ accounts of why they choose to undertake particular works on their houses. It argues that motivation is strongly linked to the importance people place on their homes as a site of comfort and the locus of family life. This suggests that ‘consumption’-motivated expenditure is frequently prioritised rather than ‘investment’ motivated work. This helps explain why there is conside…
The ageing of the property owning democracy
Existing tenure trends amongst middle-aged households mean that the next two decades will inevitably see significant increases in the numbers of older home owners in Britain. This paper applies estimates of trends in home ownership amongst older households in England, broken down by age group and household type, to official household projections to derive detailed estimates of the number of older home owners up to the year 2011. Additional data a…
Encouraging Private Investment in Older Housing
In the United Kingdom owner occupied pre-1919 housing forms the largest element of housing stock in poor condition and is the main focus of housing renewal policies. The rapid growth of homeownership and lack of rental houses have attracted many low income people. Grants to homeowners for repair and improvement have been the focus of government renewal policies over the past 20 years. Grant aid has not always targeted the worst properties nor has…
Home owners in negative equity
The Estate Action initiative
The Long Term Impact of Staying Put
Staying Put projects provide practical help to older home owners with the repair and improvement of their homes. A number of studies have examined the immediate impact of this help on the housing conditions experienced by older people and on their ability to remain living independently in the community, but the extent to which these benefits could last for a long period of time was not known. This paper describes the findings of a study which att…
The role of the private sector in housing renewal: Lessons from the neighbourhood revitalisation services experiment in England
During the 1980s the British government made a number of attempts to involve the private sector in the administration and financing of housing renewal initiatives in inner city areas. One of the most significant of these was the Neighbourhood Revitalisation Services (NRS) initiative which was based on the Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) concept developed in the United States. This paper traces the history of housing renewal policy in England …
Helping Home Owners to Help Themselves? Recent developments housing renewal policy in housing renewal policy
This paper reviews developments in private sector housing renewal policy in England and Wales in the 1980s, and looks forward to the 1990s in the light of new legislation which came into operation in July 1990. Initially the paper looks at evidence on the condition of housing stock and at demographic, economic and social trends affecting dwelling stock condition and the ability of households to repair, improve or maintain their dwellings. It then…
The potential and implications of home equity release in old age
Studies of the implications of wealth accumulation through owner occupation have begun to focus on the inheritance of housing wealth. This paper suggests that such studies give too little emphasis to the consumption of home equity by older people. To date, the use of home equity has been relatively insignificant but this reflects the limitations of existing equity release mechanisms rather than a lack of underlying demand. The scale of equity hel…
Housing (Dis?) Investment Programmes
Housing and Public Policy: A Review Article
Nest-building or investing in the future? Owner-occupiers’ home improvement behaviour
English This article uses qualitative data to explore in detail owners’ accounts of why they choose to undertake particular works on their houses. It argues that motivation is strongly linked to the importance people place on their homes as a site of comfort and the locus of family life. This suggests that ‘consumption’-motivated expenditure is frequently prioritised rather than ‘investment’ motivated work. This helps explain why there is conside…
The potential and implications of home equity release in old age
Studies of the implications of wealth accumulation through owner occupation have begun to focus on the inheritance of housing wealth. This paper suggests that such studies give too little emphasis to the consumption of home equity by older people. To date, the use of home equity has been relatively insignificant but this reflects the limitations of existing equity release mechanisms rather than a lack of underlying demand. The scale of equity hel…
Levels and Consequences of Exposure to Service User Violence: Evidence from a Sample of UK Social Care Staff
Workplace violence is a serious occupational hazard for many social care staff. In this paper, we detail the results of an investigation into the levels of client violence experienced by a sample of 363 social care staff working in a UK Shire County Department. We also explore the consequences of such violence upon job satisfaction and self-reported stress symptoms. The results reported show that levels of client violence differ across areas of s…
The Housing Market Renewal Programme: Origins, Outcomes and the Effectiveness of Public Policy Interventions in a Volatile Market
This paper examines the operation of the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Programme in England over the period 2002–10. The programme aimed to address high vacancy rates and low house prices in inner-city and declining industrial areas of northern and Midlands cities. The programme achieved some success in generating new housing supply in areas where private developers had previously been reluctant to invest, but had only limited impacts on high…
Funding and managing the adaptation of owner occupied homes for people with physical disabilities
The importance of housing in the implementation of community care policies is increasingly being recognized. Adapted housing is particularly important for people with physical disabilities if they are to remain living in their own homes or to return to their homes after leaving hospital. In 1990 there was a major change in the funding arrangements for adaptation work with the introduction of a new disabled facilities grant. This paper draws on th…
The ageing of the property owning democracy
Existing tenure trends amongst middle-aged households mean that the next two decades will inevitably see significant increases in the numbers of older home owners in Britain. This paper applies estimates of trends in home ownership amongst older households in England, broken down by age group and household type, to official household projections to derive detailed estimates of the number of older home owners up to the year 2011. Additional data a…
The Long Term Impact of Staying Put
Staying Put projects provide practical help to older home owners with the repair and improvement of their homes. A number of studies have examined the immediate impact of this help on the housing conditions experienced by older people and on their ability to remain living independently in the community, but the extent to which these benefits could last for a long period of time was not known. This paper describes the findings of a study which att…
Housing (Dis?) Investment Programmes
Grants to Home-owners: A Policy in Search of Objectives
This paper examines the policy of providing capital grants to home-owners in England and Wales for repairs and improvements to their properties since its origins in the late 1940s. Such grants have been the major mechanism for delivering state support to home-owners with repairs and improvements and at times have formed a major component of public spending. Grant aid, usually covering 50 per cent of approved costs, was initially intended as an in…
Helping Home Owners to Help Themselves? Recent developments housing renewal policy in housing renewal policy
This paper reviews developments in private sector housing renewal policy in England and Wales in the 1980s, and looks forward to the 1990s in the light of new legislation which came into operation in July 1990. Initially the paper looks at evidence on the condition of housing stock and at demographic, economic and social trends affecting dwelling stock condition and the ability of households to repair, improve or maintain their dwellings. It then…
Housing and Public Policy: A Review Article
Housing (Dis?) Investment Programmes
The potential and implications of home equity release in old age
Studies of the implications of wealth accumulation through owner occupation have begun to focus on the inheritance of housing wealth. This paper suggests that such studies give too little emphasis to the consumption of home equity by older people. To date, the use of home equity has been relatively insignificant but this reflects the limitations of existing equity release mechanisms rather than a lack of underlying demand. The scale of equity hel…
The role of the private sector in housing renewal: Lessons from the neighbourhood revitalisation services experiment in England
During the 1980s the British government made a number of attempts to involve the private sector in the administration and financing of housing renewal initiatives in inner city areas. One of the most significant of these was the Neighbourhood Revitalisation Services (NRS) initiative which was based on the Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) concept developed in the United States. This paper traces the history of housing renewal policy in England …
Helping Home Owners to Help Themselves? Recent developments housing renewal policy in housing renewal policy
This paper reviews developments in private sector housing renewal policy in England and Wales in the 1980s, and looks forward to the 1990s in the light of new legislation which came into operation in July 1990. Initially the paper looks at evidence on the condition of housing stock and at demographic, economic and social trends affecting dwelling stock condition and the ability of households to repair, improve or maintain their dwellings. It then…
The Long Term Impact of Staying Put
Staying Put projects provide practical help to older home owners with the repair and improvement of their homes. A number of studies have examined the immediate impact of this help on the housing conditions experienced by older people and on their ability to remain living independently in the community, but the extent to which these benefits could last for a long period of time was not known. This paper describes the findings of a study which att…
The Estate Action initiative
Encouraging Private Investment in Older Housing
In the United Kingdom owner occupied pre-1919 housing forms the largest element of housing stock in poor condition and is the main focus of housing renewal policies. The rapid growth of homeownership and lack of rental houses have attracted many low income people. Grants to homeowners for repair and improvement have been the focus of government renewal policies over the past 20 years. Grant aid has not always targeted the worst properties nor has…
Home owners in negative equity
The ageing of the property owning democracy
Existing tenure trends amongst middle-aged households mean that the next two decades will inevitably see significant increases in the numbers of older home owners in Britain. This paper applies estimates of trends in home ownership amongst older households in England, broken down by age group and household type, to official household projections to derive detailed estimates of the number of older home owners up to the year 2011. Additional data a…
Grants to Home-owners: A Policy in Search of Objectives
This paper examines the policy of providing capital grants to home-owners in England and Wales for repairs and improvements to their properties since its origins in the late 1940s. Such grants have been the major mechanism for delivering state support to home-owners with repairs and improvements and at times have formed a major component of public spending. Grant aid, usually covering 50 per cent of approved costs, was initially intended as an in…
Nest-building or investing in the future? Owner-occupiers’ home improvement behaviour
English This article uses qualitative data to explore in detail owners’ accounts of why they choose to undertake particular works on their houses. It argues that motivation is strongly linked to the importance people place on their homes as a site of comfort and the locus of family life. This suggests that ‘consumption’-motivated expenditure is frequently prioritised rather than ‘investment’ motivated work. This helps explain why there is conside…
Funding and managing the adaptation of owner occupied homes for people with physical disabilities
The importance of housing in the implementation of community care policies is increasingly being recognized. Adapted housing is particularly important for people with physical disabilities if they are to remain living in their own homes or to return to their homes after leaving hospital. In 1990 there was a major change in the funding arrangements for adaptation work with the introduction of a new disabled facilities grant. This paper draws on th…
Levels and Consequences of Exposure to Service User Violence: Evidence from a Sample of UK Social Care Staff
Workplace violence is a serious occupational hazard for many social care staff. In this paper, we detail the results of an investigation into the levels of client violence experienced by a sample of 363 social care staff working in a UK Shire County Department. We also explore the consequences of such violence upon job satisfaction and self-reported stress symptoms. The results reported show that levels of client violence differ across areas of s…
The Housing Market Renewal Programme: Origins, Outcomes and the Effectiveness of Public Policy Interventions in a Volatile Market
This paper examines the operation of the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Programme in England over the period 2002–10. The programme aimed to address high vacancy rates and low house prices in inner-city and declining industrial areas of northern and Midlands cities. The programme achieved some success in generating new housing supply in areas where private developers had previously been reluctant to invest, but had only limited impacts on high…
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