Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR), The
The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) is one of the UK's leading academic research centres specialising in social and economic regeneration, housing and labour market analysis. 
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Chartered Institute of Housing
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) is the professional body for people who work in housing. A collection of free downloads publications is available here.
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Contact a Family
Contact a Family is a national organisation representing disabled children and their families. It provides advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children, including publications in a number of different community languages, and interpreted service for its helpline.
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data.gov.uk
A major new website which gives free access to government data in one place. The site contains more than 2500 sets of data from across government.  All of the data is non-personal and in a format that can be reused by any individual or business to create innovative new software tools, such as applications about house prices, local amenities and services, or access to local hospitals.
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Department of Communities and Local Government Housing Surveys
This site gives access to the English House Condition Survey (EHCS), Survey of English Housing, and the combined English Housing Survey, published from 2008 onwards.  The surveys provide information on issues such as condition and energy efficiency of housing, characteristics of housing and attitudes to housing amongst households. 
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Department of Communities and Local Government- Race Research and Statistics
The Communities and Local Government- Race Research and Statistics website provides access to a number of reports relating to race, including some touching on ethnicity and housing issues.
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hact
hact's mission is to promote people’s well being, enabling them to live in their homes and communities with dignity and independence.
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Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) - Publications
The Homes and Communities Agency is the national housing and regeneration delivery agency for England. Its role is to create thriving communities and affordable homes.   
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Housing Corporation, The
The Housing Corporation was a national Government agency which funded affordable housing and regulated housing associations in England.  Although replaced by the Tenant Services Association and Homes and Communities Agency on 30 November 2008, the Housing Corporation website remains a useful source of publications.
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Housing Diversity Network
The Housing Diversity Network provide information, consultancy and training on equality and diversity issues to the social housing sector. 
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Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) - publications
The IPPR website provides access to papers on a variety of social issues, including health, housing, democracy and equality.  The Housing and Migration and Integration papers are particularly useful.
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Irish Traveller Movement in Britain
The Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ITMB) was established in November 1999 as a second tier community development charity, following the recognition of a gap in service provision and the marginalisation of the Irish Traveller community living in Britain.The organisation became independent of its parent organisation BIAS in 2002 and successfully gained charitable status as a national community development, policy and voice organisation in 2003.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an endowed charity that funds a large, UK-wide research and development programme. Their research seeks to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice. A list of their publications is available here.
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Lemos and Crane
Lemos and Crane develops and disseminates knowledge and innovation on social policy through research, websites and conferences. BMEspark; HousingActionNet and RaceActionNet are three of their useful resources which are available through paid-for subscriptions.
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National Housing Federation
The National Housing Federation represents 1,200 not-for-profit housing associations in England and campaigns for better housing and neighbourhoods.  It publishes guides, books, manuals, online resources and free downloadable documents for housing professionals.
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Office for National Statistics
and some data from government departments and devolved administrations.
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Researching Asylum in London
RAL is an independent database of research on refugee and asylum issues relevant to London. The aim of this project is to make research more accessible to service providers and policy-makers working in the field. The database contains summaries of research and the aims, methodology, key findings, conclusions and recommendations are easily identifiable.
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Runnymede Trust- Community Studies Reports
This series of studies by Runnymede looks beyond broad generalised categories such as 'black' or 'asian' to focus on communities; their demography, links to civil society, and key political and social issues.  This page holds detailed reports on, amongst others, the Moroccan community in London, the Nepalise population in the UK and Romanian migrants in the UK.
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