Collaborative housing and innovation in care (CHIC)
The Collaborative Housing and Innovation in Care (CHIC) research project (2021-24), funded by the NIHR/SSCR, explored the ways in which collaborative housing in the UK might help meet the changing care needs of older people.
WEBPAGE: Exploring the ways in which collaborative housing might help meet the changing care needs of older people.
BOOK: Edited collection on CH, Ageing and Care, briging lessons from European research and policy and pracitioner voices
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Cohousing and the role of intermediaries in later life transitions. Ageing and Society. 2025.
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Collaborative housing communities through the COVID-19 pandemic: rethinking governance and mutuality. Housing Studies. 2023
REPORT: Project report, with all findings and methodology.
GRANT: Landmark Futures writing retreat grant award for book project
POLICY PANEL: Final policy panel video recording, with leading policy and practice experts debating the potential of collaborative housing for the future of social care and ageing.
FILM: 'Collaborative Housing: a better place to go?' A short film about the CHIC project, involving some of those who took part in the research.
BARCELONA: An international exchange of European research, practice and lived experiences at the intersections of collaborative housing, innovative care practices and ageing. Full event outputs linked.