The Open University ‘Healthy Homes' research project was commissioned in 2014 by the Public Health and Regeneration teams in Milton Keynes Council as part of the evaluation of the Lakes Estate refurbishment programme for council owned properties.
In previous regeneration work Milton Keynes Council residents reported health benefits alongside financial and other benefits, leading the public health andregeneration teams to commission research to capture the health and wellbeing impact of refurbishment of this scale more systematically. This was to be achievedby surveying households before the refurbishment works of phase two, and again after the works had been completed and experienced by residents for some months.The public health team also wanted to ascertain how public health services in the area were being used and what additional services might be needed.The resulting ‘Healthy Homes' research project is framed as a pilot project, establishing a possible blueprint for future evaluation research on housing regeneration.