Case studies

Faced with a rising demand for foster homes, Buckinghamshire County Council used behaviour change insights to better understand the motivations of foster carers.

Central Bedfordshire Council and Luton Borough Council carried out ethnographic research and captured real life stories that revealed the triggers for reoffending.

Southampton City Council needed to improve the quality and quantity of recycling as residents were putting the wrong items in their recycling bins.

The LGA and English councils can learn a lot from international experience and innovation on meeting today's housing challenges. Following a request from the LGA's People and Places Board we have drawn together a collection of international housing examples from Europe and across the world. 

Cheshire West and Chester Council's integrated Early Support model aims to identify those in need of support, reducing demand on acute services.

The Council recognises that there is a very high need for affordable housing in the Plan Area.

Bristol City Council built an online reporting system and provided officers with tablets allowing them to do their work without having to visit an office.

Wealden District Council more than halved the average time between its first letter and contact by redrafting letters sent to tenants with rent arrears,

Using local knowledge to identify development sites

The project identified a number of potential sites suitable for housing development.