Ian Cole

Ian Cole is Professor of Housing Studies and the Director of CRESR at Sheffield Hallam University. He has extensive experience of research, teaching and writing in the field of housing policy and practice. He was appointed Special Adviser to the Transport Local Government and the Regions Select Committee report Empty Homes. Professor Cole is heading up the housing domain in the national evaluation of the New Deal for Communities programme. He was co-author of Social engineering or consumer...See more

Ian Cole is Professor of Housing Studies and the Director of CRESR at Sheffield Hallam University. He has extensive experience of research, teaching and writing in the field of housing policy and practice. He was appointed Special Adviser to the Transport Local Government and the Regions Select Committee report Empty Homes. Professor Cole is heading up the housing domain in the national evaluation of the New Deal for Communities programme. He was co-author of Social engineering or consumer choice? Rethinking housing allocations (2001, Chartered Institute of Housing, ISBN 1 903208 18 1), based on a research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Bendan Nevin is a Consultant with ECOTEC: an international research, consulting and programme management company. He was author of Local housing companies: Progress and problems (1999, Chartered Institute of Housing, ISBN 1 900396 73 4), based on a research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. See less