Public housing
Research Topic
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Is the housebuilding market more concentrated/less intensely competitive than other markets? How has this changed over time, and how does the UK compare in this respect with other countries? What are the implications of this?
- How can housing help to mitigate COVID-19 impacts over the longer term?
- What are the most effective interventions governments can implement to increase housing supply where most needed?
- How does demand and need for housing compare between London and the rest of England?
- Who is most/least effectively helped by the Homeless Reduction Act? What does that mean for how interventions are best targeted?
- What data, evidence and analytical tools (preventative analytics) are required to identify populations at risk of homelessness, such as families facing eviction, victims of domestic abuse, or individuals with precarious work conditions? What are the best means of outreach and engagement with at-risk populations?
- How can we mitigate the factors that put stress on families and enable them to have suitable housing and good quality home environments? • How much information and understanding do education providers across our sectors have about students’ home circumstances, and what adjustments do they make?
- How might the COVID-19 pandemic affect homelessness and rough sleeping in the longer term?
- To what extent is housing tenure (e.g. social rented, private rented, home ownership etc) driven by choice? What drives people’s choices? For example, is private renting seen as a ‘stepping-stone’ to home ownership? And how does this vary across different geographical areas?
- What family focused solutions work to ensure that children and their parents have the support needed to meet their basic needs for housing security and quality of life?
- What is the impact of housing access, affordability and associated support on homelessness?
- How can we ensure the right housing is built in the right places, and at the right time?
- What is the future need/demand for supported housing and how do its costs/cost-effectiveness compare with alternative types of support?
- What is the latest evidence on the affordability of social housing – including across different areas of England, different groups, and/or for different types of social housing? What are the impacts of this?
- What emerging evidence is there about the future housing market in a post-pandemic world? And how will net zero carbon emission homes affect this?