Public housing
Research Topic
Language: English
This is a research topic created to provide authors with a place to attach new problem publications.
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?
- 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 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?