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Report 18th May 2023

Financing first home ownership: modelling policy impacts at market and individual levels

Rachel Ong ViforJ, James Graham, Melek Cigdem, Christopher Phelps, Stephen Whelan

This research conducted modelling experiments to examine the relationship between different housing finance conditions and people’s ability to buy a first home. The first simulated the housing market’s response to decreases in interest rates, while the second simulated the market’s response to variations in borrowing standards such as changes in financial regulations or allowing households to borrow more or less against the value of their homes. 

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Report 4th May 2023

Sustainable social housing retrofit? Circular economy and tenant trade-offs

Emma Baker, Trivess Moore, Lyrian Daniel, Rachel Caines, Hector Padilla, Laurence Lester

This research examines the preferences and trade-offs of tenants during social housing retrofit programs, particularly in regard to implementing circular economy (CE) practices. The study looks beyond the relatively narrow consideration of energy efficiency, to respond to the broader requirements of the social housing sector—to incorporate and balance tenant needs with provider mandates, budgetary limitations, and wider social policy.

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Report 9th February 2023

Innovations in stock matching and allocations: the social housing challenge

Iris Levin, Selina Tually, Jacqueline De Vries, Trevor Kollmann, Wendy Stone, Ian Goodwin-Smith

This project examines whether current social housing allocation and matching policies and practices meet the needs of applicants or tenants and maximise social housing sector performance and efficiency outcomes. It looks at how to optimise housing stock allocations based on individual needs (including the role of support) and neighbourhood and community needs (avoiding concentrations of disadvantage and potential antisocial behaviour).

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Report 22nd December 2022

Predicting risk to inform housing policy and practice

Milad Ghasri, Wendy Stone, Hazel Easthope, Piret Veeroja

This study explores how critical life events can be used to predict short-term, medium-term and long-term periods of housing stress for individuals and households, which might, in turn, lead to further housing and related forms of disadvantage and support needs. It considers how the identification of ‘risk pathways’ support an early intervention model of housing assistance for different population groups.

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