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The UK’s housing market is not delivering for low-to-middle income families. Families are spending more of their income on housing and getting less for their money; fewer families are enjoying the security of home ownership or a social rented tenancy, with millions more living in the insecure private rented sector; and house prices have surged relative to incomes. Our work focuses on understanding the causes and impact of these developments, and on the appropriate policy responses. We also publish a quarterly Housing Outlook, in which we spotlight some of the key issues affecting housing in the UK today, and track key indicators relating to market trends, housing’s impact on living standards, and housing policy developments.

Contacts

Lindsay Judge

Research Director
T: 0203 372 2951
E: lindsay.judge@resolutionfoundation.org

Cara Pacitti

Senior Economist
T: 0203 372 2948
E: cara.pacitti@resolutionfoundation.org
Publications

Building blocks

Assessing the role of planning reform in meeting the Government’s housing targets

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The Government has prioritised planning reform as its key policy lever to deliver an ambitious target of 1.5 million additional homes by the end of this Parliament. This note explores…
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Events

Building Blocks

Can the Government hit its housing targets?

The new Government has set an ambitious target of delivering 1.5 million new homes over a five-year period – at a rate that hasn’t been achieved since the 1960s  –…
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Publications

Housing Outlook Q2 2024

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Welcome to this quarter’s Housing Outlook, where we investigate changes in the number and distribution of bedrooms in England over time, evolving norms around the number of bedrooms households require,…
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Home truths

Putting housing policy in context for the 2024 general election

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The housing offers from both main parties for the 2024 general election are similar in many respects, suggesting that the ‘penny has dropped’ when it comes to boosting housing supply,…
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Publications

Through the roof

Recent trends in rental-price growth

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In the context of the significant rental-price growth the UK has experienced over the past two years, this briefing note looks at possible causes, and what we can expect looking…
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Housing Outlook Q1 2024

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Welcome to our first Housing Outlook in what looks set to be an election year, and one where housing could well be a prominent issue. This quarter, we consider whether…
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Events

Building pressure?

Rising rents, and what to expect in the future

The combination of high house prices and stagnating incomes over recent decades, coupled with the decline of social housing, mean that millions more of us are private renters. And they…
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Comment

Housing is at the heart of the financial squeeze families are facing

In spite of rising wages and falling inflation, many households feel worse off than before

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We’re more than two years into the cost of living crisis, and some politicians are cheering its end off the back of falling inflation. However, given that more families say…
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