Stereotypes that paint landlords as “bad” and tenants as “good”, and pit the two groups against each other, are actually holding back progress.
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The number of older renters is growing – and much less is known about their experiences in the expensive and insecure private rented sector.
There are benefits to society of good housing for all – health, wellbeing, savings from costs of crime and health – that are not captured in its price.
Not all landlords see their properties purely as investments. As welfare reforms take hold, some are starting to take greater responsibility for the well-being of their tenants.
From Berlin to New York, citizens from around the world have shown that it is possible to get governments to make affordable housing a priority.
Landlords could have a big impact on public health, if they help their tenants to feel at home.
New laws were supposed to protect people from living in unsafe conditions – but in the eyes of a judge, property guardians might not even count as ‘tenants’.
Some houses are like a time capsule of social history that can tell us how living standards, and fashions, have changed over the years.
Previous laws gave tenants very little protection – but now landlords could face court if they don’t keep their properties in good repair.
The government has had to rethink its roll-out of Universal Credit – but small tweaks to the system won’t prevent people on housing benefit from being evicted.
Young people can make big savings living with their parents, but it throws up some thorny issues.
It’s time to ditch this divisive label, and recognise the real cause of housing inequality.
Windows help those who can’t get out understand and participate in the world around them.
Excess winter deaths could be tackled by improving housing.
There’s so much that can be done to tackle the problem, The UK’s levels of homelessness are dwarfed by the US’ But so much more could be done to tackle the problem.
For a nation in the grips of a housing crisis, you’d expect high-rise developments to be good news – unfortunately not.
House prices in London fell by 0.6% in June after years of high growth.
The right to housing is enshrined in law in the Netherlands and South Africa – so what would it look like in the UK?
More and more housing in city-centres is being bought or built for the short-term rental market.
New policies on social housing and rough sleeping offer little fresh thinking on how to solve Britain’s housing shortage.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of Stirling
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor (Housing Policy), Adelaide University, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex
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University of Liverpool
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Politics and Public Administration, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy, UCL
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Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance, UCL
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Lecturer in Social Policy, Research Fellow, University of Bath
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Reader in Applied Social Research, King's College London