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View article: Judy Yates and Housing Economics
Judy Yates and Housing Economics Open
This editorial captures the history of immense contributions that Judy Yates AM has made to the discipline of housing economics. It traces her legacy and combines notes of personal appreciation by two international colleagues that Judy wor…
View article: Appendices
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Affordability is, perhaps, the greatest housing problem facing households today, both in the UK and internationally. Even though most households are now well housed, hardship is disproportionately concentrated among low-income and younger …
View article: Capturing development value, principles and practice: why is it so difficult?
Capturing development value, principles and practice: why is it so difficult? Open
Land prices have risen significantly in England over the last two decades, generating debate about how far ‘unearned increments’, particularly those arising with planning permission, can and should be taxed for the public good. In principl…
View article: Can ‘permission in principle’ for new housing in England increase certainty, reduce ‘planning risk’, and accelerate housing supply?
Can ‘permission in principle’ for new housing in England increase certainty, reduce ‘planning risk’, and accelerate housing supply? Open
In this article we examine the probable impact of moving towards ‘up front’ planning permission for housing schemes in England, on development pace and future housing supply. That examination draws on interviews and focus groups with plann…
View article: Comment – On building typologies of housing systems in the OECD
Comment – On building typologies of housing systems in the OECD Open
Rising inequalities in access to home ownership among young households in France, 1973France, -2013 While the rate of homeownership among households aged 25 to 44 is stable over the period 1973-2013, disparities according to standard of li…
View article: Housing policy and the changing tenure mix
Housing policy and the changing tenure mix Open
The paper discusses the many reasons why housing policy can appear to be both incoherent and ineffective - with too many Departments involved each with different objectives and a plethora of policies pulling in different directions. Drawin…
View article: The future size and composition of the private rented sector: an LSE London project for Shelter
The future size and composition of the private rented sector: an LSE London project for Shelter Open
Current forecasts suggest that perhaps one in four households in England and maybe one in three in London might be living in the private rented sector by 2025. However, there has been little attempt to identify which household types are li…
View article: Review of research on migration influences and implications for population dynamics in the wider South East
Review of research on migration influences and implications for population dynamics in the wider South East Open
The Wider South East (WSE) is a large, diverse, dynamic, well networked and polycentric region – although with over a third of its population in one central conurbation. The effect of this combination of characteristics is to give it a hig…
View article: FACILITATING CONSUMER-DIRECTED DECISION MAKING IN LONG-TERM CARE: RESULTS FROM A CITIZENS’ JURY
FACILITATING CONSUMER-DIRECTED DECISION MAKING IN LONG-TERM CARE: RESULTS FROM A CITIZENS’ JURY Open
People with dementia are increasingly vocal about their right to make decisions regarding their own care. Enabling informed choice is a challenge in long term care where many residents are in the later stages of dementia. Care facilities a…
View article: Fiscal austerity and rental housing policy in the US and UK, 2010-2016
Fiscal austerity and rental housing policy in the US and UK, 2010-2016 Open
The purpose of this paper is to compare the dynamics and initial impacts of austerity in the US and the UK (notably England) on affordable rental housing programs and housing support for low income tenants. The focus is upon budget retrenc…
View article: Social Housing Models: Past and Future
Social Housing Models: Past and Future Open
The absence of choice stigmatises Social Housing. “Intentionally Homeless” for refusal to accept a “reasonable” offer of social housing provision by Local Authorities in the UK should be done away with. Instead, a liberalization of the tax…
View article: Is Housing a Health Insult?
Is Housing a Health Insult? Open
In seeking to understand the relationship between housing and health, research attention is often focussed on separate components of people’s whole housing ‘bundles’. We propose in this paper that such conceptual and methodological abstrac…
View article: International review of planning Systems, Christine Whitehead
International review of planning Systems, Christine Whitehead Open
On 10 May 2017, Christine Whitehead presented at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) planners away day. Her presentation, ‘International Review of Planning Systems‘, provided just that, a review of international plan…
View article: Unlocking the benefits and potential of build to rent: A British Property Federation report commissioned from Savills, academically reviewed by LSE, and sponsored by Barclays
Unlocking the benefits and potential of build to rent: A British Property Federation report commissioned from Savills, academically reviewed by LSE, and sponsored by Barclays Open
The British Property Federation (BPF) commissioned this report to help understand whether the build to rent (BTR) sector would benefit from any specific policy measures to help the sector establish during its infancy phase. The research wa…
View article: Rising to the challenge: London's housing crisis
Rising to the challenge: London's housing crisis Open
The capital’s most pressing problem is how to accelerate the production of new housing, which has been stubbornly unresponsive to market and demographic pressures. Over the past two years LSE London has been conducting a wide-ranging acade…
View article: Accelerating housing production in London: main findings
Accelerating housing production in London: main findings Open
Over the last year LSE London organised a series of seminars, round tables and site visits around this the question of how to accelerate new housing development in the capital. Together with practitioners we have analysed barriers to incre…
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Action Plan for the Risk of Non-compliance (PARI) (Portugal), 319 adjustable rate mortgages (ARM) (
View article: Housing as Asset Based Welfare: A Comment
Housing as Asset Based Welfare: A Comment Open
This paper aims to provide a contribution to the debate about housing as asset based welfare begun in this journal in 2015.It suggests that there are strong reasons associated with life cycle earnings and consumption why owner-occupation c…
View article: Housing as asset based welfare: A comment
Housing as asset based welfare: A comment Open
This paper aims to provide a contribution to the debate about housing as asset based welfare begun in this journal in 2015. It suggests that there are strong reasons associated with life cycle earnings and consumption why owner-occupation …
View article: Understanding the Role of Private Renting: A Four-Country Case Study
Understanding the Role of Private Renting: A Four-Country Case Study Open
After decades of decline, private renting has started to expand again in some European countries, often as owner-occupation falls. Two projects supported by the Knowledge Centre for Housing Economics have looked at the reasons for decline …
View article: Housing markets, economic productivity, and risk: international evidence and policy implications for Australia - Volume 1: Outcomes of an Investigative Panel,
Housing markets, economic productivity, and risk: international evidence and policy implications for Australia - Volume 1: Outcomes of an Investigative Panel, Open
Inefficient housing markets can have widespread and lasting impacts on productivity and the wider economy. Poor spatial structures, for example, mean increased travel time and congestion, while lack of affordable housing near employment ex…
View article: Housing markets, economic productivity, and risk: international evidence and policy implications for Australia - Volume 2: Supplementary papers
Housing markets, economic productivity, and risk: international evidence and policy implications for Australia - Volume 2: Supplementary papers Open
Inefficient housing markets can have widespread and lasting impacts on productivity and the wider economy. Poor spatial structures, for example, mean increased travel time and congestion, while lack of affordable housing near employment ex…
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indicated by italic page numbers, footnotes by suffix 'n' 'active land policy' [Netherlands], 248 affordable housing Australia, 236-9 change in tenure, 159, 209 commuted payments in lieu of, 79, 147, 149, 157, 158, 223 cross-subsidisation …