Freezing and capping rents
Kenneth Gibb from the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence and University of Glasgow ponders the unenviable choices facing the sector. The energy price
23 November 2022
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Evidence
Research roundup
By HQN Associate Emma Lindley Housing demand Housing allocations and the vacancy chain: How coordinating chains can better meet housing needs and tenant choice
23 November 2022
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Combining retrofit action with tackling health inequalities
Housing retrofit is an essential public health intervention, writes Annika Hjelmskog from the University of Glasgow. We cannot meet our climate change targets without decarbonising
13 September 2022
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Risk of early death increases with homelessness and other disadvantage
The grim links between poor health and homelessness are brought into the spotlight once again, in a study from Glasgow. Researchers writing in The Lancet
13 September 2022
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The high cost of building homes in wildfire hazard areas
How can the need for new homes be met in areas that are at risk of wildfire? That’s the question posed by researchers from California,
13 September 2022
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What does ‘affordable’ housing mean?
A study from Italy has questioned how the country’s affordable rents policy is working in practice. Italy part-funds construction of new affordable housing for people
13 September 2022
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Taiwan placemaking offers a new approach in social housing
A fascinating study from Taiwan considers the island’s very new social housing policies, and how community building can be enhanced. Researchers outline the approach to
13 September 2022
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Research roundup
This roundup by HQN Associate Emma Lindley provides a selection of recent research and reports across a range of strategic housing topic areas. If you
13 September 2022
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How should governments best support new housing supply?
What form of subsidy is best in creating new social housing? Researchers from Australia set out to model the effects of different types of subsidy,
1 July 2022
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A rose by any other name?
HQN Associate Emma Lindley asks what matters most – the language and terms or the ethos behind them. Do you call it a roll,
1 July 2022
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