Evidence

The road to a Decent Neighbourhood Standard

Dr Halima Sacranie, Director of Housing Research, Centre for the New Midlands and Nicola Bacon, Founding Director, Social Life England has had

16 July 2026 No Comments

The Policy and Politics of Improving Standards in the English Private Rented Sector (PRS)

By Dr Alice Earley, Research Associate, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow, Kenneth Gibb, Professor in Housing Economics at the University of

16 July 2026 No Comments

Supporting resident-led governance models to work more effectively in multi-occupancy buildings

Following the Grenfell Tower fire and the wider building safety crisis, governance problems associated with leasehold arrangements in multi-occupancy buildings (MOBs), such as blocks of

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Migrant workers’ housing matters for systemic resilience during crises

Housing insecurity among migrant essential workers is a missing link in maintaining systemic resilience – our study finds By Dr Anna Gawlewicz, Senior Lecturer

16 July 2026 No Comments

Fire safety trumps accessibility: New research highlights a key paradox

Professors Kim McKee and Vikki McCall, University of Stirling Fire safety has, quite rightly, received significant media and political attention following

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Home lost, lives shattered: The Windrush housing scandal

Kehinde Adeogun, Director of Legal Services and Policy at the Black Equity Organisation The Black Equity Organisation is a Black-led civil rights charity that launched

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No more excuses: Rural affordable housing can be a story of renewal

David Barrowcliff, Head of Communications and Technology, English Rural The affordable rural housing crisis in England is often described as intractable. It isn’t. It’s serious,

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Temporary accommodation in the archives: What can we learn?

Dr Jessica Field is an independent researcher and Research Affiliate with the University of Manchester Temporary accommodation has hit headlines a lot recently, for all

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How open and transparent data can support implementation of the Decent Homes Standard in private rental housing

By Dr Michael Marshall, Research Associate in Quantitative Analysis and Geographic Information Systems, School of Geography and Planning, University of Sheffield. Improving the quality

30 April 2026 No Comments