Housing & infrastructure

High standards: Developing a property improvement model for the private rented sector in Greater Manchester

In this report, we have sought to develop a financial model for improving properties in the private rented sector in Greater Manchester.

11/09/2022

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure IPPR North

The impact of a proportional property tax in London

Moving from our current system of council tax and stamp duty to a proportional property tax would help to share wealth and opportunity fairly.

08/12/2021

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure Equality IPPR

Young people affected by homelessness in north east England

Early intervention to support young people and their families can reduce rates of homelessness. However, the relevant services need sufficient funding, specialist expertise, and effective partnerships.

23/10/2020

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure Homelessness IPPR North

Sign on the dotted line? A new rental contract: Final report

The private rented sector has grown substantially over the past two decades. It is now home to 20 per cent of households (4.7 million). Many more people now expect to live in the private rented...

28/01/2019

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure Equality Population and demographics IPPR

The case for reforming private renting: Interim report

The private rented sector has grown substantially over the past two decades. It is now home to 20 per cent of households (4.7 million). Many more people now expect to live in the private rented...

04/12/2018

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure Equality IPPR

The Invisible Land: The hidden force driving the UK’s unequal economy and broken housing market

The reform of the dysfunctional land market is essential if the UK is to be a more equal, more productive and stable economy. It is also vital to creating a better-functioning housing market that...

28/08/2018

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure Commission on Economic Justice Equality IPPR

A new rural settlement: Fixing the affordable housing crisis in rural England

Coverage of the housing crisis all too often focuses on our towns and cities, principally those in London and the South East. But unaffordability, and the problems it causes, are not isolated to...

02/07/2018

Publication Housing & infrastructure Equality Population and demographics IPPR Report

A poor tax - Council tax in London: Time for reform

Council tax is considered by many to be in the ‘too difficult to touch’ box when it comes to reform. Haunted by memories of the community charge, better known as the poll tax, which is widely...

22/03/2018

Publication Housing & infrastructure London IPPR

Priced Out? The affordability crisis in London

London’s housing market is increasingly unaffordable for those on low to middle incomes. While it has always been more expensive to rent or buy in the capital, the scale of the unaffordability of...

21/09/2017

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure IPPR

What more can be done to build the homes we need? The Lyons Edited Collection

The housing market is broken. That was the stark conclusion of Theresa May in introducing the government’s white paper on housing in February 2017. Its wide agenda and suggested that the government...

15/06/2017

Publication Report Housing & infrastructure IPPR