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The housing market: challenges and policy responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Stephen Aldridge
Stephen Aldridge*
Affiliation:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This article summarises the long-run decline in housing affordability in England and suggests this is substantially attributable to shortfalls in housing supply. Public attitudes to housing have become increasingly pro-development in recent years and the current policy framework – summarised in the article – seeks to provide a comprehensive and rounded response to the challenges facing the housing market.

Keywords

housing affordabilityhousing supplyhousing policyR21R28R31R38H72
Type
Research Articles
Information
National Institute Economic Review , Volume 245 , August 2018 , pp. R5 - R8
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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