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| How can we make the housing market more stable for vulnerable households? | | Author(s) | Matthew Taylor, Philippa Stroud |
| Corporate Author | JRF Housing Market Taskforce, Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Viewpoint, 2481, March 2010 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, March 2010 |
| Pages | 8 pp (Ref: 2481) |
| Source | http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/housing-market-... |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Owner occupied dwellings ; Rented dwellings ; Poverty ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | In July 2009, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) established a taskforce to address the root causes of instability in the UK housing market. Whether in a boom or a downturn, the shortage of affordable housing hits the most vulnerable households first and worst. These Viewpoints - commissioned as part of a programme and aimed at stimulating debate - provide two different perspectives on the kinds of reforms needed to provide long-term, secure housing for those least able to afford it. First, Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Improvement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) argues that the UK's "obsession with home ownership" creates social and economic divisions and instability. We need a more balanced approach to different types of tenure. To meet demand, this will mean revamping the private rented sector. Philippa Stroud, co-founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Social Justice, believes that life tenancies and the benefits system have combined to create social immobility, worklessness and dependency. Social housing should be the first step on the ladder to home ownership, and housing and other benefits should be reformed to encourage claimants back to work. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100309002 E |
| Classmark | KE: KEA: KEE: W6: TM2 |
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