Tag Archives: housing

In a report out today, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Social Market Foundation finds that other English-speaking countries make far greater use of such taxes than the UK. Canada,...

In a report out today, launching a unique cross-national comparative study funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) compares headline outcomes in the UK, with Australia, Canada,...

A new survey conducted by the Social Market Foundation – a cross party think tank – has found that an overwhelming majority (79%) of landlords believe they should be subject...

International evidence and Scotland’s experience of banning no fault evictions shows that the measure would not harm the rental sector by prompting landlords to leave the market, and might actually...

New data published by the Office for National Statistics demonstrates England’s slow progress on decarbonising home heating and improving homes’ energy efficiency, with the country going backwards on some measures,...

A new briefing from the Social Market Foundation – authored by John Handley (See notes) – shows that 21% of Brits’ spending goes towards housing, as opposed to 17% for...

1 in 25 houses are part of a heat network, getting energy from a single source shared with several other buildings. Such arrangements are particularly common in social housing, where...

The report argues that the current system creates ‘gridlock’ because it gives too much power to planning authorities, and offers too little opportunity for neighbours  to find ‘win-win’ solutions that...

The first Peabody Index, compiled by the Social Market Foundation, shows that despite falling rents, tenants in social housing in the capital saw their annual income fall by almost £400...