Centre for Housing Policy

Marking Ten Years of Devolution

As part of the JRF 'Impact of Devolution' series: 'Housing and Homelessness' PDF

This project consists of an analysis of the impact of devolution on housing policy and outcomes for poorer people throughout the UK.

The research will cover a range of themes, including:

• the key pre 1999 differences in housing policy and priorities between the four countries
• the governance of housing after devolution: what’s devolved, and what’s not; the range of housing-related powers/ policy instruments available to devolved administrations (noting that these vary in significant respects)
• the aims of housing policy since devolution in each of the four countries; comprising a review of formal policy positions since 1999, drawing out those which are of particular relevance to poorer people
• public spending on housing since 1999 across the four countries
• the common and/or differentiated impact of reserved government policies across the four countries since 1999, e.g. taxation and fiscal policy (including public spending framework); financial regulation; tax credits, Housing Benefit, ISMI, etc.
• the common and/or differentiated impact of economic and social trends across the four countries since 1999.

Centre for Housing Policy
University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1904 321480 |  Fax: +44 (0)1904 321481 | chp@york.ac.uk