"Homelessness is one of the most dramatic manifestations of inequality" (Pleace 2011)
"Planned reforms will bring to an end a century of government subsidies for council housing in England" (Wilcox & Pawson 2012)
International comparative analysis of housing systems and policies is a rich source of insight and ideas
"Over the 2000s worklessness amongst social tenants reduced" (Tunstall 2011)
"Neighbourhoods play a crucial role in promoting independence in later life" (Croucher & Bevan 2011)
Social housing carries the ability to protect and strengthen family units" (Rugg & Kellaher, 2014)
The Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) is one of Europe's leading centres for interdisciplinary housing and social policy research, with interests on housing and social justice, housing and later life and the operation of housing markets.
CHP has a twenty-five year record of academically excellent and policy-relevant research. We were ranked joint first in the UK for research impact in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, as part of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work. Social Policy at York is ranked 4th in the UK and our department is ranked 25th in the World, in the QS World University Rankings.
Professor Nicholas Pleace, Director
Expertise and Projects
Our researchers have internationally-recognised expertise across the full range of housing issues, and skills ranging from analysis of large scale data sets to interviewing vulnerable people.
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Peer Researchers attend homelessness conference in Ireland
Posted on Wednesday 27 November 2019
The Peer Research and Understanding Homelessness: Exploring Practice, Learning and Innovation conference, was held in Dublin on 20 November 2019 by Focus Ireland. Guests and speakers included services and charities working within the homeless sector across Europe, some of whom were already using a peer research methodology.
Safe as Houses: Private Greed, Political Negligence and Housing Policy after Grenfell
Posted on Tuesday 26 November 2019
Dr Stuart Hodkinson is set to present his latest research on the impact of politicians' attitudes towards housing policy.
Homelessness can be reduced using innovative ‘Housing First’ model
Posted on Friday 11 October 2019
A housing model has proved effective in reducing homelessness across Europe but it needs more political support to increase its impact, says a new study led by the University of York.
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- Demonstrate service outcomes and cost effectiveness
- Nurture sustainable policy outcomes
- Implement evidence-based assessments of policy impact
- Design and commission effective evaluative research
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Projects
Publications
- Pleace, N. (2019) Preventing Homelessness - A Review of International Evidence (PDF
, 1,776kb) - Dr Alison Wallace (2019) Exploring Shared Ownership Markets outside London and the South East. CAST shared ownership report Feb 2019 (PDF , 1,792kb)
- Quilgars, D., Dyke, A., Wallace, A. and West, S. (2019) Making a sustainable community life in Derwenthorpe (PDF , 1,663kb) York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Bevan, M. and Wallace, A (2018) Electrical Safety in the Social Rented Sector (PDF , 546kb) York: University of York
- Rebecca Tunstall and Nicholas Pleace (2018) MHCLG Green Paper Review (PDF , 2,064kb) London: GOV.UK.
- Nicholas Pleace (2018) Using Housing First in Integrated Homelessness Strategies London: St Mungo’s.
- Karen Croucher, Deborah Quilgars and Alison Dyke (2018) Housing and life experiences: making a home on a low income York: JRF.
- Nicholas Pleace (2017) The Action Plan for Preventing Homelessness in Finland 2016-2019: The Culmination of an Integrated Strategy to End Homelessness? European Journal of Homelessness 11(2)
- Joanne Bretherton and Paula Maycock (eds) (2017) Women's Homelessness in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Alison Wallace (2016) Report of Travel Fellowship - Is there a role for US style homeownership education and counselling in the UK? Report (PDF , 11,514kb) Executive summary (PDF , 2,448kb). Sponsored by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
- Julie Rugg and Leonie Kellaher (2016) Social Housing Tenants and Household Economics - Three years in the lives of g15 tenants. Final Qualitative report (PDF , 842kb) from the Real London Lives study.
- David Rhodes (2016) Social Housing Tenants: Work and Financial Stability - Three years in the lives of g15 tenants. Final Quantitative report (PDF , 786kb) from the Real London Lives study.
- Alison Wallace (2016) Homeowners and Poverty: A Literature Review. Report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Report (PDF , 1,091kb)
- Tunstall, R., Green, A., Rugg, J., Staniewicz, T. and Attuyer, K. (2016) Women, Families and Work: How to help L&Q's women residents into work and tackle the barriers they face. Summary (PDF , 330kb) - Report (PDF , 973kb)
- Alison Wallace (2016) Housing and Communities' Inequalities in Northern Ireland. Summary (PDF , 679kb) - Report (PDF , 2,521kb)
- Rugg, J. (2016) Temporary Accommodation in London. Report (PDF , 421kb)