What are the key drivers of housing affordability? And what is the role of housing supply within these?

Background

Including seeking to boost our evidence and understanding of what drives housing affordability, and how transitions and changes in people’s lives affect that

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.

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DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

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