Evidence, What Evidence? The Foundations for Housing Policy

Duncan Maclennan, Alison More and Alison More

Public Money & Management, 1999, vol. 19, issue 1, 17-23

Abstract: Developments in housing policy and practice have been marked by strong ideological stances and a persistent unwillingness to clarify ends and means, so that key policy questions remain unresolved. Evidence can, and does, impact on policy, but only under certain conditions; for example, if it relates to a specific policy question, is restricted to the interests of a single government department and, especially, if it implies reductions in public spending. Moreover, housing’s complexity and relationship with a range of policy areas requires a linked perspective, at a local scale. A predominance of sector-specific, cross-sectional and qualitative research, allied to inadequate data impede the production of evidence to meet this challenge.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00148

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