Six provocations on the origins and impacts of the UK housing emergency

Ben Ansell, Martin Daunton, Emily Grundy, John Muellbauer, Michael Murphy, Avner Offer and Susan J. Smith

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Abstract: British housing systems seem trapped in a ‘perfect storm’ of rising costs, declining choice, affordability stress, and unmet need. Housing outcomes are increasingly polarised, with implications for intergenerational conflict, economic and social inequalities, and environmental sustainability. There is no easy explanation, and no quick fix. These six short reflections, shared during an interdisciplinary meeting of Fellows of the British Academy, on the origins, impacts, and future of the present housing ‘crisis’ are thus timely provocations adding momentum to key debates. This article accompanies another in this issue, ‘The UK housing emergency: personal reflections’, by Shani Dhanda, Susan J. Smith, and Jessie Speer.

Keywords: financialisation; housing costs; housing crisis; housing demography; housing environments; housing systems; residential property taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2025-06-19
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Published in Journal of the British Academy, 19, June, 2025, 13(2). ISSN: 2052-7217

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