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21st century Peabody community

This research, commissioned by the Peabody Trust, will be looking at the needs and aspirations of the Trust’s residents, as well as considering the future ro...

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City People

City People looks at the growth of city centre living in the UK. Over the past 10 years, British cities have got better. And the city centre living phenome...

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Sustainable communities and the growth areas: who are we building these houses for?

In the Sustainable Communities Plan the Government has identified four Growth Areas, including the Thames Gateway, for large scale housing development to add...

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Tackling social inequality in housing

Housing inequalities are now much greater than they were 50 years. This project set out to find solutions to the challenges around social inequality in hou...

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The communities initiative

Community matters. It matters to people who want to live in places where they can trust their neighbours, and where they feel at home. We now recognise that...

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Young people and communities

This project focused on the role of young people in communities. It highlighted public support for more activities for young people and argued that providing...

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Housing choice

This research project explored the housing choices individuals make, and what the public response might be if we were to lift some of the current restrictio...

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Travellers and Gypsies

This ippr project focused particularly on how local authorities balance their environmental well-being duties to settled communities, with the human rights c...

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Theme 3: Housing

The housing paper, Meeting housing need in the South East , was published in April 2005. It argues for a increased provision of affordable housing in the ...

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Housing across the lifecycle

At the start of adult life, the benefits of homeownership increasingly depend on parents’ wealth or location, with damaging consequences for social and geogr...

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