This report from UK think tank Localis looks at the role of off-grid heating in the transition to Net Zero. Localis was commissioned by Liquid Gas UK to undertake a rigorous place-based analysis to investigate energy provision and decarbonisation in hard-to-reach and off-grid properties in rural areas. The intention in our report has been to...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the reality of the private rental sector and how it might develop. This report seeks to understand how the private rented sector might develop in the years to come, on the basis of a nationally representative survey of 1,376 adults in rented accommodation,...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for London looks at ensuring a successful and harmonious mix of housing and economic activity in central London. Remixing Central London examines what is needed to ensure a successful and harmonious mix of housing and economic activity are supported in central London – against the backdrop of...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the case for an expansion of retirement housing in the UK. This provocation paper explores the case for an expansion of retirement housing in the UK. It demonstrates that specialist retirement housing brings with it a range of benefits to government, retirees and...

This report from UK think tank New Local looks at the powers that councils and communities need to fix our broken planning system. It’s not NIMBYs preventing housing being built – it’s a system that creates conflict by design. Local planning authorities should be given the chance to let communities say Yes. Housing Beyond Markets...

This report from UK think tank Localis looks at energy efficiency in low viability properties. Ahead of COP 26, government departments have been commissioned across Whitehall to inform the cross-government Net Zero Strategy that, amongst other things, will detail plans for decarbonisation across key sectors of the economy. One of the most significant challenges in...

This report from UK think tank CLES looks at a roadmap towards a more supportive, less fragmented framework for CAT.  Across the UK, land and property development drives the extraction of wealth from local economies. This joint report from CLES and URBED critically analyses the dynamics in local land development markets and explores alternative models...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at a comprehensive plan to decarbonise the UK's homes. Unlike the UK’s success in promoting renewable energy generation in the power sector, the decarbonisation of the UK’s housing stock has repeatedly stalled. The UK is currently installing only 6 per cent of the heat pumps, 9 per...

This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at the large number of households on low incomes paying rents they cannot afford. JRF's latest analysis shows the large number of households on low incomes paying rents they cannot afford in the private rented sector. It provides new analysis on the depth and...

This report from UK think tank Localis looks at planning for a clean and good growth future. There is perhaps no greater issue driving division in British politics than the serious gap between aspirations for home ownership and the malign effects of constrained supply. This situation, in which we don’t build or supply enough affordable...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at popular homebuilding while boosting local communities. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, co-published with C|T Local analyses a groundbreaking new poll about attitudes to housing reform:  The housing crisis, in which too few homes are being built where people want to live, is...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the case for a proportional property tax. The UK’s current system of property taxation is unfair and outdated. Council tax is based on 30-year-old property valuations, varies widely around the country, and is capped at relatively low property values, meaning that a multi-million-pound property in the...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at a new type of housing to help key workers. Key workers, both in the public and private sector, were and are at the forefront of tackling Covid. This new report is calling for changes to help them get their foot on the...

This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at answers for a more equal, just housing system. During the coronavirus storm these structural inequalities played a part in worsening housing insecurity and health issues for BAME communities. They include deep inequalities in the labour markets, the social security system, and the effects...