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The Foyer movement in the UK developed in the early 1990s as a government sponsored response to inter-related youth problems of homelessness, unemployment and limited training and recreation facilities. In an attempt to 're-enfranchise'; large numbers of young people a strategy of providing...

This report considers the potential/appropriate role for local authorities (LAs) in relation to the downturn phase of the current recession. It focuses on the most valuable functions which they can fulfil in this context, and takes a cautious view about the potential for extending any boost to...

The paper examines the attributes of housing that makes is difficult to provide it effectively in freely operating markets as well as the attributes which make administrative allocation problematic. It then goes on to discuss why the policy emphasis in many countries has moved towards...

Housing policy has traditionally been highly specific, concentrating on providing decent affordable homes. Now, however, housing is being seen more as a major factor in locating wider problems of deprivation and social exclu sion, as well as an important part in solutions, not only by increasing...

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There are growing issues of access and affordability to owner-occupation in the UK and in most other industrialised countries. The UK has led the way in developing a range of Low Cost Home Ownership schemes that provide different ways of assisting particular groups of households. Each employs...

This paper examines differences in the extent and patterns of residential mobility in England across tenures and implications of these differences for policy. Of particular relevance is the extent to which the high proportion of social housing results in lower overall mobility, which may have...

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