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The UK’s housing market is not delivering for low-to-middle income families. Families are spending more of their income on housing and getting less for their money; fewer families are enjoying the security of home ownership or a social rented tenancy, with millions more living in the insecure private rented sector; and house prices have surged relative to incomes. Our work focuses on understanding the causes and impact of these developments, and on the appropriate policy responses. We also publish a quarterly Housing Outlook, in which we spotlight some of the key issues affecting housing in the UK today, and track key indicators that show how housing is affecting living standards in the UK.

Contacts

Lindsay Judge

Research Director
T: 0203 372 2951
E: info@resolutionfoundation.org

Hannah Aldridge

Senior Research and Policy Analyst
E: info@resolutionfoundation.org
Publications

Home economics

How to put England’s broken housing taxes on firmer foundations

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England’s housing taxes are a mess: Council Tax still rests on 1991 valuations, and Stamp Duty gums up the market. This briefing note shows who loses out, and sets out…
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Publications

Saving private renters

Why the Government should unfreeze Local Housing Allowance

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Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which caps how much support is provided through the social security system to low-income private renters, was last relinked to the 30th percentile of rents in…
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Events

Britain’s big repair job

Fixing our broken taxes on housing

The UK’s raises more from residential property taxation than other advanced economies. But the problem is that our two main taxes on housing – Council Tax and Stamp Duty –…
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Publications

Policy Landscape 2026

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A new Prime Minister, but a familiar, albeit growing, list of policy challenges. As Andy Burnham confronts the reality of governing, the Resolution Foundation and UK in a Changing Europe…
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Publications

Measuring household income

Explaining the differences between RHDI and HBAI

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Living standards is one of the hottest political issues in the UK today. But when it comes to measuring household incomes, the choice of metric matters.
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Publications

Housing Outlook Q3 2026

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Britain’s new Prime Minister has put “council housing” at the heart of his programme for government. [1] The case for building more affordable homes is strong: near-record numbers of families…
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Comment

Whether or not football ‘comes home’, the Zoomers never left

What is happening to the living standards of Gen Z?

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This was first published on our Substack. Football isn’t really our thing, but recently, people have been telling us it’s coming home. However, being in our mid-to-late 20s, we do…
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Publications

Housing Outlook Q2 2026

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Welcome to our latest Housing Outlook, launching a Resolution Foundation research programme on the future of the private rented sector (PRS). The PRS has more than doubled in size since…
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