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Read more at: Housing policy: some alternative views

Housing policy: some alternative views

Early in his career, Mike Oxley wrote an article on the state of the UK housing market in 1977. Reading it again, it would seem that policy makers today seem to be facing many of the same issues.


Read more at: The Prevalence of Rough Sleeping and Sofa Surfing Amongst Young People in the UK

The Prevalence of Rough Sleeping and Sofa Surfing Amongst Young People in the UK


Read more at: Tax credits for affordable housing in the USA: could they work elsewhere?

Tax credits for affordable housing in the USA: could they work elsewhere?

This article by Mike Oxley, published by Housing Finance International in Spring 2015, examines the operation of Low Income Housing Tax Credits in the USA.


Read more at: Review of “Young people and housing: transitions, trajectories and generational fractures”

Review of “Young people and housing: transitions, trajectories and generational fractures”

Mike Oxley provided a review of “Young people and housing: transitions, trajectories and generational fractures”, edited by Ray Forrest and Ngai ming Yip, for the International Journal of Housing Policy.


Read more at: Housing, Planning and Peter Hall; Unfinished Business

Housing, Planning and Peter Hall; Unfinished Business

There is an acute housing problem in England with constrained housing and land supply and planning at the heart of the issue. Peter Hall typically engaged with housing as part of a wider strategic view and his direct housing contributions have probably been overlooked. In part this reflects the...


Read more at: Improving housing outcomes: the value of advice and support for vulnerable older people

Improving housing outcomes: the value of advice and support for vulnerable older people

Improving housing outcomes: the value of advice and support for vulnerable older people (Burgess, G. and Morrison, N., 2015) has been published by the Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.


Read more at: Increasing land supply for housing

Increasing land supply for housing

Dr Gemma Burgess and Sarah Monk discuss the findings from their RICS research paper into the mechanisms available to increase housing land supply.



Read more at: The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery

The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery

A journal article, The Uneven Geography of Participation at the Global Level: Ethiopian Women Activists at the Global Periphery, has been published by Dr Gemma Burgess in a special edition of Globalizations – Gender, Governance and Power: Finding the Global at the Local Level.


Read more at: When the personal becomes political: using legal reform to combat violence against women in Ethiopia in Gender Place & Culture

When the personal becomes political: using legal reform to combat violence against women in Ethiopia in Gender Place & Culture

A new journal article has been published by Dr Gemma Burgess in Gender, Place & Culture. The article focuses on Ethiopia's first civil society organisation, the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA), which has been campaigning for legal reform to secure women's rights and address violence...