Like homelessness more broadly, the causes of rough sleeping include many interrelated structural, individual and interpersonal factors. Poverty, unemployment, housing shortages and systemic barriers in welfare support are understood to be significant systemic drivers of rough sleeping. These underlying causes can often be exacerbated by personal vulnerabilities like poor health or substance use.
20
Jan
Jan
This report describes patterns of co-residence of young adults at a parental home in the United Kingdom. We show how the rate of co-residence varies across dimensions such as income, region and ethnicity. We show how it has changed in recent years and discuss potential drivers of the rise observed. We quantify how much young adults who co-reside with parents could be saving in rent and how much this appears to increase their savings.
16
Jan
Jan
The two-year study into tenancy sustainment in social housing, conducted between March 2022 and September 2024, looked at the causes of rent payment difficulties, and rent arrears, in particular. It also shows the sacrifices tenants make to avoid falling behind with their rent highlights the difficulties and sacrifices tenants face paying their rent. The study also examines landlords’ approaches to tenancy sustainment, and how they communicate and interact with tenants and tenants’ engagement experiences.
13
Jan
Jan
Home represents security, safety and belonging. Having a home is about more than just having a roof over one’s head, it is also about meeting the need for what the sociologist Anthony Giddens called ‘ontological security’: being able to trust in the certainty and protection that home provides. When we fail to provide houses and neighbourhoods that are safe, that support good health, we betray that trust. Unfortunately, we have seen that happen again and again in recent years: in the 150,000 children in England living in temporary accommodation due to a lack of homes; in the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak from a respiratory condition brought on by mould in his home; and in the deaths of seventy-two people in the fire at Grenfell Tower.
08
Jan
Jan
Economic inactivity due to ill health is a persistent challenge facing many countries. However, there are substantial differences in the extent of the challenge, which segments of the working-age population fare better or worse, and in the mechanics and scope of government work and health policies. This report – one of a series informing the Commission for Healthier Working Lives – investigates how the UK compares with 14 other European countries in the employment of workers with long-term ill health or disabilities. It also reviews relevant policy interventions and practices from around the world to draw potential lessons for the UK.
06
Jan
Jan
NHS-funded dental services in England are in near-terminal decline: nearly six million fewer courses of NHS dental treatment were provided last year than in the pre-pandemic year; funding in 2021/22 was over £500m lower in real terms than in 2014/15; and there are widespread problems in accessing a dentist. So what is to be done? This major new policy briefing proposes a series of short-term actions relating to appointment recall intervals, commissioning and the workforce. It also sets out two approaches for longer-term action, which involve improving the current dental model or adjusting the NHS offer.
31
Dec
Dec
A Westminster Hall debate on the employment rights of people with a terminal illness.
30
Dec
Dec
This report – part of our Unsung Britain programme of work – provides the context for the Government’s ambitions to raise employment and drive up job quality. It describes the labour market experiences of low-to-middle income families and how these have changed over the past quarter century. It explores those families’ employment, pay, experiences at work, and their feelings about changing jobs and progressing in work.
27
Dec
Dec
“Home” holds significant meaning for individuals of all ages, serving as a safe space where people can truly express themselves, pursue interests, connect with others and build memories. That does not change as we age.
What changes is that where we live and who we live with comes to matter more and more in enabling us to achieve those things.
24
Dec
Dec
The changing housing circumstances of young people in Britain.
It is no secret that, since house prices started booming in the 1980s, young people in Britain have a raw deal when it comes to buying a home. There has been a marked decline in home ownership rates since the generation born in the 1950s (older baby boomers), with more recent cohorts seeing significantly lower levels of home ownership at the same ages than those born earlier.