In both Britain and the United States, people have been moving awayfrom the inner cities to suburban developments, often leaving behindconcentrations of poverty and decaying neighbourhoods. Anne Power’spaper focuses on the British situation. As Britain comes to terms with theimplications of...

The way we run urban neighbourhoods in Britain is a key to reversingsocial exclusion, crime and poor performance on almost every front inour cities. This study for the Social Exclusion Unit of seven models ofneighbourhood management analyses the reason for its key position inthe national...

Area-based polices have become a significant part of the new LabourGovernment’s approach to tackling social exclusion. This paper reviewsthe long-running debate about whether area-based policies can make asignificant impact on poverty and social exclusion. There is a strongtradition of...

Our report sets out a framework for delivering new and renovatedhousing in an integrated and sustainable way. Volume one presentsour framework; volume two explores the six elements of theframework in more detail; and volume three brings togethersupporting documentation gathered during the...

East Enders tells the story of a hundred families who live in two of the lowestincome areas in the East End of London, Hackney and Newham. The East Endhas the biggest concentration of poverty in the capital. It lies at the heart of theThames Gateway, London’s major growth area.Nearly half the...

The housing system is intrinsically linked to almost every major area of government policy fromthe economy and taxation to the environment and education. It is driven by a huge range offactors from the behaviour of individuals to global economic forces. It is also in most casesthe greatest asset...

This report provides information on the levels of deprivation and need in 4 estates within theLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. These estates are:Edward WoodsWhite CityWilliam ChurchOld Oak[...]

This is an independent account of the work of the Incommunities About Turn project to support households in difficulty with their tenancy. The project has run for 3 years and has a track record in dealing with difficult tenancies. LSE Housing has examined the tenancy records, evidence from staff...

This report draws together evidence fromseven major cities in European countriesthat are experiencing huge change andtransition from being industrial giants,through major decline in industrialmanufacturing, to recovery. The citieswe study all had a high proportion ofmanufacturing jobs until the...

Communities and Local Government identified four key questions that they wanted tenants’ ideas on. They also wanted to sound out proposals. The core questions were:•How could social landlords involve tenants more in improving the social housing stock?•How could social landlords, working...