Integrating information for more productive social housing outcomes

Abstract

In the Netherlands, 'the principal target group are low-income households (e.g. families with an income below 29,000 Euros/year).1 The cheaper rented housing is intended primarily for this group, which gets housing benefits from the government' (Aedes, 2016). In the United Kingdom (UK), Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency. (UK Department of Communities and Local Government, 2012) And in the United States (US), Public housing was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single family houses to high rise apartments for elderly families.

How Economic Analysis Can Contribute to Understanding the Links between Housing and Health

“…Recently, there has been increasing attention paid to cobenefits in contexts such as social return on investment (SROI) analysis [ 12 , 13 ] (despite few analyses as yet in the housing domain); and in the formulation and analysis of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globally, there is increasing awareness of how social, ecological and technological systems are best seen as interconnected, in their resourcing, their impacts and their evolution [ 14 , 15 ].…”