Housing Studies

Housing Studies Volume 41, Issue 3 of Housing Studies

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Housing Studies, Volume 41, Issue 3, March 2026, is now available online.

This volume brings together global scholarship spanning rental justice, intergenerational housing finance, homelessness systems, and social vulnerability.

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Understanding residents’ experiences of home, health, and wellbeing in new and novel low carbon homes As significant contributors to CO2, UK homes must be decarbonized. Active Homes represent a possible route to addressing both societal concerns and policy ambitions, while providing comfortable hig...

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How do low-carbon “Active Homes” shape health & wellbeing?

Drawing on longitudinal research, this study shows energy-efficient homes can reduce stress but also introduce new digital & health risks.

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Algorithmic tenancies and the ordinal tenant: digital risk-profiling in England’s private rented sector This paper examines digital tenant risk-profiling tools in England’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) and their influence on housing access and fairness. Based on qualitative data from 50 interviews and...

David Beer has co-authored and published an article analysing digital risk profiling and ‘algorithmic tenancies’ in England’s private renting sector in Housing Studies ( @housingjournal.bsky.social )
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The Myth of Affordable Housing will be published by Routledge on 19 March. I would like to encourage journals to review the book.
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Renovate to evict: an analysis of media discussions of renoviction In jurisdictions with security of tenure regimes that limit no-fault evictions, renovictions emerge as a strategy to increase rents and the profitability and market value of rental units. Within th...

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New research on renovictions in Canada 🏘️

How do media narratives shape what we think about eviction, profit, and tenant vulnerability?

This article unpacks landlord justifications, tenant resistance, and the politics of housing commodification.
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Housing Studies Charitable Trust Seeking New Trustees — Thornby Associates The Housing Studies Charitable Trust (HSCT) is looking for three new members to join theBoard of Trustees, a vital part of their governance.

Housing Studies Charitable Trust is now recruiting new trustees.

If you have a strong grasp of the field, value its policy relevance and public benefit, and are committed to sustaining the discipline, we’d love to hear from you.

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Reminder: Call for Papers 📖📑

Housing Studies special issue: Demographic Dynamics & Housing Affordability.

We encourage contributions that address the topic of the Special Issue from different disciplinary backgrounds.

Deadline: 1 Feb 2026

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Housing Studies Charitable Trust Seeking New Trustees — Thornby Associates The Housing Studies Charitable Trust (HSCT) is looking for three new members to join theBoard of Trustees, a vital part of their governance.

Housing Studies Charitable Trust is now recruiting new trustees.

If you have a strong grasp of the field, value its policy relevance and public benefit, and are committed to sustaining the discipline, we’d love to hear from you.

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Building beyond profit: the history and potential future of non-profit construction companies When housing construction slows down due to diminished profit margins while the actual need for housing increases, people might raise the question: is residential construction best left to the capi...

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*Building beyond profit*, w/ Maria Wallstam, in @housingjournal.bsky.social.

*Green national paradox? How the far right turned Sweden from a (reputed) pioneer of climate mitigation to an obstructor*, in @politicalgeography.bsky.social
w/ Andreas Malm, @krekberg.bsky.social, et al.

Housing Studies Volume 40, Issue 12 of Housing Studies

📢 Housing Studies, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2025 is now available online

💡 A great read for anyone interested in:
✔️ Inclusionary palanning
✔️ Political economy and slum improvement
✔️ Housing and children's care
✔️ Smart housing
✔️ Housing precarity

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Rethinking home ownership: attitudes, intentions, and trade-offs Home ownership rates among young adults are plummeting across many developed countries. Using mixed methods, we investigate the personal factors that contribute to heterogeneous attitudes and inten...

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Rethinking home ownership: attitudes, intentions, and trade-offs

✍️ Elizabeth Sheedy, Syed Waqas Shah & Zheyao (Terry) Pan

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Housing Studies (a peer-reviewed, academic journal that focuses on housing-related research and theory; covers topics such as housing policy, social/economic dynamics of housing, development, sustainability, and demographic trends) leaves X (3.212 followers)

Bluesky: @housingjournal.bsky.social

Pratichi’s research will develop a historical account of how racialising logics have operated in housing delivery and their material outcomes and legacies.

We look forward to seeing the impact of their work on the future of housing research!

2️⃣ Pratichi Chatterjee will be hosted by the University of Sheffield and mentored by Professor Ryan Powell and Professor David Robinson.

Anna’s project examines how housing legislation in Scotland is shaped by the assumptions and conceptualisations of solicitors and parliamentary drafts people.

The Housing Studies Charitable Trust announces the two recipients of its inaugural Early Career Housing Researcher fellowships — Thornby Associates The Housing Studies Charitable Trust is delighted to announce the two recipients of its inaugural Early Career Housing Researcher fellowships.

The Housing Studies Charitable Trust announced the recipients of its inaugural Early Career Housing Researcher Fellowships 🎉🎊

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1️⃣ Anna Pearce will be hosted by the University of Stirling and mentored by Professor Kim McKee and Professor Alex Marsh.

Beyond bricks and mortar: building homes, communities and neighborhoods Published in Housing Studies (Vol. 40, No. 9, 2025)

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Beyond bricks and mortar: building homes, communities and neighborhoods by Anne Power, Bristol, Policy Press, 2025, 245 pp.

✍️ Hal Pawson

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The role of housing in central banks’ monetary policy decisions in Australia and the UK This article provides direct evidence of the role of housing in central banks’ monetary policy decisions through the examination of the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board (RBA) and the ...

🔟 The role of housing in central banks’ monetary policy decisions in Australia and the UK

✍️ Mark Stephens

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Rental housing types and economic wellbeing in Canada The aim of this article is to examine the association between different types of rental housing and household economic wellbeing. Its main objective is to better understand how the different types ...

9️⃣ Rental housing types and economic wellbeing in Canada

✍️ Xavier Leloup, Catherine Leviten-Reid, Nazeem Muhajarine, Kristen Desjarlais-deKlerk & Laurence Simard

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The importance of stable housing in social capital development and utilisation: how homelessness undermines reciprocity, recognition, and autonomy Social capital is recognised as an important resource for people experiencing poverty, yet conceptualisations of its relationship to homelessness are underdeveloped. Some studies show that social c...

8️⃣ The importance of stable housing in social capital development and utilisation: how homelessness undermines reciprocity, recognition, and autonomy

✍️ Nadia Ayed & Andrew Clarke

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Migrant residential mobility and tenure transitions within different housing regimes: evidence from three Nordic capital cities Migrant housing-related disadvantages and residential segregation are both important concerns in migrant-receiving countries. However, there exists little understanding about the connection between...

7️⃣ Migrant residential mobility and tenure transitions within different housing regimes: evidence from three Nordic capital cities

✍️ Karin Torpan, Terje Wessel, Guilherme Kenji Chihaya, Anastasia Sinitsyna & Tiit Tammaru

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Social mix and social interaction: evidence from Los Angeles County Research shows that policy tools to reduce residential segregation are also effective to reduce economic inequality and, for decades, achieving the adequate level of 'social mix' has been an import...

6️⃣ Social mix and social interaction: evidence from Los Angeles County

✍️ Chungeun Koo & Javier M. Rodriguez

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Race equality in housing: tracing the postracial turn in English housing policy Ethnic inequalities in housing in England are entrenched and long-standing. Minority ethnic groups are more likely than the White British population to experience housing disadvantage and deprivati...

5️⃣ Race equality in housing: tracing the postracial turn in English housing policy

✍️ David Robinson

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Assessing anxiety and depression trajectories among single homeless adults receiving rapid rehousing following placement in housing Despite growing international interest in using rapid rehousing (RRH) to address homelessness, there is little information about the mental health outcomes of RRH participants. We examined changes ...

4️⃣ Assessing anxiety and depression trajectories among single homeless adults receiving rapid rehousing following placement in housing

✍️ Thomas Byrne, Deborah Chassler, Mohit Tamta, Jordana Muroff, Roxanne Anderson, Matan BenYishay, et al.

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Municipal housing queues as a generator of housing inequalities between natives and immigrants in Sweden The ongoing debate on Swedish municipal housing’s universalist characteristics has focused on declining supply, stricter access criteria, and changing tenant demographics. This study addresses a re...

3️⃣ Municipal housing queues as a generator of housing inequalities between natives and immigrants in Sweden

✍️ Simone Scarpa

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ meanings of home: a systematic scoping review Meanings of home differ across cultures, ontologies, and geographies. Housing literature predominantly applies a Western worldview to home, with home meaning a dwelling and a site of belonging, eco...

2️⃣ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ meanings of home: a systematic scoping review

✍️ Jacek Anderst, Kate Hunter, Julieann Coombes, Alinta Trindall, Bobby Porykali, Camila Kairuz Santos & Tamara Mackean

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The colonial face of ‘housing’ refugees: the construction of the racialised subject within a necropolitical infrastructure The incredible mobilisation to welcome Ukrainian refugees following the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022 demonstrated how housing is an affective sociomaterial infrastructure. In cruel contr...

1️⃣ The colonial face of ‘housing’ refugees: the construction of the racialised subject within a necropolitical infrastructure

✍️ Giovanna Astolfo & Harriet Allsopp

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Housing Studies Volume 40, Issue 9 of Housing Studies

#HousingStudies, Volume 40, Issue 9, September 2025 is now vailable online, with 8 #OpenAccess articles 👏🙌

Check out the articles in this volume in the threads below 🧵📚👇

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A look at Ghana’s housing deficit and quality trends for over 20 years | #OpenAccess

✍️ John Bosco Dramani, Prince Boakye Frimpong & Frank Adusah-Poku

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Excited to share our new paper just published in @housingjournal.bsky.social, "Age at arrival and immigrants' housing outcomes: evidence from the UK".

In this study, we look at how the age at arrival (AAA) of immigrants in the UK affects their housing outcomes.