The Housing & Finance Institute researches on a board range of housing and finance related matters, including on budget matters and through our business market sentiment work. Our research and publications respond to issues arising in the marketplace, business and local government.
The HFi research papers have been extensively covered in the national and trade press.
Publications have included the following:
Britain is building again, but not where most people expect. You might think that housebuilding is dominated by the big cities and bustling metropolitan areas. But it isn't. Building, and opportunity to build, is dominated by Britain's coastal communities, the country villages and market towns, post-industrial heartlands and the historic cities and counties of England.
This research report demonstrates that regional local councils have been the beating heart delivering new homes for our country. However, these regional local councils do not have the attention, full powers, funding and support from central government which is enjoyed by the Capital and Metropolitan areas. Re-balancing our housing policy is necessary to better support local regional councils.
The HFi's five-point plan to re-balance national housing policy:
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