housing

This paper highlights how an innovative public-private programme that focuses on Northern Ireland's housing stock can help to fund an equitable low-carbon economy, through the use of a 'Just Transition Bond'. Read more

Paul Cheshire and Christian Hilber propose ‘green offsets’ to reduce property taxes in a way that is strictly scaled to energy efficiency, as a simple intervention to address the UK’s urgent need to reduce its residential carbon emissions. Read more

Bob Ward renews his call to the Government for a National Heat Risk Strategy. Read more

Despite improvements in the management of flood risk and the introduction of new regulations, losses from flooding remain high. An... Read more

This article in The Independent discusses a new report which says that new homes built in poorer neighbourhoods could face... Read more

This policy brief looks at what a just transition to net zero in the UK’s housing sector means in practice and how banks can make it happen, underpinned by government policy and institutions. Read more

Swenja Surminski discusses the impact of climate change on the UK housing sector. In this interview with Future Housing she outlines three major risk categories facing the sector: physical, transition and litigation and liability risk. She also discusses the importance of ensuring that post-COVID-19 recovery measures take account of climate targets. Read more

The Grantham Research Institute has today responded to the UK Government’s Spring Statement (13 March 2019), in which a new... Read more

Heat deaths are preventable. No more excuses: we need better regulation and guidance to stop unsafe housing being built, says Bob Ward. Read more