Ellie Benton

Ellie Benton works as a senior research assistant for LSE Housing and Communities. She leads on qualitative research across a range of topics impacting low-income communities these include housing management, the environmental upgrading of social housing estates, and the response of community groups in the pandemic and cost of living crisis. She also organises the Housing Plus Academy, a series of events that aim to empower people to make a difference within their own community or organisation. Alongside her work at LSE Housing, she regularly works with LSE London.

Research interests

• Social housing
• Community action
• Homelessness
• Housing management

Research projects

• Sustainable Communities
• The Commission for Cooperation in Social Housing
• Good Homes Lincoln
• Housing Plus Academy