Stephens, M. and Leishman, C. (2017) Housing and poverty: a longitudinal analysis. Housing Studies, 32(8), pp. 1039-1061. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1291913)
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Abstract
Cross-sectional research suggests that the British housing system weakens the link between income poverty and housing outcomes, but this reveals little about the long-term relationships. We examine the relationship between income poverty and housing pathways over an 18-year period to 2008, and develop consensual approaches to poverty estimation, housing deprivation, and the prevalence of under and over-consumption. We find that chronic poverty is most strongly associated with housing pathways founded in social renting, whereas housing pathways founded in owner-occupation are more strongly associated with temporary poverty. Whilst housing deprivation is disproportionately prevalent among those who experienced chronic poverty, the overwhelming majority of people who experienced chronic poverty avoided housing deprivation. This evidence supports of the notion that the housing system, during this period, weakened the link between poverty and housing deprivation. Therefore it can be characterised as representing a ‘sector regime’ with different distributional tendencies from the wider welfare regime.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Stephens, Professor Mark |
| Authors: | Stephens, M., and Leishman, C. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies |
| Journal Name: | Housing Studies |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| ISSN: | 0267-3037 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1466-1810 |
| Published Online: | 28 February 2017 |
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