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Building Awareness for the Future

The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) has been established in response to Kate Barker's Review of Housing Supply (2004). Our task is to help make market housing more affordable and to address the trend in the rise in the number of people prevented from getting onto the property ladder. We do this through providing independent advice to both government and regions about the impact of planned housing provision on affordability, as well as researching specific practical and policy issues.

Latest News

Research shows type, density and location of planned new homes has a big impact on their viability and affordability (1 March 2010)
A new report has outlined how the mix, density and location of new housing developments affects the affordability of those new homes and how financially viable they are for the developer. See the news release and report for more details.

How do housing price booms and busts affect home ownership for different birth cohorts? (18 February 2010)
The NHPAU has published a new study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the affect of house prices on home ownership rates for different birth cohorts. See the news release and report for more details.

Evaluating requirements for market and affordable housing (12 February 2010)
The NHPAU has released a new study on evaluating requirements for market and affordable Housing by Professor Steve Wilcox of York University and Professor Glen Bramley of Heriot-Watt University. See the news release and report for more details.

Housing Affordability: A fuller picture (12 February 2010)
The NHPAU has released three new affordability indicators to give a fuller picture of the challenges people face getting on the housing ladder and staying there and the affordability of renting. See the news release and report for more details.

Housing supply and planning controls (3 February 2010)
The NHPAU has released new evidence about how long it takes to obtain planning consent for major housing sites in England. See the news release and report for more details.