UK Housing Review

The UK Housing Review is the prime source of information and analysis for all concerned with housing policy and finance: a crucial resource for housing professionals, leaders, and policymakers across the UK's public and private housing sectors.

Published annually, it brings together the most important housing statistics for England (and its regions), Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Download your free copy of the UK Housing Review

Free to download for everyone, you can gain access to a wealth of in-depth analysis and information with your complimentary copy of this year's UK Housing Review.

Executive summary

The executive summary brings together the key points from the contemporary issues and commentary chapters of the UK Housing Review.

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Compendium of tables

The UK Housing Review compendium has 200 tables covering a wide range of housing data relating to tenure, social housing stock, housing expenditure, and the private rented sector.

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Lord Richard Best

Since the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published this brilliant annual review in 1993, it has been an essential companion for housing policymakers and practitioners. Not only does it set out the evidence on which policies can be made but it contributes new thinking each year through its authoritative commentaries on contemporary issues. Congratulations to CIH!

The sector's ultimate guide to UK housing: The UK Housing Review

The UK Housing Review is the most authoritative and comprehensive annual analysis of housing in the UK, covering affordable and social housing, homelessness, and housing policy across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. 

In publication since 1993, the review provides everything you'll need to understand the state of the UK housing sector and how it has transformed from traditional council housing to the more diverse housing sector we see today.

Published each year, the UK Housing Review brings together leading experts to examine the forces shaping housing, from the availability of affordable homes and the affordability of the private rented sector, to homeownership and government housing programmes. 

Whether you are a housing professional, policymaker, journalist or someone with a passion for housing, the UK Housing Review explores the differences across housing in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England - reflecting the increasingly divergent approaches taken by devolved governments.

At the heart of every publication is a commitment to understanding housing affordability. Rising UK house prices, shrinking social housing stock, rent inflation and growing pressure on local authorities make affordable housing one of the defining policy issues of our time.

Stephen Aldridge  |  Director, analysis and data, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

I look forward to the publication of the UK Housing Review every year. Comprehensive, rigorous, insightful and with a unique UK-wide focus, there is no better guide to what is happening in housing markets and housing policy, and the challenges and opportunities ahead. It is a must read for every housing policymaker, analyst and practitioner across the public, private and voluntary sectors.