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We're part of the new UK-wide research centre for housing evidence

USP staff will play a key part in the new ESRC-funded Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE)

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New housing/new crime?

Paula Meth analyses safety, governance and incivility in new housing developments in South Africa

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Regulation of the private rented sector in England

In a new report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Tom Moore compares the effectiveness of different forms of regulation in Ireland with existing approaches in England

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