UK HOUSING REVIEW 2020

This annual compilation of statistical data relies on substantial help and guidance from civil servants at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Treasury, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Office for National Statistics and elsewhere. Assistance was also provided by UK Finance, Homes England, the Greater London Authority, the Regulator of Social Housing and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. Their enormous help in compiling this year's Review is most readily and warmly acknowledged. This edition also features comparative international statistics kindly provided by Eurostat and the European Mortgage Federation.

We are particularly grateful for the collective help from this year's ten sponsors, without whom the 28th edition (and future editions) would not be published, especially since the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is no longer able to make a financial contribution (although it keenly provides 'support in kind'). It is particularly pleasing that among the sponsors are the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

The Urban Institute at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh has formal editorial responsibility for the Review, led in this by Professor Mark Stephens. The Review is published by the Chartered Institute of Housing with John Perry as production editor. Jeremy Spencer (graphic designer) is thanked for his tireless patience and creative contribution to its design and production.

For all the diverse help provided, and despite every attempt that has been made to check the figures included in the Review and the construction put upon them, the final responsibility for any errors, omissions or misjudgements is entirely that of the authors. The views expressed in the Review are also the responsibility of the respective authors.

March 2020

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Professor Mark Stephens
Director
The Urban Institute
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
Telephone: 0131 451 4404
Email: markstephens64@aol.com

John Perry FCIH
Chartered Institute of Housing
Octavia House
Westwood Way
Coventry CV4 8JP
Email: john.perry@cih.org

Peter Williams FCIH
Departmental Fellow
Land Economy
University of Cambridge
Telephone: 07718 120858
Email: consultpwilliams@btinternet.com

Gillian Young
Honorary Research Fellow
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
Email: young@newhavenresearch.co.uk

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Director, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE)
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
Telephone: 0131 451 4404
Email: S.Fitzpatrick@hw.ac.uk

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