Living with the state: the incomes and work incentives of tenants in the social rented sector

Published on 1 April 1996

This report analyses the changing economic positions of tenants in subsidised public housing. It shows how low their incomes are today, how these low incomes interact with higher rents and the housing benefit system to reduce their returns to work and looks at a number of reforms to the benefit system.

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This report analyses the changing economic positions of tenants in subsidised public housing. It shows how low their incomes are today, how these low incomes interact with higher rents and the housing benefit system to reduce their returns to work and looks at a number of reforms to the benefit system.

Authors

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Julian McCrae

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson

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Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

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Christopher Giles

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Jayne Taylor

Report details

DOI
10.1920/re.ifs.1996.0051
ISBN
978-1-873357-58-3
Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

Giles, C et al. (1996). Living with the state: the incomes and work incentives of tenants in the social rented sector. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/living-state-incomes-and-work-incentives-tenants-social-rented-sector (accessed: 25 April 2024).

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