Research: The economic impact of building social housing

Shelter and the National Housing Federation (NHF) commissioned the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) to assess the economic and social impacts of building 90,000 social homes – i.e. the level of delivery needed annually for a ten year period. 

Our report includes a comprehensive long-term assessment of how building social housing benefits the economy, the government, the people who will live in social homes and society at large. The specific scenario modelled within this report is the construction of 90,000 new social homes once. This is intended to demonstrate the impact of one singular year of a scheme, which would be expected to continue over multiple years.