House to home: giving social housing tenants a place to call home

Recommendations:

• Social housing could be more effective in reducing poverty if basic decoration, flooring and the option of low-cost furniture packages were provided with it.
• Social housing providers can respond to tenants needs by providing a higher void standard and furniture packages.

This is one of four summaries based on a piece of policy development work called Housing and life experiences: policy development. This was commissioned to explore an initial report called Housing and life experiences: making a home on a low income. The reports and summaries are available to download in the related content section below.