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Sleepy suburbs

By Anthony Breach, Elena Magrini | 24 March 2020

Sleepy suburbs

By Anthony Breach, Elena Magrini | 24 March 2020

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The role of the suburbs in solving the housing crisis
Introduction
- Box Figure 1: Cities’ housing supply since 2011 and their housing affordability in 2011
Where in cities are new homes being built?
Brighton – a high-demand, low-supply city
- Box Figure 2: Where Brighton has built new homes since 2011
- Box Box 2: Data and method
Wakefield – a low-demand, high-supply city
- Box Figure 3: Where Wakefield has built new homes since 2011
Exeter – a high-demand, high-supply city
- Box Figure 4: Where Exeter has built new homes since 2011
Manchester – a large city, with many local authorities
- Box Figure 5: Where Manchester has built new homes since 2011
London – a large city with an extensive public transport network
- Box Figure 6: Where London has built new homes since 2011, with Network Rail and Transport for London routes mapped
Why does this pattern matter for cities?
How does policy explain where houses are built within cities?
What needs to change?

001: Defining suburbs

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