What will the Housing Market Look Like in 2040

This report examines the relationship between poverty and housing by studying the circumstances of 5,000 people over an 18-year period. It also projects how this relationship will change by 2040. Researchers combined information about the types of tenure individuals were in throughout the period with events in their lives over the same time, such as changes in household composition, earnings and retirement. This report: • investigates people’s likelihood of experiencing poverty at different stages of life; • forecasts how the proportion of social renting, private renting and home ownership will change by 2040 and the effect this could have on poverty; • outlines ways poverty can be contained through changes to the housing market and housing policy.