Project
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Funded by Economic and Social Research Council.
Collaboration with University of Glasgow.
The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) is a consortium of 14 institutions led by the University of Glasgow (PI Prof. Ken Gibb). The centre, which was established in August 2017, is a multidisciplinary partnership between academia, housing policy and practice. Over the course of the five-year programme, CaCHE researchers will produce evidence and new research which will contribute to tackling the UK’s housing problems at a national, devolved, regional, and local level. It is funded by the ESRC, AHRC and JRF. You can find out more via the centre’s website: https://housingevidence.ac.uk/
Total award value £20,663.15
Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Housing Studies
Research Report
A cost-benefit analysis of a traditional Glasgow tenement net zero retrofit
Higney A & Gibb K (2022) A cost-benefit analysis of a traditional Glasgow tenement net zero retrofit. Scottish Funding Council. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/a-cost-benefit-analysis-of-a-traditional-glasgow-tenement-net-zero-retrofit/
Article
Researching Home's Tangible and Intangible Materialities by Photo-Elicitation
Soaita AM & McKee K (2021) Researching Home's Tangible and Intangible Materialities by Photo-Elicitation. Housing, Theory and Society, 38 (3), pp. 279-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2020.1738543
Article
Living in a small home: expectations, impression management, and compensatory practices
Preece J, McKee K, Flint J & Robinson D (2021) Living in a small home: expectations, impression management, and compensatory practices. Housing Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2021.1988066
Article
Urban rhythms in a small home: COVID-19 as a mechanism of exception
Preece J, McKee K, Robinson D & Flint J (2021) Urban rhythms in a small home: COVID-19 as a mechanism of exception. Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980211018136
Article
McKee K, Soaita A & Hoolachan J (2020) 'Generation Rent' and the Emotions of Private Renting: self-worth, status and insecurity amongst low-income renters. Housing Studies, 35 (8), pp. 1468-1487. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2019.1676400
Newspaper Article
McKee K (2020) Millennials aren’t the only ones struggling - older renters share their challenges finding decent housing. 'The Evidence', Governor Magazine. Winter 2020, Evidence Issue 25. 2020, pp. 5-6.
Website Content
The Unequal Impact of Covid-19 on black, asian, minority ethnic and refugee communities
McKee K, Pearce A & Leahy S (2020) The Unequal Impact of Covid-19 on black, asian, minority ethnic and refugee communities. [Blog Post] 06.05.2020. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/the-unequal-impact-of-covid-19-on-black-asian-minority-ethnic-and-refugee-communities/
Other
Private renters’ housing experiences in lightly regulated markets: review of qualitative research
McKee K, Soaita AM & Munro M (2020) Private renters’ housing experiences in lightly regulated markets: review of qualitative research. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE). Glasgow. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/private-renters-housing-experiences-in-lightly-regulated-markets-review-of-qualitative-research/
Website Content
Housing Exclusion in the English Rental Market
McKee K & Preece J (2020) Housing Exclusion in the English Rental Market. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence [Blog post] 03.03.2020. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/housing-exclusion-in-the-english-rental-market/
Newspaper Article
England Could Learn from the Scottish Government in Protecting Renters
McKee K (2020) England Could Learn from the Scottish Government in Protecting Renters. 03.03.2020.
Research Report
Forms and Mechanisms of Exclusion in Contemporary Housing Systems: a scoping study
Preece J, Bimpson E, Robinson D, McKee K & Flint J (2020) Forms and Mechanisms of Exclusion in Contemporary Housing Systems: a scoping study. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE). Glasgow. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/200204-forms-and-mechanisms-of-exclusion-in-contemporary-housing-systems_final.pdf
Newspaper Article
McKee K (2019) Millennials aren't the only ones struggling - older renters share their challenges finding decent housing. The Conversation. 24.09.2019.
Research Report
Beyond Generation rent: Understanding the aspirations of private renters aged 35-54
McKee K, Mihael A & Munro M (2019) Beyond Generation rent: Understanding the aspirations of private renters aged 35-54. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. Glasgow. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/beyond-generation-rent/
Article
Assembling a 'kind of' home in the UK private renting sector
Soaita AM & McKee K (2019) Assembling a 'kind of' home in the UK private renting sector. Geoforum, 103, pp. 148-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.04.018
Newspaper Article
'Greedy landlord' stereotype is not true for all in private sector - some use power responsibly
McKee K, Bimpson E & Simcock T (2019) 'Greedy landlord' stereotype is not true for all in private sector - some use power responsibly. The Conversation. 26.06.2019.
Newspaper Article
Landlords will be forbidden from evicting tenants for no reason - but reform has only just begun
Simcock T & McKee K (2019) Landlords will be forbidden from evicting tenants for no reason - but reform has only just begun. The Conversation. 18.04.2019.
Newspaper Article
Low Income Private Renters: tenancy rights and emotional wellbeing
McKee K (2019) Low Income Private Renters: tenancy rights and emotional wellbeing. 'The Evidence', Governor Magazine. 01.04.2019.