Do House Prices Affect Homelessness in London?
Do House Prices Affect Homelessness in London? By Beatrix Ferenczi Geographical Analysis and Techniques As part of Bsc Environmental Management School of Geography, Birkbeck College 2003 Contents Introduction Description and Source of Collected Data Variation in Data Null Hypothesis- Describing the Relationship- Strength of Correlation Meaning of the Results Conclusion References Introduction I set out to try to find a link between the price of housing and homelessness. It seemed a huge task and certainly proved to be a difficult issue to handle. Whether rising house prices have an effect on the number of homeless households is a very fascinating subject but collecting data and researching the subject took much longer than anticipated. However I was able to access such information. After much debating which areas to consider within the United Kingdom I focused on the 33 London Boroughs. Description and Source of Collected Data I used the most reliable sources possible, obtaining average house prices from HM Land Registry (http://www.landreg.gov.uk) where The Residential Property Price Report provides a detailed and authoritative insight into what is actually happening to average prices and sales volumes in the residential property market for England and Wales. The figures also incorporate average prices and number of sales within Greater London by