D2.2 HouseInc Conceptual Framework. WP2

The consequences of housing inequality are many, ranging from overcrowding, displacement, mental and physical health decline and homelessness on the household level to increased criminality and safety concerns on the neighbourhood level (Ball, Timperio and Crawford 2009; Browning et al. 2010; Carrere et al. 2022; Soaita 2014). These outcomes have far-reaching implications for individual well-being as well associal cohesion and economic productivity of a society (EESC 2024; Howden-Chapman et al. 2023; Mendes de Leon et al. 2009). Housing inequality is both a reflection of wider social inequalities and an area of research, innovation, and policy with its own specific mechanisms and impacts. Due to this multidimensionality, on the one hand, and its specificity, on the other hand, the HouseInc project suggests that understanding and tackling housing inequalities requires an integrated and holistic approach.
This deliverable outlines HouseInc’s conceptual framework to the project’s study of housing inequalityunderstood as the systemic failure to provide inclusive access to quality housing that can manifest itself through a variety of phenomena with different impacts on society, which may be particularly felt by vulnerable communities.