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Job-Housing Mismatch: Affordability Crisis in Surrey, South East England

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  • Nicola Morrison
  • Sarah Monk

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Rising housing costs and lack of affordable housing in London are affecting labour recruitment and retention, particularly in the public sector—the ‘key-worker problem’ of recent government statements. But housing and labour-market problems are not confined to London. In this paper we highlight the extent and nature of affordability, recruitment, and retention problems in a high-cost location outside the capital: Surrey in South East England. We suggest that changes towards a more professional and managerial workforce have impacted on housing demand and hence prices. Planning and physical constraints have contributed to housing shortages and exacerbated rising housing costs. High housing costs are linked to recruitment and retention difficulties not only for public-sector employers but also for certain types of private-sector employers in Surrey. This raises problems for the sustainability of the local economy. Measures introduced to address these difficulties are helping ‘key workers’ to access housing locally, but this simply bids up house prices rather than increasing the overall supply of housing that is affordable.

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  • Nicola Morrison & Sarah Monk, 2006. "Job-Housing Mismatch: Affordability Crisis in Surrey, South East England," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 38(6), pages 1115-1130, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:38:y:2006:i:6:p:1115-1130
    DOI: 10.1068/a374
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    1. Bernard Fingleton & Franz Fuerst & Nikodem Szumilo, 2019. "Housing affordability: Is new local supply the key?," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(1), pages 25-50, February.
    2. Emre Korsu & Sandrine Wenglenski, 2010. "Job Accessibility, Residential Segregation and Risk of Long-term Unemployment in the Paris Region," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 47(11), pages 2279-2324, October.
    3. Martin John Watts, 2009. "The Impact of Spatial Imbalance and Socioeconomic Characteristics on Average Distance Commuted in the Sydney Metropolitan Area," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 46(2), pages 317-339, February.
    4. Tim Winke, 2021. "Housing affordability sets us apart: The effect of rising housing prices on relocation behaviour," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(12), pages 2389-2404, September.
    5. Nicola Morrison, 2014. "Building talented worker housing in Shenzhen, China, to sustain place competitiveness," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 51(8), pages 1539-1558, June.

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