Journal
JOURNAL OF HOUSING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 129-146Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-012-9296-3
Keywords
Right to buy; Residential mobility; Migration; Moving reasons; Longitudinal data; United Kingdom
Funding
- ESRC [ES/F019734/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/F019734/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Part of the political argument in favour of the right to buy (RTB) was that it would stimulate the economy by encouraging the inter-regional mobility of those in public sector housing. This is the first study to examine whether RTB-owners are indeed more mobile than those in social housing. Using longitudinal data from the British household panel survey and panel regression models we show that the probability of a RTB-owner making a long distance move falls between that of social renters and owner occupiers. However, the difference between RTB-owners and homeowners or social renters is not significant. Social renters are significantly less likely to move over long distances than traditional owners. The results also suggest that RTB-owners are less likely than traditional owners to move for job related reasons, but more likely than social renters.
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