Low Income Home Owners in Wales (Paperback)

This report presents a unique analysis of Low-income home-owners in Wales, documenting the level of home-ownership in relation to levels of income. Drawing on an extensive statistical analysis of the Welsh House Condition Survey, the report highlights the high level of home-ownership in Wales compared to other parts of the UK, despite relatively low levels of average incomes. While the report focuses primarily on the extent and characteristics of Low-income home-owners in Wales, it also presents the results in the context of earlier English, Scottish and Welsh analyses and draws out both common and divergent characteristics of the Low-income home-owner sector in each country. It presents a critique of 'official' poverty measures and has key implications for Welsh housing policy.