Growing economies and building homes : Reconciling growth and housing wellbeing in St Andrews

Abstract

In the autumn of 2012, Fife Council and the University commissioned the Centre for Housing Research (CHR) to make a detailed assessment of how students, staff and other local residents fare in the local rental housing market in St Andrews. This study, based on three local surveys, presents the analysis of University staff and student location choices from administrative data and interviews with market agents and investors, reviews some of the difficulties that arise in the local housing system and how, in the present adverse context for housing policy expenditures, they can be addressed.