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Ellie Benton

Ellie Benton

CASE Research Assistant, LSE Housing and Communities

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e.benton@lse.ac.uk
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POSTPONED - TO BE REARRANGED. Homelessness in London: Why youth homelessness needs its own solution

04 June 2024

Tania Burchardt (CASE, LSE), Ellie Benton (LSE Housing and Communities), Lilly Walker (Centrepoint), Meghan Roach (New Horizon Youth Centre)

An estimated 20,000 young people in London were experiencing homelessness, or were at risk of homelessness, in 2022/23. This represents a 10% increase compared to 2021/22, with a similar trend seen nationally. Crucially,... Read more...
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On Our Side: Improving services for young people experiencing homelessness

11 April 2024

Ellie Benton, Laura Lane and Ruby Russell

Estimates suggest that almost half of all young people experiencing homelessness do not contact their local authority, or face barriers in doing so. And only 38% of those who do get a positive outcome. In the autumn of 2... Read more...
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Community Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis

13 February 2023

Ellie Benton and Anne Power

The cost-of-living crisis is affecting households across the UK, many of whom are increasingly struggling to meet day-to-day costs, including energy, food, transport, and other essentials. With limited state support to a... Read more...
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Keeping Communities Together: How smaller social landlords and community-led housing can provide affordable, secure, low cost accommodation for communities in need

21 April 2022

Ellie Benton, Anne Power and Ruby Russell

This report sets out the potential for small, community-based housing organisations to deliver homes for people in housing need, within their own communities. It uncovers innovative examples and models for how this can b... Read more...
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Social Cost Benefit Analysis of the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) policy in London

23 March 2022

Ellie Benton, Jacob Karlsson, Ilona Pinter, Bert Provan, Kath Scanlon and Christine Whitehead

This report estimates the monetised social and economic gains (benefits) of removing of the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition for certain household in England. It compares this to the costs of allowing them to... Read more...
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Climate Crisis/Housing Crisis: How can social landlords reconcile safety and energy saving?

11 March 2022

Ellie Benton, Ruby Russell, Anne Power and LSE Housing and Communities

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What is the role of housing associations in providing intermediate and market rented housing?

04 October 2021

Ellie Benton and Anne Power

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Community responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic: How mutual aid can help

09 February 2021

Ellie Benton and Anne Power

The beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic caused panic over job losses, food and toiletry shortages and social isolation, over and above the health impacts of the virus. People wanted to help on a mass scale and there was ... Read more...
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Community Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic: Case Study Report

09 February 2021

Ellie Benton and Anne Power

The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown that followed created a unique set of circumstances: people over 70 and those with underlying health conditions were forced to self-isolate; day to day activities stopped; people be... Read more...
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Retrofit to the Rescue: Environmental upgrading of multi-storey estates

08 March 2019

Alice Belotti, Ellie Benton, Laura Lane and Anne Power

'Retrofit to the Rescue' looks at the ambitious refurbishment of Wilmcote House in Portsmouth for a new study on the social impact of retrofit works. In 2010 LSE Housing and Communities were asked to conduct interviews... Read more...
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Never Just a Number: Evaluating the impact of a holistic approach to UK poverty

23 October 2018

Ellie Benton, Laura Lane, Anne Power and Bert Provan

The core aim of the research is to show the social value of CAP’s work in tackling poverty and related problems of debt, joblessness, dependency, and low capacity. The evaluation covers the four main strands of CAP’s app... Read more...

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