Laura Lane

CASE Policy Fellow

Expertise: housing, homelessness, neighbourhoods, retrofit and regeneration, sustainable communities

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+44 (0)20 7955 7472

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l.lane@lse.ac.uk

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Biography

Laura Lane is a Policy Fellow working within the LSE Housing and Communities team in CASE. She has worked at CASE since 2005 and has experience across a number of areas within housing and communities research. She is currently working on projects focused on sustainable upgrading of social housing estates; mitigating the harms from overcrowded homes; neighbourhood renewal and sustainable communities; and how multiple insecurities affect life chances and wellbeing and what joined-up policy can do to help.

Laura's latest projects include:

Latest

CASEreports

Mitigating the Impacts of Overcrowding in the London Borough of Newham

27 February 2025

Laura Lane and Bert Provan

Between 2022 and 2024, LSE Housing and Communities conducted research into overcrowding in the London Borough of Newham, and how the harms of overcrowding can be mitigated. This final report brings together data analysis... Read more...

CASEreports

The Value of Local: An evaluation of the neighbourhood management approach of EastendHomes

12 April 2024

Laura Lane

The LSE Housing and Communities team at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) was commissioned in 2019 to carry out an evaluation of the neighbourhood management approach of EastendHomes. This report ... Read more...

CASEreports

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...

CASEreports

The Social and Economic Value of Wheelchair User Homes

04 September 2023

Bert Provan and Laura Lane

People who use wheelchairs can benefit in many ways from living in homes which are designed to meet their needs. They can enjoy a much greater independence and ability to do everyday tasks such as showering, cooking, usi... Read more...

CASEreports

Opening Doors: An evaluation of the London Borough of Newham's Housing First Pilot Project

05 February 2021

LSE Housing and Communities, Laura Lane, Anne Power and Bert Provan

In 2018, the London Borough of Newham (LBN) commissioned LSE Housing and Communities to undertake an evaluation of their "Housing First" pilot project. The main objectives for the evaluation were: 1. To understand the pr... Read more...

CASEreports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Managing the Unmanageable: Debt and Financial Resilience in Newham

09 July 2019

Laura Lane and Anne Power

An executive summary of CASEreport 123 (https://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/casereport123.pdf) which aims to understand the links between work, low pay, benefits, credit, debt, and savings among low-income households i... Read more...

CASEreports

Managing the Unmanageable: Debt and financial resilience in Newham

09 July 2019

LSE Housing and Communities, Laura Lane and Anne Power

This research aims to understand the links between work, low pay, benefits, credit, debt, and savings among low-income households in East London. Our work around debt and financial resilience in Newham goes back a number... Read more...

CASEreports

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...

CASEreports

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...