The pandemic and the economic shock which followed has served to expose fault lines in the housing system. However, there is perhaps the potential to use the experience and knowledge gained to aim to address those issues, which have come into sharp focus as a result of the turmoil caused by the pandemic.
More than anything, this research shows that the pandemic and subsequent lockdown has affected households in all manner of ways, but that those living in the private rented sector have been disproportionately affected. In part this may be due to the increasing proportion of low income households in the private rented sector and as such a policy change in favour of social and affordable housing will be key to a post Covid-19 recovery.
The research also shows that the support that many households received has been immensely helpful, but it has also shown us that it is important to remember that we may all be in the same storm, but we are definitely not in the same boat.