Very little attention has been paid to date to the role of a changing neighbourhood as a factor influencing the residential choice process. Especially the social structure of a neighbourhood can change fast as some neighbourhoods experience very high levels of population turnover. Processes of neighbourhood change are often beyond residents' sphere of influence and if a changing neighbourhood causes residential stress, the only way to improve one's neighbourhood is to move to a better one. This study aims to get more insight in the effect of neighbourhood change on residential stress by studying residents' wish to leave their neighbourhood. Using data from the 2002 Housing Demand Survey enriched with neighbourhood characteristics and multilevel logistic regression, we model whether or not people have the wish to leave their neighbourhood. The results show no effect of a change in the socio-economic status of the neighbourhood on moving wishes. A high level of population turnover and an increase of the proportion of non-western ethnic minorities in the neighbourhood increase the probability that residents want to leave their neighbourhood. The latter effect disappears when controlled for residents' subjective opinion about neighbourhood change.
Part of the political argument in favour of the right to buy (RTB) was that it would stimulate the economy by encouraging the inter-regional mobility of those in public sector housing. This is the first study to examine whether RTB-owners are indeed more mobile than those in social housing. Using longitudinal data from the British household panel survey and panel regression models we show that the probability of a RTB-owner making a long distance move falls between that of social renters and owner occupiers. However, the difference between RTB-owners and homeowners or social renters is not significant. Social renters are significantly less likely to move over long distances than traditional owners. The results also suggest that RTB-owners are less likely than traditional owners to move for job related reasons, but more likely than social renters.
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