Ethically-speaking, what is the most reasonable way of evaluating housing outcomes?

Figures & data

Table

Type of Evaluative Framework	Example Metrics
Economic	House prices, Rents, Affordability ratios, Level of subsidy
“Objective”: how does the evaluator judge a person’s housing outcomes?	Rooms per person, Decent Homes Standard, Numbers of homelessness, Number of homes built
Subjective: how does the resident judge their housing outcomes?	Life Satisfaction, Customer Satisfaction, Satisfaction with regeneration initiative or programme

Figure 1. Subjective rating of size of living space for those who fail the national space standard (N = 329)

Source: English Housing Survey, 2008