MIGRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOUSING PROJECT

Descriptions

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) seeks to procure researchers/research teams to fill crucial evidence gaps in the MAC's understanding of the impact of migration on housing in the UK. There are two funding pots for Projects 1 and 2. The first is for a literature review, with a ceiling of £15,000, with which we intend to award one project. This literature review covers the causal link between migration and housing (prices, rent etc.) in relevant developed economies and implications for the UK context. The second is for a more open project(s) exploring the impact of migration on house prices in the UK, with a ceiling of £60,000, with which we intend to award up to 2 projects. Bidders may bid for projects in one or both pots. How the project is delivered is to be determined by the successful bidders. The bids themselves should outline how the bidder aims to deliver the project. We have an obligation to be open, fair, and transparent with the funding but have no preferred analytical method to be adopted for the research proposed and will evaluate each bid according to its merits based on the evaluation criteria stated within the Instruction to Bidders. The research must be completed by March 2026