ABSTRACT
Deprived neighbourhoods are characterised by the clustering of social problems—crime, joblessness, poor health—and it is clear that this applies also to the under-achievement of children at school, and to popular perceptions of school quality and performance in such areas. At the same time, concentrations of poor households facing material and other deprivations are clearly bound up with the operation of the housing market and tenure systems. In most countries, such neighbourhoods comprise predominantly rented housing, and in Britain they are increasingly associated with social rented housing (Hills, 2007).
