Places Change, and Not for Everyone · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Judging who a new neighbourhood serves

Geography · People & Environments · ages 16-18
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  1. House prices rise after regeneration. What does that measure alone leave unanswered?

    • Whether sale prices increased across the area
    • Whether homes now sell for more than before
    • Whether renters can afford to stay

  2. A regeneration report tracks home sale values, the number of jobs and offences recorded by police. Which set names these three measures?

    • House prices, job totals and recorded crime
    • Bus fares, school attendance and road repairs
    • Park access, shop opening hours and traffic counts

  3. New jobs in an area always go to the people already living there.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A scheme aims to improve safety. Recorded crime falls, but residents still report feeling unsafe at night. Which interim judgement uses both forms of evidence?

    • The safety aim is met because recorded incidents fell, despite residents' concerns
    • The safety aim is missed because residents remain worried, despite fewer recorded incidents
    • Recorded crime is lower; residents' safety concerns remain

  5. A new tram increases demand for nearby homes. Landlords raise rents while some existing renters' incomes stay fixed. Which explanation of possible displacement is supported by these facts?

    • Homes are demolished along the tram route, removing existing rented housing
    • Higher rents become unaffordable for some existing renters
    • Landlords convert rented homes into properties offered for sale

  6. A fictional scheme promises 40 affordable homes and 12 jobs for existing residents by year four. At that deadline, 40 homes meet its affordability test and 3 jobs go to existing residents. Which verdict fits?

    • Both targets met because new homes and jobs exist
    • Housing target met; local-job target missed
    • Neither target met because local hiring was below target

  7. An owner gains property value. A renter must leave because rent is unaffordable. The scheme's aims and the relative weight of these outcomes have not been stated. Which evaluation method is supported?

    • Give a positive verdict by treating the property-value gain as outweighing displacement
    • Record both outcomes, then compare them with stated aims
    • Give a negative verdict by treating displacement as outweighing the property-value gain

  8. A council uses opening-day photos to claim it has met a three-year promise of affordable rents and jobs for existing residents. What limits this evidence?

    • It shows buildings, but not rents and hiring over the promised period
    • It establishes affordable housing delivery, but later hiring records are still needed
    • It establishes local hiring at opening, but later rent records are still needed
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  1. Whether renters can afford to stay · Sale prices describe property values. They do not establish whether existing renters can afford their housing.
  2. House prices, job totals and recorded crime · Home sale values are house prices, the number of jobs is a job total, and offences recorded by police are recorded crime.
  3. False · A job total does not identify who gets the jobs. Some or all may go to people living elsewhere.
  4. Recorded crime is lower; residents' safety concerns remain · Recorded crime and perceived safety describe different outcomes. Neither measure alone settles the broad safety aim.
  5. Higher rents become unaffordable for some existing renters · The facts support rent-driven affordability pressure. They do not establish demolition or conversion of rented homes into homes for sale.
  6. Housing target met; local-job target missed · All 40 qualifying homes were delivered. Only 3 of the promised 12 local jobs were delivered, so the local-job target was missed.
  7. Record both outcomes, then compare them with stated aims · Both outcomes matter. An overall verdict needs the scheme's aims and an explained judgement about their relative importance.
  8. It shows buildings, but not rents and hiring over the promised period · Photos may document buildings. Their appearance does not establish affordability or who was hired, and opening-day evidence does not cover the promised period.
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