This paper reviews the existing evidence on Public Attitudes to Housing. It is necessarily selective due to the scope of the project, but it aims to facilitate discussion by highlighting public attitudes to a range of key housing issues that are currently being debated. A range of factors influences how housing is perceived and consumed. Home ownership is the dominant tenure. But underpinning current debates are concerns about the appropriate reach of this tenure (especially within the context of a prudent mortgage market and with the risks to borrowers now more apparent), and the purpose of the other tenures in serving those households who cannot afford market housing.