This is a major new textbook on UK housing policy covering contemporary issues, policies and management across the whole range of housing tenures set in a historical and comparative context. Designed as a replacement for Peter Malpass and Alan Murie's highly successful Housing Policy and Practice, it addresses the evolution of policy and practice with a central focus on five key themes: institutional and governance arrangements, economic and demographic change, the loss of identity of housing policy, the interlinked issues of inequality and standards and the interests served or involved in...
This is a major new textbook on UK housing policy covering contemporary issues, policies and management across the whole range of housing tenures set ...
Neighbourhoods of Poverty is concerned with the spatial dimension of urban social exclusion and integration. It draws on research from twenty-two neighbourhoods in eleven European cities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, London, Birmingham, Berlin, Hamburg, Milan, Naples and Paris and addresses two questions: - How do different neighbourhoods have an impact upon the opportunities and perspectives of poor individuals and households? - Are these neighbourhood impacts conditioned by national and welfare state contexts, by the wider metropolitan structures and by specific neighbourhood...
Neighbourhoods of Poverty is concerned with the spatial dimension of urban social exclusion and integration. It draws on research from twenty-two neig...
Established as the leading text in the field, this thoroughly revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive account of the current issues, set in a clear historical context. It assesses the legacy of eighteen years of Conservative governments and the initial policy impact of New Labour and the problems and challenges it now confronts. This book remains essential reading for all who wish to understand and contribute to determining the pace and direction of change in housing into the twenty-first century.
Established as the leading text in the field, this thoroughly revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive account of the current issues, set ...
An evaluation of the most enduring privatisation of the Thatcher era ...
Written in an accessible style, this is a key reference for students and researchers in housing and planning; geography; and social policy.
The book analyses the operation and impact of the right to buy policy (RTB). It includes a critique of the Housing Act and the 2001 Housing (Scotland) Act. The enactment of these changes under a Labour government affirms the continuance of the RTB. The authors take stock of its profound effect on housing policy, reversing the growth in social housing developed...
An evaluation of the most enduring privatisation of the Thatcher era ...
Written in an accessible style, this is a key reference for students...
This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. The main emphasis is on the ways in which privatisation in housing links to other key changes in British society.
This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. The main emphasis is on the ways in which pr...
This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. The main emphasis is on the ways in which privatisation in housing links to other key changes in British society.
This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. The main emphasis is on the ways in which pr...