Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
About the Book Series
Originally published between 1961 and 1994, the volumes in this set sit equally comfortably in sociology and geography as well as housing studies. Even though they were published some years ago, their content continues to offer critical engagement with an evolving policy agenda which is even more important in a time of crisis and deeper polarization both nationally and globally as a result of the pandemic.
They:
- Provide a comprehensive political-economic analysis of the historical origins and 20th Century experience of 19th and 20th Century housing tenure in the UK, France, Germany, the former USSR, Israel, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, Puerto Rico and the USA.
- Discuss landlord-tenant relations and the neglect of particular disadvantaged groups such as the elderly, the single homeless and those in low income groups
- Examine the balance between rehabilitation and redevelopment and the rise and fall of the high-rise flat
- Cover issues such as rent, rent controls, subsidies and urban renewal
- Look at the implications of selling council houses and evaluate the impact of the growth of home ownership in the UK
- Address the practical and political difficulties of devising measures which meet policy objectives.
Owner-Occupation in Britain
1st Edition
By Stephen Merrett
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1982, this is a companion volume to State Housing in Britain. Together the 2 volumes cover the tenure of some 85% of all British households in much of the 20th Century. The development of the tenure between 1918 and 1970 with special reference to its position in state ...
Property Before People: The Management of Twentieth-Century Council Housing
1st Edition
By Anne Power
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1987 this book examines attempts by successive individuals and governments to overcome slum conditions and homelessness, to reform landlord-tenant relations and to provide sound modern dwellings with full amenities for those who need them. Its focus is on how those ...
Rural Housing: Competition and Choice
1st Edition
By Michael Dunn, Marilyn Rawson, Alan Rogers
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1981, this book explores the plight of the locally born or locally employed faced with spiralling house prices and strong and unequal competition from the wealthier commuter, second-home owner or retirement migrant. It was the first book to examine the policy and planning ...
State Housing in Britain
1st Edition
By Stephen Merrett
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1979, this book was the first to provide a comprehensive political-economic analysis of the historical origins and 20th Century experience of state housing in the UK. The first part describes the growth of municipal housebuilding in the context of slum clearance before 1914 ...
The Future of Council Housing
1st Edition
Edited
By John English
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1982, at a time when the UK government was pursuing the policy of council house sales, this book explores the implications of selling council houses, criticises the housing management and policies of the 1970s and 80s and argues forcefully for the retention of the council ...
The Housing Crisis
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Malpass
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1986 at a time when Britain was facing a major housing crisis, this book, containing much original research, examines the crisis and analyses the reasons for it, providing foundations for the construction of effective new policies. As relevant now as when it was first ...
The Radical Homeowner: Housing Tenure and Social Change
1st Edition
By Ian C. Winter
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1994, this book provides an important contribution to contemporary housing debates as well as clear examples of the use of qualitative data in causal analysis. Based on 3 original Australian case studies and a range of international data, this book demonstrates that the ...
The Right to a Decent House
1st Edition
By Sidney Jacobs
December 20, 2022
Originally published in 1976, this book highlights the problems faced by many inner-city working class communities in 1970s Britain, with particular reference to the Gairbraid housing clearance area of Maryhill, Glasgow. It examines the policy of local authority re-housing. Both the policy and ...
Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy & Home Ownership
1st Edition
By Various
March 24, 2021
Originally published between 1961 and 1994, the volumes in this set sit equally comfortably in sociology and geography as well as housing studies. Even though they were published some years ago, their content continues to offer critical engagement with an evolving policy agenda which is even more ...