Whose Housing Crisis? : Assets and Homes in a Changing Economy /

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This book examines the ways in which the social purpose of housing, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset. As individuals increasingly use housing as a place to park and extract wealth, and governments do all they can to keep house prices on an upward track, the auth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gallent, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Society.
Wohnungspolitik
Social conditions.
Housing policy.
Housing.
Economic history.
Housing > England.
Housing policy > England.
England
England.
England > Social conditions.
England > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book examines the ways in which the social purpose of housing, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset. As individuals increasingly use housing as a place to park and extract wealth, and governments do all they can to keep house prices on an upward track, the author analyses how this refunctioning of housing is a great source of social inequality.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9781447346067

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