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Whose Housing Crisis? : Assets and Homes in a Changing Economy /
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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations, maps ; |
| ISBN: | 9781447346067 |