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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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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2019.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations, maps ; |
| ISBN: | 9781447346067 |