Whose Housing Crisis?
Whose Housing Crisis?

Author: Gallent, Nick

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2019-04-24

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1447346076

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At the root of the housing crisis is the problematic relationship that individuals and economies share with residential property. Housing’s social purpose, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset, able to offer a hedge against weakening pensions or source of investment and equity release for individuals, or guarantee rising public revenues, sustain consumer confidence and provide evidence of ‘growth’ for economies. The refunctioning of housing in the twentieth century is a cause of great social inequality, as housing becomes a place to park and extract wealth and as governments do all they can to keep house prices on an upward track.

Housing and Dwelling
Housing and Dwelling

Author: Barbara Miller Lane

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-11

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1134279272

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A collection of thought-provoking essays on the changing face of domestic architecture over two centuries, highlighting the wide range of source materials and theoretical perspectives available to scholars of architectural history.

Research Handbook on Urban Sociology
Research Handbook on Urban Sociology

Author: Miguel A. Martínez

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-04-12

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 1800888902

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Emphasising the social, critical and situated dimensions of the urban, this comprehensive Research Handbook presents a unique collection of theoretical and empirical perspectives on urban sociology. Bringing together expert contributors from across the world, it provides a rich overview and research agenda for contemporary urban sociological scholarship.

The Housing Boom and Bust
The Housing Boom and Bust

Author: Thomas Sowell

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

Published: 2009-05-12

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0465018807

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Explains how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The "creative" financing of home mortgages and "creative" marketing of financial securities based on these mortgages to countries around the world, are part of the story of how a financial house of cards was built up--and then collapsed.