Item #234743 Housing policy : an introduction. Paul N. Balchin.

Housing policy : an introduction

1995, Third Edition. London : Routledge. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #234743
ISBN: 0415093023

Edition; Third edition. Physical description; xiii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Previous edns.: London : Croom Helm, 1985 ; London : Routledge, 1989. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; 1. Introduction: The Housing Crisis, Housing Investment, 2. Housebuilding: The Land Constraint, New House Building, 3. Rehabilitation: Private Sector, Social Sector, Area Improvement, 4. Local Authority Housing, 5. Housing Associations, 6. Private Rented Housing, 7. Owner-Occupation, 8. Tenure Conversion: Privatisation, 9. Housing Finance, 10. Housing in Europe: Similarities and Dissimilarities, 11. Conclusions. Summary; This third edition has been updated to include the latest legislation, together with an analysis of the effects of the recession on housing policy. The book has been reworked to take account of new trends in housing policy, providing the ideal introduction to the area covering housebuilding, rehabilitation, local authority and private rented housing together with housing associations and owner-occupation. The book now also expands on new topical issues such as homelessness, gender, equal opportunities, race, age, single-parent families, together with a look at the situation in Europe. Subjects; Housing policy - Great Britain. Housing. Great Britain. Welfare & benefit systems ; Urban communities. United Kingdom, Great Britain. Social Science / General. Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning.

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