1st Edition
Cities, Housing and Profits Flat Break-Up and the Decline of Private Renting
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1988, this book documents and explains the emergence of flat ‘break-ups’ – the sale of individual owner occupation of blocks of flats which were previously privately rented and which played a major role in the transformation of the private housing market in London since the 1960s. The book shows that the flat break-up market in London was not a unique phenomenon but one of... Read more
Biography
Chris Hamnett is Professor Emeritus at King's College London and Bill Randolph is Director, City Futures Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, Australia.
'This reissue of Cities, Housing and Profits makes available Hamnett and Randolph’s pathbreaking study of the transformation of London’s housing stock from places of habitation to a tradeable asset and the consequences for the development of the city. It remains a significant contribution to our understanding of the financialization of property markets and its effects. ' Susan F. Fainstein, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design
