1st Edition

Essays on Housing Policy The British Scene

By J. Barry Cullingworth Copyright 1979
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1979, these essays provide a guide to the labyrinth of issues which together made up ‘housing policy’ in the late 20 th Century. The focus is on the practical and political difficulties of devising measures which meet policy objectives – difficulties which are just as prevalent in the 21 st Century. The search for ‘comprehensive strategies’ is shown to be a vain one:... Read more

1. The Institutional Framework 2. Housing Need and Demand 3. Council Housing Finance 4. Rent Control 5. Improvement and Slum Clearance 6. Owner-Occupation 7. Alternative Tenures 8. Housing Allowances 9. Housing Policy Questions

Biography

J. B. Cullingworth was Professor of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware.