1st Edition

Housing and Public Policy

By Stewart Lansley Copyright 1979
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

Housing in the UK and globally has long been an area of central and local government concern, and this reflects its vital importance for both individual and social welfare. Despite increased public expenditure on housing in the post-war years housing remains a major problem area of social and economic policy. While housing standards have risen on average, significant sections of the community... Read more

1.The Role of Government 2. The Operation of the Housing Market 3. Past Progress and Current Problems 4. Government Intervention in Practice – The Current System of Finance 5. The Impact of Subsidies 6. Housing Tenure – Current Issues and Trends 7. The Housing Green Paper and the Reform of Housing Finance 8. Inner Cities and Improvement Policy.

Biography

Stewart Lansley is a visiting fellow at the School of Policy Studies, the University of Bristol, a Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum and an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. His latest book is The Richer, The Poorer, How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor, a 200-year History, Bristol University Press, 2022.

Original Review of Housing and Public Policy:

‘Invaluable for the student and researcher…deserves to be very widely read.’ Local Government Chronicle

‘A detailed and scholarly account.’ Tribune

‘Stewart Lansley brings together material from many sources and presents it clearly.’  Local Government Studies.