Introduction, Part I: The Basics, 1. Housing and Home, 2. Quality and Access, 3. The Past, 4. The Future, 5. Ideology, Part II: Concepts, 6. Social Justice, 7. Need, 8. Choice, 9. Rights, 10. Responsibility, Part III: Tenure, 11. Owner Occupation, 12. Property Rights, 13. Desire, 14. Social Housing, 15. Private Renting, Part IV: Welfare, 16. Welfare, 17. Poverty, 18. Fairness, 19. Inequality, 20. Homelessness, 21. Crisis, Part V: Money, 22. Sources of Finance, 23. Markets, 24. Rent, 25. Housing Allowances, 26. Affordability, 27. Boom and Bust, 28. Borrowing, Part VI: Control, 29. Control, 30. Government, 31. Accountability, 32. Reform, Part VII: Buildings, 33. Development, 34. Planning, 35. Architecture, 36. Space and Place, Conclusions
Biography
Peter King has 25 years’ experience of teaching housing issues and is the author of 18 books. He is currently a Reader in Social Thought at De Montfort University, UK
"This text is a useful resource for academics, both for teaching Housing Studies, and for taking a ‘step back’ and considering broader conceptual issues around particular problems. As an introductory text it provides the basis for discussions around topics, and probing questions to follow up with. This conceptual and didactic approach makes the book a useful resource within the Housing Studies discipline, and one that will not age quickly. It is this characteristic that makes the book an insightful and useful contribution to the Housing Studies discipline; we have a new resource which enables us to take a conceptual approach to analysing current and future policy developments in housing." Helen Taylor, Department of Applied Community Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
