Product Description

Housing Policy: An Introduction, has been completely revised for its fourth edition. Describing and explaining policies, as well as analysing recent changes, this book provides an accessible introduction to housing policy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #425524 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Review
'A perceptive and up-to-date critical analysis of current government policies towards housing.' - Government and Policy

On the third Edition: 'A perceptive and up-to-date critical analysis of current government policies towards housing.' - Government and Policy

'A few distinguished names have written books on housing policy that have remained in print over this twenty year period - Paul Balchin's is one of them....This format and style make for a very lucid structure that , in turn, makes the book accessible to the targeted student reader. the reader will find it easy to navigate a passage through the book to find the themes and issues that interest them.' - Mary Griffiths (University of Central England) - Housing Studies Vol.17 - 6/02

From the Back Cover
Housing Policy: an introduction, has been completely revised for this, its fourth edition. Its account of housing policy in the UK now gives particular emphasis to the development of policy since Labours electoral victory in 1997. After examining policy under the Thatcher and Major administrations, this new edition shows that there has been a gradual evolution in housing policy, rather than any radical change to the ways in which the different housing sectors are promoted.
In this edition housing policy issues introduced include:
the brownfield versus greenfield debate in respect of housing provision;
the phasing out of renovation grants;
the continuing shift of emphasis from supply-side to demand-side subsidies;
the transfer of local authority housing to registered social landlords;
the partial revival of private rented housing;
boom, slump and boom in the owner-occupied sector;
and many others issues ranging from regional policy and housing across the UK to social exclusion, commun

About the Author
Paul Balchin is Reader in Urban Economics and Maureen Rhoden is Senior Lecturer in Housing Studies, both at the University of Greenwhich.

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