Understanding Housing Policy

Description

Focusing on principles and theory and their application in the process of constructing housing policy, with boxed examples and case studies throughout, this fully revised 3rd edition addresses the range of socio-economic factors that have influenced UK housing policy in recent years. These include the austerity agenda, the Coalition government's housing policies, the 2015 Conservative government's policy direction, the evolving devolution agenda and housing supply.

Brian Lund is Visiting Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has served as Housing Committee Chair of a large metropolitan housing authority and was an Open University Tutor for more than twenty-five years. He is the author of Housing Politics in the United Kingdom: power, protest and politics (Policy Press, 2016).

"Understanding Housing Policy is an insightful exploration of contemporary housing problems and an excellent introduction to the subject." Social Policy, Vol. 36 (4) - 2007 "...this is a refreshing and different contribution to the literature. It clearly will prove of considerable value as an introductory text book and it maybe more accessible to undergraduates than the other books available are." Housing Studies Association Newsletter, Issue 1, 2007 "It should be on the bookshelf of anyone, novice or veteran, interested in UK housing policy, and will be essential for undergraduate and graduate students specialising in the area." Joe Finnerty, University of Cork, Housing Studies journal (review of 2nd ed) "An excellent historical and theoretical review of housing policy: thoughtful, well informed, critical and up to date." Chris Paris, Professor of Housing Studies, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland "An excellent update that puts current housing policy into an historical context. This will be very helpful to my students." Alan Winter, Associate Professor of Housing, London South Bank University