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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145592403321

Autore

Jones Colin <1949 Jan. 13->

Titolo

The right to buy [[electronic resource] ] : analysis & evaluation of a housing policy / / Colin Jones and Alan Murie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2006

ISBN

1-281-32156-7

9786611321567

0-470-75964-X

0-470-75962-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Real estate issues

Classificazione

71.83

Altri autori (Persone)

MurieAlan

Disciplina

363.5850941

Soggetti

Housing policy - Great Britain

Housing - Great Britain

Home ownership - Government policy - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A policy for its time -- The right to buy in the UK 1980-2005 -- Unequal opportunities, time and place -- Transforming social housing -- Extending the owner occupied housing market -- Promoting the private rented sector -- Creating sustainable communities -- Housing management and housing quality -- The financial equation -- Policy transfer : international perspectives on housing privatisation -- A policy past its sell-by date? -- Learning from the right to buy.

Sommario/riassunto

An evaluation of the most enduring privatisation of the Thatcher era ... Written in an accessible style, this is a key reference for students and researchers in housing and planning; geography; and social policy. The book analyses the operation and impact of the right to buy policy (RTB). It includes a critique of the Housing Act and the 2001 Housing (Scotland) Act. The enactment of these changes under a Labour government affirms the continuance of the RTB. The authors take stock of its profound effect on housing policy, reversing the growth in social housing developed over the t