Making housing more affordable : the role of intermediate tenures / / edited by Sarah Monk, Christine M.E. Whitehead

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815526403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ames, IA, : Blackwell Pub., 2010
• ISBN: 9786612774683; 9781444340891; 1444340891; 9781282774681; 1282774689; 9781444327854; 1444327852; 9781444327861; 1444327860
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Collana: Real estate issues
• Altri autori (Persone): MonkSarah; WhiteheadChristine M. E
• Disciplina: 363.5/820941
• Soggetti: Low-income housing - Great Britain; Housing - Great Britain
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Making Housing More Affordable; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Glossary; A; C; D; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; 1 Introduction; SECTION A: WHAT IS INTERMEDIATE HOUSING?; 2 Intermediate housing tenure - principles and practice; 3 International experience; SECTION B: MEASURING THE PROBLEM; 4 Methods for estimating need for intermediate housing; 5 Modelling the take-up of low-cost home ownership; SECTION C: SECURING INTERMEDIATE HOUSING; 6 Intermediate housing and the planning system; 7 Securing key worker housing through the planning system; SECTION D: WHO BENEFITS FROM INTERMEDIATE HOUSING?8 Different tenures, different households?; 9 Targeting groups: key workers' needs and aspirations; 10 Shared ownership: does it satisfy government and ; household objectives?; 11 Working with government policy in the East of England: a case study of implementation; SECTION E: INTERMEDIATE HOUSING AND THE ECONOMY; 12 Intermediate housing products and the housing cycle; 13 The impact of the economic downturn on low-cost home ownership in the UK; 14 Conclusions; Appendix 1 The products; Appendix 2 Definitions of intermediate housing for use in negotiating planning obligationsReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The movement away from traditional rented approaches to meeting the housing needs of those on modest incomes has taken on new momentum in the latest economic cycle. This book answers some of the questions around affordable housing and low cost home ownership, and whether these intermediate tenures have the potential to play a longer term role in achieving sustainable housing markets. The editors clarify the principles on which the development of affordable housing and intermediate tenures has been based; analyse the policy instruments used to implement these ideas; and make a prel