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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817470903321

Titolo

Home ownership [[electronic resource] ] : getting in, getting from, getting out. Part III / / John Doling, Marja Elsinga, Richard Ronald (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : IOS Press, 2010

ISBN

6612956089

1-282-95608-6

9786612956089

1-60750-549-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Housing and urban policy studies, , 0926-6240 ; ; 34

Altri autori (Persone)

DolingJ

ElsingaMarja

RonaldRichard

Disciplina

363.50973

Soggetti

Home ownership - Economic aspects - European Union countries

Home ownership - Social aspects - European Union countries

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.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Preface; Getting in, getting from, getting out. An Introduction; Moving on from shared ownership in the UK; Promoting home ownership through demand-side targeted measures. The case of Norwey; Housing equity among Norwegian home owners; Housing wealth leakage, return migration and transnational housing markets. Experiences of UK-based African-Caribbean home owners; Managing assets and risks through ownership and regeneration. Housing policies in the Netherlands; Economic restructuring in Turkey. Developments in the housing sector since the 2001 crisis

Home ownership, institutionalisation, and mortality of elderly in the NetherlandsThe American nightmare. The unique contribution of the mortgage market; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an overview of the effects of home ownership, a housing sector that has grown rapidly in recent years in many countries, not least because this is normally encouraged by governments. The first part of the subtitle, 'Getting in', refers to processes in the development of the homeownership stock including



problems of access, which in turn implies issues of affordability, the viability of financial institutions and subsidies. 'Getting from' indicates that this form of housing tenure may provide households with advantages such as wealth accumulation and independence that may not