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

• Autore: Jones Colin <1949 Jan. 13->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.5850941
• Soggetto topico: Housing policy - Great Britain; Housing - Great Britain; Home ownership - Government policy - Great Britain
• Classificazione: 71.83
• Altri autori: MurieAlan
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The right to buy
• ISBN: 1-281-32156-7; 9786611321567; 0-470-75964-X; 0-470-75962-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996203967203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Real estate issues (Oxford, England)