With ever-decreasing affordability and availability of homes, the UK has a longstanding and complex housing crisis.
Rather than laying the blame on a particular group or cause, this book explains the root causes of our current housing situation and proposes useful ways forward. The author uses his experience of delivering housing policy in Greater Manchester to analyse the interlocking issues of demographic and social policy change, the financial and planning systems, the construction industry and the UK’s recent change of government.
Key reading for housing researchers and policy makers, this book analyses recent reform plans and the feasibility of achieving an effective and accessible UK housing landscape.
Introduction
Part 1: Defining the Housing Crisis
1. Housing Supply and the Shrinking Stock
2. Affordability
3. Quality
4. Community and Gentrification
Part 2: Why Policy Is Failing
5. Delivery
6. Regional and Political Iniquities in Policymaking
7. Existing Stock Condition
8. Homelessness
9. Delivering Council and Social Housing
10. Home Ownership and House Price Inflation
11. A Failed Growth Model
Part 3: How Do We Fix It?
12. Council & Social Housing
13. Controlling House Price Inflation
14. Regulate the Private Rented Sector
15. Housing Standards
Conclusion
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