ABSTRACT
The transfer of the ownership of dwellings from councils to private owner occupiers is likely to affect household movement decisions and the ability of households to make such decisions. The longest case study referred is an illustration of such a move. As the literature suggests, shorter distance moves were less likely to be associated with job changes. The context for current studies of household movement and migration includes uneven patterns of economic development, changes in employment, unemployment and the labour market, and restructuring of housing tenure. The extreme case of non-moving home owners was a husband and wife aged 67 and 71 respectively at the time of interview. The early experience as a married couple was of uncertainty at work and moving house. The husband’s first job after qualifying fell through and he again joined a large company and the couple rented a cottage for six months in the Midlands.
