ABSTRACT
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to housing policy and finance in Britain. It describes changes in the condition and tenure of housing in the post-war period, and contrasts the massive investment in house building and improvement with allegations that housing conditions are deteriorating. It describes the rise of the public housing sector and the slight decline in the face of the Thatcher government's policy on council house sales, which followed. The book thus provides a background for the development of housing policy over the next decade.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |33 pages
Housing Facts and Fiction
chapter |14 pages
The Political Economy of Housing
chapter |17 pages
The Facts about Housing in the UK
part |50 pages
Housing Tenure and Finance
chapter |9 pages
Owner-occupation: Choice and Finance
chapter |17 pages
Public-sector Housing: Finance and Allocation
chapter |22 pages
Private Rented Housing: Rent Control in Theory and Practice
part |50 pages
Housing Finance and Policy Reforms