ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author proposes a number of principles to assess and judge the applicability of housing policy in a moral sense. He provides something more enduring by stating what housing is for, or how housing helps human flourishing. The author argues that there are distinct limits to housing policy, and the distinction between provision and use must be respected. The essence of housing is that it allows us to meet our own ends as private individuals free from the intervention of others. He suggests that housing, regardless of its ownership, is always privatised. The author reviews a number of general principles that flow out of the discussion on individual autonomy and its constituent parts. He then briefly applies these principles to one aspect of UK housing policy in order to demonstrate their potential impact and consequences. Housing is the key locale where individuals can internalise responsibility and choose for themselves.
