Housing Policy (Gildredge Social Policy S.)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Series introduction......Page 10
A BASIC NEED......Page 12
HOUSING AND SOCIAL HISTORY......Page 13
Policy since the 1960s......Page 14
HOUSING AND ECONOMICS......Page 15
HOUSING AND FINANCE......Page 16
Interest groups......Page 18
HOUSING AND LAW......Page 19
HOUSE BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE......Page 20
HOUSING AND HEALTH......Page 21
HOUSING AND SOCIOLOGY......Page 22
Education......Page 23
Responses to social exclusion......Page 24
KEY POINTS......Page 25
GUIDE TO FURTHER READING......Page 26
TODAY’S HOUSING STOCK: THE LEGACY OF THE PAST......Page 28
The nineteenth-century origins of state intervention......Page 29
The inter-war boom and the development of council housing......Page 30
The post-war rise and fall in building and clearance......Page 32
Continuity and change in the 1980s and 1990s......Page 33
HOUSING TENURE SHIFTS......Page 34
The private rented sector......Page 35
Owner occupation......Page 37
The rise and fall of council housing......Page 38
Registered Social Landlords......Page 41
Housing subsidies......Page 44
Building societies......Page 49
Scotland......Page 50
N. Ireland......Page 51
KEY POINTS......Page 52
GUIDE TO FURTHER READING......Page 53
HOUSING QUALITY AND CONDITIONS......Page 54
Owner occupation......Page 57
Grants for home improvement......Page 58
AREA IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES......Page 60
SOCIAL HOUSING CONDITIONS AND URBAN REGENERATION......Page 61
Government regeneration programmes......Page 62
LAND AND PLANNING......Page 64
Design for social housing......Page 66
Design for living......Page 68
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 69
KEY POINTS......Page 70
GUIDE TO FURTHER READING......Page 71
Outline......Page 72
Meeting needs......Page 73
Household types and tenure......Page 74
Women and ethnic minority households......Page 76
Residualization......Page 77
Homeless people......Page 79
The state’s response to homelessness......Page 80
The homelessness hurdles......Page 81
Households accepted by local authorities......Page 82
Temporary accommodation......Page 84
Homeless people not accepted by local authorities......Page 85
Tenants......Page 86
Owners......Page 87
HOUSING AS HOME......Page 88
Neighbourhoods and social balance......Page 89
Inequalities and opportunities: education, jobs and crime......Page 90
KEY POINTS......Page 92
GUIDE TO FURTHER READING......Page 93
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSING POLICIES AND HEALTH......Page 96
THE EFFECTS OF HOUSING CONDITIONS ON HEALTH......Page 97
Health problems of homeless people......Page 99
VULNERABLE PEOPLE......Page 101
Disabled and frail older people......Page 102
People with mental ill-health......Page 103
THE ROLE OF HOUSING AGENCIES......Page 104
Provision of suitable housing......Page 105
Access to suitable housing......Page 108
Housing management and support......Page 110
Housing and community care......Page 111
INTER-AGENCY WORKING TO DELIVER SERVICES......Page 112
KEY POINTS......Page 113
GUIDE TO FURTHER READING......Page 114
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOUSING PROFESSION......Page 116
Housing background not essential......Page 118
Local authorities......Page 119
Registered Social Landlords (RSLs)......Page 120
The role and quality of housing management......Page 121
Allocation off social housing......Page 123
Collecting rents......Page 126
Repairs and maintenance......Page 127
Dealing with empty property......Page 128
Dealing with neighbour relationships......Page 129
Equal opportunities in housing......Page 130
Aid and advice services......Page 132
Housing plus......Page 133
THE ROLE OF TENANTS......Page 134
Tenancies and rights......Page 135
Tenant participation......Page 136
KEY POINTS......Page 140
GUIDE TO FURTHER READING......Page 141
THE BIG PICTURE......Page 144
THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT HOUSING MARKETS......Page 146
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL HOUSING......Page 148
THE ROLE OF THE STATE......Page 151
THE ROLE OF HOUSING PROFESSIONALS......Page 153
GUIDE TO FURTHER READING......Page 155
LIST OF REFERENCES......Page 156
LIST OF THE MAIN UK HOUSING AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS......Page 160
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 162
SOME USEFUL INTERNET SITES......Page 164
Index......Page 168