Housing policy transformed : the right to buy and the desire to own / [electronic resource]
King, Peter,1960-author.
This book seeks to understand the Right to Buy, the most controversial housing policy of the last thirty years, on its own terms, rather than most studies which focus on its negative impact. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-120) and index.
Housing Policy Transformed; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Owning and using things; 3. What Mrs Thatcher did; 4. What happened next?; 5. What is wrong with it?; 6. What does it tell us?; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
This book seeks to understand the Right to Buy, the most controversial housing policy of the last thirty years, on its own terms, rather than most studies which focus on its negative impact. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us.
Public housing
Housing policy
Home ownership