Building on the past : visions of housing futures / [electronic resource]
Malpass, Peter,editor.
Cairncross, Liz,1958-editor.
Despite the improved supply and quality of housing in the UK and Europe over the last 60 years, the future of housing remains uncertain. Will the supply of new housing meet demand? Is decent, affordable housing an achievable goal? How far will governments seek to shape the market? How will they respond to demographic pressures in different parts of the country? Will housing wealth become a central issue in wider debates about the future of public services? This book looks at the big questions affecting the future of housing as a key indicator of social and economic well-being in the 21st century. It brings together specially commissioned contributions by leading housing experts who explore a wide range of themes and issues affecting the prospects for the coming 20 years or more. Drawing on the evidence of the past and present they analyse the implications of current trends to consider how markets and governments might respond to the challenges ahead. The book is not a work of prophecy or a manifesto for action. It is designed to stimulate and contribute to informed debate about possible futures and what can be done to influence what happens. Building on the past will be of interest to all those concerned about the future of housing, neighbourhoods and communities over the next 20 years.
Cover; BUILDING ON THE PAST- Visions of housing futures; Contents; List of tables, figures andphotographs; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; ONE - Introduction; Change and continuity; What can be said about the future?; Themes explored in the book; TWO - Moving with the times: changing frameworks for housing research and policy; Introduction; Transitions; Accounting for change; Changing frameworks for analysis; Conclusion; THREE - A new vision for UK housing?; Economic drivers; Social justice drivers; Environmental drivers; So is there another vision?
Where politics dims the visionWhere the vision is blurred; Conclusion; FOUR - Housing demand, supply and the geography of inequality; The issues; The principles: what generates geographic inequalities?; Regional housing inequalities: the evidence; Implications for the future; Conclusion; FIVE - Understanding the drivers of housing market change in Britain's postindustrial cities; Introduction; The structure of inner-city housing markets in central Manchester and Salford; The drivers of change in the inner core of Manchester and Salford; Historical influences
New market drivers and the impact of public policyConclusion; SIX - Affordability comes of age; Introduction; Moving the concept forward; Incidence of problems; Access to owner-occupation; Responding to the need for affordable housing; Affordability and the future agenda; SEVEN - Mob mentality: the threat to community sustainability from the search for safety; Introduction; Building sustainable and diverse communities in the context of current urban and housing policy; Private choices, public consequences; Future scenarios of social segregation and sustainability; Conclusion
EIGHT - Housing and the ageing populationIntroduction; The broad picture; The policy response; Where are we going? Housing and services, consumption and lifestyles; Challenges; A summary of key challenges; Questions and issues; NINE - Tenant futures: the future of tenants in social housing; Introduction; Who will be the tenants?; Choice and customers; Choice over landlord product; Choice over landlord; What do I want as a tenant?; Conclusion; TEN - Democracy and development; Introduction; Cambridge Futures; Housing Futures in South East England; Urban Futures in Burnley and Luton
The Urban Futures gameUsing options to manage change; Conclusion; ELEVEN - Conclusion; Current trends; Cleavages; Continuing themes; What we do not know; What needs to happen; Index; Also available from The Policy Press
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Despite the improved supply and quality of housing in the UK and Europe over the last 60 years, the future of housing remains uncertain. Will the supply of new housing meet demand? Is decent, affordable housing an achievable goal? How far will governments seek to shape the market? How will they respond to demographic pressures in different parts of the country? Will housing wealth become a central issue in wider debates about the future of public services? This book looks at the big questions affecting the future of housing as a key indicator of social and economic well-being in the 21st century. It brings together specially commissioned contributions by leading housing experts who explore a wide range of themes and issues affecting the prospects for the coming 20 years or more. Drawing on the evidence of the past and present they analyse the implications of current trends to consider how markets and governments might respond to the challenges ahead. The book is not a work of prophecy or a manifesto for action. It is designed to stimulate and contribute to informed debate about possible futures and what can be done to influence what happens. Building on the past will be of interest to all those concerned about the future of housing, neighbourhoods and communities over the next 20 years.
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