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Privatisation of Social Housing
2012This article describes and analyses the transfer of social housing ownership to sitting tenants, other individual owners, and/or international financial investors. It draws on the experience of a number of countries to explore four types of housing privatisation.
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A Social Philosophy of Housing
2017This book presents an original perspective by opening up housing to a philosophical approach. It fully integrates discussions on contemporary housing policy and social philosophy in a manner not previously attempted in the housing literature. Professor Jim Kemeny (Uppsala University) described it as ‘the first systematic application of social ...
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The House of Socialism in Literature. Trifonov’s House on the Embankment
2008The historic house described in Trifonov's novel, (sic) (The House on the Embankment; 1976) reflects an image of Soviet life in some of its crucial phases that has an enduring significance for later generations. It can be seen as a symbol of the Soviet era, in all its aspects.
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2007
This chapter sketches the most significant trends in the development of the social housing provision in this country from the mid 1800s, until the contemporary period. The opening part of the chapter examines the early housing legislation; explains how it shaped the system of social housing provision and assesses the contribution which social housing ...
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This chapter sketches the most significant trends in the development of the social housing provision in this country from the mid 1800s, until the contemporary period. The opening part of the chapter examines the early housing legislation; explains how it shaped the system of social housing provision and assesses the contribution which social housing ...
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Housing, social policy and difference
2001This book provides an overview of key social issues set in the context of housing. From minority ethnic housing needs to the housing implications of domestic violence, this broad-ranging study shows how difference is regulated and deploys a distinctive theoretical perspective applicable to other aspects of welfare.
Malcolm Harrison, Cathy Davis
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The social demography of shared housing
Journal of the Australian Population Association, 1986"Despite the prevalence of shared housing in Australia, almost one-third of all households, little is known about who are the people who share accommodation, and why they do so. Using a sample of 4,560 households, this paper presents a demographic profile of shared dwellings and tests some of the prevailing assumptions about why certain groups may ...
P K, Edwards, J A, Jones, J N, Edwards
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Housing and Social Fragmentation in the Netherlands
Housing Studies, 2000The role of housing policy has been largely ignored in the debate on social fragmentation in Western societies. Only in Great Britain has this aspect attained prominence on the research agenda. Investigations there have shown that the mode of housing provision mitigates the effects of social fragmentation.
van Kempen, R. +2 more
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2019
Nella società occidentale attuale gli schemi familiari stanno subendo notevoli trasformazioni: la formazione di famiglie monoparentali, i nuovi flussi migratori e l’incremento delle persone con più di 65 anni, fanno si che la famiglia tradizionale non sia più l’unità sociale dominante con la conseguente necessità di una diversificazione dell ...
Francesco Cocco, Massimo Faiferri
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Nella società occidentale attuale gli schemi familiari stanno subendo notevoli trasformazioni: la formazione di famiglie monoparentali, i nuovi flussi migratori e l’incremento delle persone con più di 65 anni, fanno si che la famiglia tradizionale non sia più l’unità sociale dominante con la conseguente necessità di una diversificazione dell ...
Francesco Cocco, Massimo Faiferri
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Competition and Social Rented Housing
Housing, Theory and Society, 2010Abstract This paper aims to make a contribution to the debate about the meaning of competition as applied to social housing and the usefulness of a competitive paradigm as a comparative analytical tool. Social housing providers have been asked to become more competitive and more market orientated in Europe. But what exactly do these terms mean and what
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COMPETITION AND SOCIAL HOUSING IN EUROPE
Economic Affairs, 2008This article discusses the application of the concept of competition to social housing in Europe. A distinction is made between competition amongst social housing suppliers and between social housing organisations and commercial suppliers of housing.
Oxley, Michael +3 more
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