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Privatisation of Social Housing

2012
This 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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The House of Socialism in Literature. Trifonov’s House on the Embankment

2008
The 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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Social Housing

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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Housing, social policy and difference

2001
This 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, 2000
The 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., Schutjens, V.A.J.M., van Weesep, J.   +2 more
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Rebuilding a Social House Fabric as a Social Reconstruction

2021
The problem of the rural exodus and consequent desertification has, over the past few years, taken an increasing importance in the context of the major issues that currently concern the scientific community and society in general. The decrease of population in the countryside, has led to the abandonment of places that previously fermented life.
Conceição Trigueiros, Mario Saleiro Filho   +1 more
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Social Housing Barcellona

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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Housing, housing assistance and social cohesion

2006
In recent years, policy makers in Australia and other countries, such as Canada, the UK and certain European countries, and in supranational organisations such as the European Union and the Organisation for Economic and Cultural Development (OECD) have expressed interest in social cohesion, an old concept which has been revived and recast in the light ...
Hulse, Kathleen, Stone, Wendy
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Land for social housing

1999
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Needham, D.B., Kam, G.R.W. de
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