Housing Policy (The Gildredge Social Policy Series)

In this book, the author provides an analysis which spans the whole field from bricks and mortar to the impact of housing policy on health, care, crime, education and the economy as a whole. Practical insight into housing from a number of perspectives can be gained: economic, financial and political; social policy and welfare; construction and planning; environment and public health; and residents and communities. 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