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Stay Home: Housing and Home in the UK During the Covid-19 Pandemic International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Craig M. Gurney
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2024)
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Big costs for tiny houses: exploring the transaction costs of developing tiny houses in England International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Matthew James, Sina Shahab
The housing market in England is in crisis, in terms of both availability and costs of housing. Although it is not a solution for everyone, many advocates of the tiny house movement promote develop...
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Pets and private renting: a rapid evidence review of the barriers, benefits, and challenges International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Lindsey McCarthy, Tom Simcock
Pet ownership or animal companionship is increasingly found to be beneficial to mental and physical well-being. Despite this, housing situations and tenure, such as living in a private rental, can ...
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The elusiveness of home and ontological security among homeless youth International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Kim Skobba
The concept of home is connected to various psychosocial aspects of ontological security, encompassing safety, control, privacy, continuity, and permanence. However, for youth who have experienced ...
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Imposed from above or applied for from below: comparing Dutch and Danish social mix strategies in deprived neighbourhoods International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Rikke Skovgaard Nielsen, Steven Kromhout
This paper compares social mix strategies in Denmark and the Netherlands, focusing on policy rationale, policy instruments and the role of the national government. Physical restructuring of the hou...
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Housing families and families in housing International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Laura James
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 4, 2023)
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What about families, housing and property wealth in a neoliberal world? International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Richard Ronald, Rowan Arundel
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 4, 2023)
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Rent controls - a timeless and controversial intervention International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Michael Voigtländer, Christine Whitehead
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 4, 2023)
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Flex-housing and the advent of the ‘spoedzoeker’ in Dutch housing policy International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Oana Druta, Mina Fatemidokhtcharook
Flex-housing is a form of (social) rental housing where the dwelling unit, the building location or the inhabitation period are temporary. Flex-housing developed as a potential stop-gap solution in...
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Rethinking housing inequality and justice in a settler colonial city International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Naama Blatman, Alistair Sisson
This paper brings the housing studies literature into conversation with scholarship on settler colonialism to consider questions of housing justice in settler colonial societies. It begins from an ...
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The role of landlords in shaping private renters’ uneven experiences of home: towards a relational approach International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Kim McKee, Jennifer Harris
Informed by the sociological analysis of Rex and Moore, our qualitative interviews with private renters across the UK highlight the myriad of ways in which landlord behaviour impacts the wellbeing ...
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Home swapping as instrument for more housing sufficiency! International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Robert Kitzmann
The current ecological challenges with an urgent necessity to reduce consumption of energy and resources call for a reconsideration of many aspects of current (western) lifestyles. Since housing is...
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Housing niches: new directions for housing and urban policy International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Laura James, Lyrian Daniel, Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker
Housing influences life chances and trajectories through many roles, differently and in relation to the socioeconomic characteristics of people and population groups. This article uses the concept ...
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Protracted displacement and housing systems in intermediary cities: the case of Syrians in Torbalı, Türkiye International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Dolf J. H. te Lintelo, Ayselin Yıldız, Meltem Ö. Gürel, Selin Siviş, Perin Çün, Sadaf Khan, Robert Mull
This article investigates the dynamics of complex housing systems within the context of large-scale protracted displacement in Turkey/Türkiye. It presents new empirical findings from a qualitative ...
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Social housing. Wellbeing and welfare International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Tom Simcock
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 3, 2023)
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Community led housing, health and wellbeing: a comprehensive literature review International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Rachael McClatchey, Katie McClymont, Emma Griffin, Laurence Carmichael
Abstract Community Led Housing (CLH) is an umbrella term encompassing several non-profit models of housing delivery, which is used internationally. There has been little comprehensive assessment of the health impacts of housing arrangements where people intentionally live or work together in a community. This systematic review provides the first overview of the health, wellbeing and heath inequality
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Incrementalism, housing supply and city-making from below: learning from Khulna, Bangladesh International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Ashraful Alam
Abstract Incrementalism is a mode of self-help and continuing practice that is prevalent primarily in the Global South. It enables owner-builders to meet housing needs typically over an extended period of time as they can more conveniently manage the required resources. While (informal) tenure, materiality, and housing conditions have long been the focus of incremental housing scholarship, researchers
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Centring the family in housing studies: wealth transfer and property ownership, for some International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Nancy Worth
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 4, 2023)
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Ethnic discrimination against landlords in the rental housing market International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Shahar Sansani
Abstract In this paper, we examine ethnic discrimination against landlords by analysing whether landlords who are Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI) (minority) receive fewer inquiries than Jewish (non-minority) landlords for available apartments for rent. Two hundred and forty eight fictitious advertisements for apartments for rent were advertised, half with names signalling Jewish individuals and
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Housing becomes a family affair International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Rory Coulter
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 4, 2023)
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Making low-income and minority homeownership work: non-profit intermediary networks in the Chicago region International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Sowmya Balachandran
Abstract There is renewed political interest in promoting minority homeownership to reduce racial wealth gaps in the United States. In this paper, I call for a policy focus on sustained long-term home-buyer facilitation that could potentially mitigate the multi-faceted risks for low-income and minority households in buying homes, sustaining ownership, and negotiating tenure transitions. I offer an
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Increased rent misspent? How ownership matters for renovation and rent increases in rental housing in Sweden International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Mikael Mangold, Helena Bohman, Tim Johansson, Jenny von Platten
Abstract Renovations of the housing rental stock have become a political concern since they have been claimed to drive gentrification and affect tenants’ everyday lives as well as long-term housing conditions. Furthermore, new actors have entered the market, partly as a result of high supply on the international capital markets creating a flow of capital into market segments. This has led to a critique
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Housing cooperatives and the contradictions of Finnish land and housing policies International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Daisy Charlesworth, Mika Hyötyläinen
Abstract This article explores some of the key institutional challenges hindering the development of a new ‘social’ housing cooperative model in Finland. In response to rising housing unaffordability and insecurity in the private housing sector, and a retrenching social housing sector, Finland is experiencing a resurgence of practical and political interest in housing cooperatives. Based on a document
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What Town Planners Do: Exploring Planning Practices and the Public Interest Through Workplace Ethnographies International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Jenny Wood
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 3, 2023)
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The lived experiences and temporality of estate regeneration International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 John Flint
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 2, 2023)
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Structures of power and inequality International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Keith Jacobs
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 2, 2023)
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Dissembling and displacing: the legacy of estate regeneration International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Edward G. Goetz
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 2, 2023)
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Estate regeneration and its discontents: a response to reviewers International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Paul Watt
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 2, 2023)
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Housing and health: a time for action International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 2, 2023)
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The impact of refinancing on housing outcomes among lower-income households International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Kristin Aarland, Carolina K. Reid
Abstract In this paper, we explore how refinancing influences subsequent housing outcomes for financially vulnerable homeowners, including overcrowding, homeownership sustainability, and residential mobility. Drawing on a unique dataset of refinance applicants to the Startlån mortgage programme in Norway, we model these housing outcomes as a function of being approved for mortgage refinancing and a
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Housing of persons with disabilities: what can be learned from the introduction of more demand-driven subsidies in Flanders? International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 S. Winters, K. Van den Broeck
Abstract Aiming to offer persons with disabilities more opportunities to live independently and more inclusively, Flanders radically revised its subsidies for care and care infrastructure for persons with disabilities. Since 2017, subsidies for care are no longer allocated to care providers, but directly to the person with disabilities as a Personal Care Budget (PCB). In 2018, up-front bricks-and-mortar
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Continuity and change: wartime housing politics in Ukraine International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Galyna Sukhomud, Vita Shnaider
Abstract The article analyses the war-imbued housing crisis in Ukraine and emergency response to it in the first four months of the full scale Russian invasion as embedded in the wider context of Ukrainian housing politics. As in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe after 1989/91, the Ukrainian housing sphere has been shaped by mass giveaway privatisation, which created a super homeownership
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Inter-sectoral policy partnerships: a case study of South Western Sydney’s Health and Housing Partnership International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Karla Jaques, Fiona Haigh, Siggi Zapart, Maria Beer, Genene Peisley, Cesar Calalang, Mark Thornell, Stephen Conaty, Patrick Harris
Abstract The evidence linking human health and housing is overwhelming. However, less focus has been on collaborative action between the sectors to improve health. Focussing on social housing adds an important equity lens to the housing and health partnership literature. Since 2009, a unique formal partnership between a State Health Service, State Social Housing Organisation and a research organisation
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Do rent controls and other tenancy regulations affect new construction? Some answers from long-run historical evidence International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Sebastian Kohl
The (re-)introduction of tenancy regulation in the form of rent controls, tenant protection or supply rationing is back on the agenda of policymakers in light of rent inflation in many global citie...
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Establishing a glossary of community-led housing International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-02-19 Louise Crabtree-Hayes
Recent decades have seen the re-discovery or emergence of a diverse range of housing models such as cohousing, co-operatives, community land trusts, and other forms that seek to address various per...
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Exploring rent pressure zones: Ireland’s recent rent control regime International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Conor O’Toole
Following a number of years of rapid rental inflation in the private market, in late 2016, Ireland introduced a regime of rent controls whereby areas are designated as ‘Rent Pressure Zones’ if they...
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The uncoupling of house prices and mortgage debt: towards wealth-driven housing market dynamics International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Cody Hochstenbach, Manuel B. Aalbers
Abstract Mortgage credit has been central in fuelling housing market dynamics in many countries. While mortgage debt and house price increases used to go hand in hand, we see an uncoupling post-global financial crisis, with relative mortgage debts decreasing while house prices are increasing at unprecedented rates. This article scrutinises this uncoupling, contributing in three ways. First, we argue
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Addressing housing deficits from a multi-dimensional perspective: a review of Chilean housing policy International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Valentina Cortés-Urra, Darinka Czischke, Vincent Gruis
Abstract After decades of battling the quantitative and qualitative housing deficits, Latin American countries are seeing new types of challenges in housing. Neoliberal policies favouring individual (low-cost) homeownership have weakened social trust and solidarity between neighbours, and some housing areas face poor urban amenities. An example of this is Chile, where housing policy measures have brought
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Pro-social concerns characterise landlords’ energy efficiency retrofit behaviour: evidence and implications for energy efficiency policy in Victoria, Australia International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Michaela Lang, Kun Zhao, Ruth Lane, Rob Raven
Abstract Internationally, rental properties have fewer energy efficiency features than other homes, causing unnecessary carbon emissions and poor health outcomes for tenants. Landlords are the primary decision-makers for energy efficiency retrofitting of rental properties, yet their retrofit behaviour is not well understood. We surveyed 500 small-scale private landlords in Victoria, Australia, to examine
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Housing policies in Turkey post 2002 International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Ali Osman Solak
Abstract Turkey, under the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP), has launched large-scale national housing programmes in line with the emerging international trend in low-income housing provision. This paper analyses the place of the government’s housing programmes in economic policy and in the international context to illustrate the overall picture of the Turkish housing
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Changing socio-spatial definitions of sufficiency of home: evidence from London (UK) before and during the Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Seyithan Özer, Alasdair Jones
Abstract In this paper, we explore how London residents understand, live, and experience their dwellings. Growing evidence shows that existing housing stock in the UK performs poorly in terms of functionality and flexibility. Policy and planning debates focus on the potential benefits of introducing standards for dwelling size while engaging less with broader questions of how to develop standards.
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Show me the bodies: how We let Grenfell happen International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Khadijah Na’eem
Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023)
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Everyone wins? UK housing provision, government shared equity loans, and the reallocation of risks and returns after the Global Financial Crisis International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-11-16 Michael Manlangit, Nikos Karadimitriou, Claudio de Magalhães
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis was an extreme shock to the UK housing market. Frozen international capital markets resulted in highly restrictive mortgage lending by UK retail banks, and the coll...
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The theory and practice of a politics of compassion in the private rental sector: a study of Aotearoa, NZ and ‘kindness’ during the COVID-19 pandemic International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Sarah Bierre, Philippa Howden-Chapman
Abstract What is a politics of compassion, and what are the implications for the private rental sector? In this article, we describe how an intended politics of compassion manifested in Aotearoa during the pandemic and analyse how this compares to compassion’s theoretical framing in the work of Martha Nussbaum. Building on these theoretical insights, we then turn to practice, by analysing the vulnerabilities
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Ideal bureaucracy? The application and assessment process for social housing in three Australian states International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-10-31 Alan Morris, Catherine Robinson, Jan Idle, David Lilley
Abstract Social housing in Australia is an extremely scarce resource in high demand. This scarcity makes how applicants are prioritised for this resource a crucially important process with significant consequences. We examine the assessment process in three Australian states, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. In all three, the processes in place are premised on the assumption that they allow
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Dwelling justice: locating settler relations in research and activism on stolen land International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Libby Porter, David Kelly
There is a general consensus now in Australia that we are in the grip of a severe housing crisis. The characteristics of spiralling housing costs and deepening precarity are unfolding in a context ...
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Analysing the effectiveness of demand-side rental subsidies: the case of Australia’s Commonwealth Rent Assistance scheme International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Rachel Ong ViforJ, Hal Pawson, Ranjodh Singh, Chris Martin
Proponents of demand-side rental subsidy programmes have argued that they enhance consumer choice while costing less than supply-side interventions. However, unanswered questions remain on the effe...
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Beyond collective property: a typology of collaborative housing in Europe International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Emma Jo Griffith, Mirte Jepma, Federico Savini
Collaborative housing is generally defined by what it is not: it is neither solely private tenure nor fully state-run public housing. As a result, housing studies have not fully captured the great ...
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Accessing adequate housing for older Black women in Toronto: a document review of housing related government strategies and action plans International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-09-18 Nicoda Foster, Lydia Kapiriri, Michel Grignon, Kwame McKenzie
Abstract The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights include recommendations and protections for housing as a human right. The rising costs of housing has created difficulties for many individuals, particularly older adults/seniors. This study aimed to determine whether Ontario housing related policies and strategy documents address
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Conceptualising ‘residential investment’: separating the inseparable in asset-based economies International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-09-11 Phoebe Stirling, Frances Brill, Andrew Purves
Abstract The growth in residential real estate investment internationally since 2008 has led to an explosion of research on residential investment, across economics, sociology, housing and urban studies, geography and planning. But there remains an underlying question of what exactly is meant when we talk about ‘residential investment’. This paper analyses the way that ‘residential investment’ is used
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Housing unaffordability and mental health: dynamics across age and tenure International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-09-04 Rowan Arundel, Ang Li, Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley
This paper examines changing trends in housing affordability in the Netherlands and its link to mental health across tenures and age cohorts. Using the LISS panel dataset over 11 years (2008 to 201...
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Big houses on a small island: legislating Singapore’s ‘good class’ bungalows International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-09-04 Edward S. W. Ti
Abstract Land reform in post-independent Singapore was led by compulsory purchase predominantly in the 1960s–70s and resulted in numerous kampungs or villages being demolished. With efficient assembly of land, high-rise public flats were built to accommodate the country’s burgeoning population. Today, 95 per cent of residents reside in high-rise dwellings and Singapore is the 3rd most densely populated
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Older people, house-sitting and ethics of care International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Sara Alidoust
Abstract Urbanisation, housing affordability and an ageing population are key focus areas in major cities in Australia and worldwide. A lack of affordable housing is affecting a greater number of people, and particularly, a growing number of older populations. This paper draws inspiration from Power and Mee (Housing Studies, 35(3), 496, 2020) and asks: ‘is this a housing system that cares?’ The paper
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Accelerating housing inequality: property investors and the changing structure of property ownership in Luxembourg International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-08-24 Mădălina Mezaroş, Antoine Paccoud
This paper tracks the arrival of investors in the housing market of Dudelange, Luxembourg. In so doing, it focuses on the socio-economic changes accompanying the transformation of homes into assets...
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The right to housing under the new Latin American constitutionalism: progresses and challenges in the Ecuadorian case study International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Francesco Maniglio, Fernando Casado
Abstract In recent decades, most Latin American countries have had their constitutions substantially amended, and several countries have introduced new constitutions altogether. Ecuador’s new constitution came into effect in 2008 and, ever since, the society has shifted its traditional attitudes towards social rights, which had previously been undervalued and dismissed as mere subjective issues. Regarding
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Housing as a base for welfare in Greece: the staircase of transition and Housing First schemes International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Nikos Kourachanis
Abstract Adopting the approach of O’Shaughnessy et al. (2020 O’Shaughnessy, B. R., Manning, R. M., Greenwood, R. M., Vargas-Moniz, M. J., Loubière, S., Spinnewijn, F., Gaboardi, M., Wolf, J. R., Bokszczanin, A., Bernad, R., Blid, M., Ornelas, J., The, H.-E. U., & Consortium, S. G. (2020). Home as a base for a well-lived life: Comparing the capabilities of homeless service users in Housing First and
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Does paid transitional housing impact reentry outcomes during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders? Evidence from a natural experiment within an RCT International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Raven Simonds, Natasha B. Khade, Jacob T.N. Young
Abstract In response to COVID-19, states implemented stay-at-home orders, affecting two key correlates of recidivism: housing and employment. In this study, we examine how a programme that sought to facilitate successful reintegration through paid transitional housing was impacted by stay-at-home orders. Specifically, we evaluate the impact of an RCT where formerly incarcerated individuals were provided
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Rent regulation: unpacking the debates International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Alex Marsh, Kenneth Gibb, Adriana Mihaela Soaita
In the context of chronic problems with high housing costs, rent regulation has returned to the forefront of policy debate in several countries. This paper addresses three distinct questions relate...
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Private rented market in Spain: can regulation solve the problem? International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-07-20 Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, Teresa Sánchez-Martínez
Spain has traditionally shown one of the lowest levels of participation in the rented market within the housing system in Europe. Several authors have argued that housing policies oriented toward f...
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Labour and housing market precarity: What is the impact of time-related underemployment? International Journal of Housing Policy (IF 3.92) Pub Date : 2022-07-18 Sharon Parkinson, Gavin A. Wood, Iain Campbell
Though unemployment has long been recognised as a threat to housing security, the impact of time-related underemployment remains neglected. This article takes an integrated approach, linking unempl...