Understanding Housing Policy

What are the major housing problems in contemporary Britain? How effective are the policies that are designed to tackle these problems? These are the central questions this book sets out to answer. In doing so, it adopts a critical approach to the processes involved in the identification of housing problems and the formation of policy. Written by an author with extensive experience in implementing housing policy, the book reviews a number of theoretical perspectives that are helpful in understanding housing policy. It explores the development of housing policy in Britain from a social constructionist perspective. It also contains a chapter on comparative housing policy and includes a summary and overview for each chapter.