P. Balchin & M. Rhoden
Routledge | 9780415160070| 1998 | PDF | 352 pages | 5 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Uniquely multi-disciplinary and including a wealth of illustrations and examples, Housing focuses on key aspects, and provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of this far-reaching subject.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 AN OVERVIEW OF PRE-THATCHERITE HOUSING POLICY 1
Paul Balchin
Introduction 1
The Victorian origins of housing policy 2
The development of housing policy, 1914–39 4
Post-war housing policy, 1945–51 8
The uneasy consensus, 1952–79 11
Housing finance reform 15
Changing patterns of tenure, 1913–79 22
Conclusions 23
2 THE ECONOMICS OF HOUSING 25
Gregory Bull
Introduction 25
Demand and supply and the determination of market equilibrium 27
Price, income and supply elasticities 34
Price controls and the market: an example of the effects of rent control and of short- and
long-run supply elasticities 39
The macro-economy 40
Case study 2.1: An economic analysis of the problems of rent-setting in the social rented sector 47
Conclusions 48
3 HOUSING POLICY AND FINANCE 50
Paul Balchin, David Isaac and Maureen Rhoden
Introduction 50
Housing supply and housing need 51
House-building 52
The marketisation of the private rented sector 59
Local authority housing: investment, rents and subsidies 64
The changing role of local authorities: from providers to enablers 66
Privatisation 67
Housing associations and local housing companies: the new providers? 72
Owner-occupation: intervention or liberalisation? 74
Affordability and subsidisation 85
Housing tenure 93
Case study 3.1: The finance of private rented housing 96
Case study 3.2: Earnings, rents and house prices 102
Conclusions 104
4 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND HOUSING 107
Maureen Rhoden
Housing and elderly people 107
Women and housing 112
Black and ethnic minority households 115
Health and housing 117
Conclusions 119
5 TOWN PLANNING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 122
John O’Leary
Introduction 122
Planning and housing: common history and common concerns 123
Legislative developments, 1875–1930s 125
Post-war legislation 126
Planning, housing and design in the post-war years 127
Planning and private sector house-building in the 1960s and 1970s 132
Planning in the 1980s 137
The planning system and housing in the 1990s 138
Environmental assessment 149
Planning and housing: the future agenda 150
Conclusions 151
6 HOUSING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 154
Jane Weldon
Introduction 154
The groups involved in design and development 155
Case study 6.1: Housing development for Ujima Housing Association 159
Case study 6.2: King’s Bridge Court, Isle of Dogs, London 184
Maintenance policy and practice 184
Building rehabilitation 191
Case study 6.3: Extension to terraced Victorian housing 193
Case study 6.4: Major refurbishment of two blocks of flats and maisonettes 193
Case study 6.5: Hall and Braithwaite Tower, Paddington Green Estate, City of Westminster 196
Case study 6.6: Conversion of redundant barns within the Peak District National Park 196
Case study 6.7: Alteration and adaptation of a ground-floor flat for a disabled person 198
Building failures 199
Conclusions 207
7 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING 209
Pauline Forrester
Health and housing 209
The legal background to environmental health control in the private sector 214
Housing conditions 215
Enforcement powers 219
Unfit dwellings 219
Disrepair and nuisance 223
Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) 224
Conclusions 226
8 LEGAL STUDIES, PROPERTY AND HOUSING LAW 229
Mark Pawlowski
Legal studies 229
Property and housing law 241
Case study 8.1 259
Case study 8.2 260
9 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION 262
R.Shean McConnell
Introduction 262
The economic and political contexts to housing management 263
Accountability 263
Tenant management of housing 264
What is management? 265
Organisations and their structure 265
Governance, corporate planning and management 270
The management of change 271
Planning and decision-making 276
Quality leadership 279
Management by objectives (MbO) 281
Human resource planning and management 282
Motivation and morale at work 283
Conflict and its resolution 284
Communication 284
Conclusions 287
10 POLICY-MAKING AND POLITICS 289
Maureen Rhoden
Executive, legislative and judicial functions of central government 289
viii CONTENTS
Local policy-making processes 298
Theories on local government politics 301
Housing associations 305
Conclusions 307
11 CONCLUSION 309
Paul Balchin, Maureen Rhoden and John O’Leary
Index 313
EDITORIAL REVIEW
'This well written and long overdue book looks set to become a standard text in British housing studies. The contributors are clearly in touch with students' needs. Well produced and packed with statistics, charts, tables and photographs, it fills a conspicuous gap in the market...Presenting many diverse aspects of housing within a single volume, this book is likely to become a must for housing students.'- Roof Magazine
This well written and long overdue book looks set to become a standard text in British housing studies. The contributors are clearly in touch with students needs. Well produced and packed with statistics, charts, tables and photographs, it fills a conspicuous gap in the market...Presenting many diverse aspects of housing within a single volume, this book is likely to become a must for housing students.- Roof Magazine
Routledge | 9780415160070| 1998 | PDF | 352 pages | 5 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Uniquely multi-disciplinary and including a wealth of illustrations and examples, Housing focuses on key aspects, and provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of this far-reaching subject.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 AN OVERVIEW OF PRE-THATCHERITE HOUSING POLICY 1
Paul Balchin
Introduction 1
The Victorian origins of housing policy 2
The development of housing policy, 1914–39 4
Post-war housing policy, 1945–51 8
The uneasy consensus, 1952–79 11
Housing finance reform 15
Changing patterns of tenure, 1913–79 22
Conclusions 23
2 THE ECONOMICS OF HOUSING 25
Gregory Bull
Introduction 25
Demand and supply and the determination of market equilibrium 27
Price, income and supply elasticities 34
Price controls and the market: an example of the effects of rent control and of short- and
long-run supply elasticities 39
The macro-economy 40
Case study 2.1: An economic analysis of the problems of rent-setting in the social rented sector 47
Conclusions 48
3 HOUSING POLICY AND FINANCE 50
Paul Balchin, David Isaac and Maureen Rhoden
Introduction 50
Housing supply and housing need 51
House-building 52
The marketisation of the private rented sector 59
Local authority housing: investment, rents and subsidies 64
The changing role of local authorities: from providers to enablers 66
Privatisation 67
Housing associations and local housing companies: the new providers? 72
Owner-occupation: intervention or liberalisation? 74
Affordability and subsidisation 85
Housing tenure 93
Case study 3.1: The finance of private rented housing 96
Case study 3.2: Earnings, rents and house prices 102
Conclusions 104
4 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND HOUSING 107
Maureen Rhoden
Housing and elderly people 107
Women and housing 112
Black and ethnic minority households 115
Health and housing 117
Conclusions 119
5 TOWN PLANNING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 122
John O’Leary
Introduction 122
Planning and housing: common history and common concerns 123
Legislative developments, 1875–1930s 125
Post-war legislation 126
Planning, housing and design in the post-war years 127
Planning and private sector house-building in the 1960s and 1970s 132
Planning in the 1980s 137
The planning system and housing in the 1990s 138
Environmental assessment 149
Planning and housing: the future agenda 150
Conclusions 151
6 HOUSING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 154
Jane Weldon
Introduction 154
The groups involved in design and development 155
Case study 6.1: Housing development for Ujima Housing Association 159
Case study 6.2: King’s Bridge Court, Isle of Dogs, London 184
Maintenance policy and practice 184
Building rehabilitation 191
Case study 6.3: Extension to terraced Victorian housing 193
Case study 6.4: Major refurbishment of two blocks of flats and maisonettes 193
Case study 6.5: Hall and Braithwaite Tower, Paddington Green Estate, City of Westminster 196
Case study 6.6: Conversion of redundant barns within the Peak District National Park 196
Case study 6.7: Alteration and adaptation of a ground-floor flat for a disabled person 198
Building failures 199
Conclusions 207
7 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING 209
Pauline Forrester
Health and housing 209
The legal background to environmental health control in the private sector 214
Housing conditions 215
Enforcement powers 219
Unfit dwellings 219
Disrepair and nuisance 223
Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) 224
Conclusions 226
8 LEGAL STUDIES, PROPERTY AND HOUSING LAW 229
Mark Pawlowski
Legal studies 229
Property and housing law 241
Case study 8.1 259
Case study 8.2 260
9 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION 262
R.Shean McConnell
Introduction 262
The economic and political contexts to housing management 263
Accountability 263
Tenant management of housing 264
What is management? 265
Organisations and their structure 265
Governance, corporate planning and management 270
The management of change 271
Planning and decision-making 276
Quality leadership 279
Management by objectives (MbO) 281
Human resource planning and management 282
Motivation and morale at work 283
Conflict and its resolution 284
Communication 284
Conclusions 287
10 POLICY-MAKING AND POLITICS 289
Maureen Rhoden
Executive, legislative and judicial functions of central government 289
viii CONTENTS
Local policy-making processes 298
Theories on local government politics 301
Housing associations 305
Conclusions 307
11 CONCLUSION 309
Paul Balchin, Maureen Rhoden and John O’Leary
Index 313
EDITORIAL REVIEW
'This well written and long overdue book looks set to become a standard text in British housing studies. The contributors are clearly in touch with students' needs. Well produced and packed with statistics, charts, tables and photographs, it fills a conspicuous gap in the market...Presenting many diverse aspects of housing within a single volume, this book is likely to become a must for housing students.'- Roof Magazine
This well written and long overdue book looks set to become a standard text in British housing studies. The contributors are clearly in touch with students needs. Well produced and packed with statistics, charts, tables and photographs, it fills a conspicuous gap in the market...Presenting many diverse aspects of housing within a single volume, this book is likely to become a must for housing students.- Roof Magazine
