The right to buy : analysis & evaluation of a housing policy /
Colin Jones and Alan Murie.
- Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2006.
- 1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations
- Real estate issues .
- Real estate issues (Oxford, England) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index.
A policy for its time -- The right to buy in the UK 1980-2005 -- Unequal opportunities, time and place -- Transforming social housing -- Extending the owner occupied housing market -- Promoting the private rented sector -- Creating sustainable communities -- Housing management and housing quality -- The financial equation -- Policy transfer : international perspectives on housing privatisation -- A policy past its sell-by date? -- Learning from the right to buy.
An evaluation of the most enduring privatisation of the Thatcher era ... Written in an accessible style, this is a key reference for students and researchers in housing and planning; geography; and social policy. The book analyses the operation and impact of the right to buy policy (RTB). It includes a critique of the Housing Act and the 2001 Housing (Scotland) Act. The enactment of these changes under a Labour government affirms the continuance of the RTB. The authors take stock of its profound effect on housing policy, reversing the growth in social housing developed over the t.