TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Colin AU - Murie,Alan TI - The right to buy: analysis & evaluation of a housing policy T2 - Real estate issues SN - 9780470759646 AV - HD7333.A3 J66 2006eb U1 - 363.5/8/0941 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford, Malden, MA PB - Blackwell KW - Housing policy KW - Great Britain KW - Housing KW - Home ownership KW - Government policy KW - Logement KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Infrastructure KW - fast KW - Huisvestingsbeleid KW - gtt KW - Particulier woningbezit N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470759646 ER -