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Finance for Housing: An Introduction
Cathy Davis
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Description for Finance for Housing: An Introduction
Hardback.
The global financial crisis of 2007-08 was triggered by sub-prime mortgage mis-selling in the US and the global sale of these debts as new bonds. Austerity programmes are designed to reduce the borrowing that governments undertook to stabilise failing banking systems but the UK's Coalition government is using 'austerity' as a cover to dismantle the welfare state. Housing is at the forefront of these changes. Mortgages and rental costs are rising as 'the market' dictates them, while people with low incomes now receive substantially less financial help from the welfare state. In this much-needed text by ... Read more
The global financial crisis of 2007-08 was triggered by sub-prime mortgage mis-selling in the US and the global sale of these debts as new bonds. Austerity programmes are designed to reduce the borrowing that governments undertook to stabilise failing banking systems but the UK's Coalition government is using 'austerity' as a cover to dismantle the welfare state. Housing is at the forefront of these changes. Mortgages and rental costs are rising as 'the market' dictates them, while people with low incomes now receive substantially less financial help from the welfare state. In this much-needed text by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447306498
SKU
V9781447306498
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99-50
About Cathy Davis
Dr Cathy Davis is a freelance writer and housing and social policy researcher. Her career has spanned academia and all aspects of housing practice. Most recently, she has been a housing academic at the University of Salford (2003-12). Previously she worked for the National Housing Federation in their Yorkshire and Humber office (1986-96) representing housing associations. She is a qualified ... Read more
Reviews for Finance for Housing: An Introduction
"A much needed up-to-date resource for housing students." Victoria Hiscocks, Cardiff Metropolitan University "This book is well-written, well-structred and easy to engage with as a result." Dr Stuart Cameron, The Univeristy of Bolton. "Finance for Housing... is a mine of useful information and argument that will be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about the housing system, and ... Read more