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The Right to Buy?: Selling off Public and Social Housing
Alan Murie
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Description for The Right to Buy?: Selling off Public and Social Housing
Paperback. .
Alan Murie provides an authoritative account of the origins, development and impact of the Right to Buy policy across the UK and proposals for its extension in England. Presenting up-to-date statistical material the book engages with debates about transfers to private renting, the impact on public expenditure and on the current housing situation, addresses the proposals for new legislation and details the potential impact of these.
Alan Murie provides an authoritative account of the origins, development and impact of the Right to Buy policy across the UK and proposals for its extension in England. Presenting up-to-date statistical material the book engages with debates about transfers to private renting, the impact on public expenditure and on the current housing situation, addresses the proposals for new legislation and details the potential impact of these.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
216g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447332077
SKU
V9781447332077
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Alan Murie
Alan Murie is Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Studies at Birmingham University. A former Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies and Head of the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, he has been involved in research and written widely on Housing, Housing Policy and related issues in the UK and Europe, including privatisation of housing and the Right to Buy in different parts of the UK.
Reviews for The Right to Buy?: Selling off Public and Social Housing
In the context of fast-moving change, [this] book provides a welcome and objective policy analysis. LSE Review of Books Alan Murie is the UK expert on the Right to Buy. He provides an in-depth and accessible assessment of the policy, its past, present and future, informed not least by his work in this area over the last 35 years. Peter Williams, University of Cambridge Students and policy makers alike will enjoy this concise and research based review of one of the most widely discussed housing policies of the past 50 years from the leading author on the topic. David Mullins, University of Birmingham Professor Alan Murie's latest book on the right to buy has the hallmarks of someone who has been studying the subject for a long time and knows it to a very fine level of detail, but who is still able to offer new insights and perspectives. People, Place and Policy