Beyond home ownership : housing, welfare and society / edited by Richard Ronald and Marja Elsinga.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ronald, Richard.

Elsinga, Marja.

Series:

Housing and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home ownership--Social aspects.

Home ownership.

Housing.

Housing policy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

In the context of ongoing transformations in housing markets and socioeconomic conditions, this book focuses on past, current and future roles of home ownership in social policies and welfare practices. It considers owner-occupied housing in terms of diverse meanings and manifestations, but in particular the part played by housing tenure in the political, socio-economic and demographic changes that have characterized the pre-and post-crisis era.

The intensified promotion of home ownership in recent decades helped stimulate an increasing orientation towards the private consumption of housing, not only as a home, but also as an asset-or possible speculative vehicle-that enhances household economic capacity and can be transferred to children or other family, or even exchanged for other goods. The latest global financial crisis, however, has made it clear that owner-occupied housing markets and mortgage sectors have become deeply embedded in networks of socio-economic interdependency and risk.

This collection engages with numerous debates on housing and society in a range of developed societies from North America to Asia-Pacific, to North, South, East and West Europe. Interdisciplinary contributors draw upon diverse empirical data to explore how housing and home ownership has become so embedded in polity, economy and household welfare conditions in various social and cultural contexts. Another concern is what lies beyond home ownership, considering that the integration of housing systems with economic growth and social stability appears to be unraveling. This volume speaks to public debates concerning the future of housing markets, policy and tenure, providing deep and provocative insights for academics, students and professionals alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Beyond home ownership: an overview / Richard Ronald Ronald, Richard, Marja Elsinga Elsinga, Marja 1

Part I Demographic change, housing wealth and welfare 29

2 Housing and demographic change / John Doling Doling, John 31

3 The housing pillar of the Mediterranean welfare regime: relations between home ownership and other dimensions of welfare in Italy / Teresio Poggio Poggio, Teresio 51

4 Home ownership in post-socialist countries: between macro economy and micro structures of welfare provision / Srna Mandic Mandic, Srna 68

Part II Government, markets and policies 89

5 Home ownership and Nordic housing policies in 'retrenchment' / Hannu Ruonavaara Ruonavaara, Hannu 91

6 Owner-occupation in an increasingly uncertain world: the English experience / Christine Whitehead Whitehead, Christine 108

7 Home ownership as public policy in the United States / Rachel G. Bratt Bratt, Rachel G. 130

8 Home ownership risk and responsibility before and after the U.S. mortgage crisis / Rachel G. Bratt Bratt, Rachel G. 146

Part III Housing ladders and fading dreams 171

9 The shifting housing opportunities of younger people in Japan's home-owning society / Yosuke Hirayama Hirayama, Yosuke 173

10 Home ownership - continuing or fading dream? / David Thorns Thorns, David 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415585552

0415585554

9780415585569

0415585562

OCLC:

606776863