Beyond generation rent : political economy, inequality, and the private rental sector / Michael Byrne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrne, Michael, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing.

Rent (Economic theory).

Equality--Economic aspects.

Equality.

Landlord and tenant.

Social movements--Housing.

Social movements.

economic rent.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, 2026.

Summary:

"As societies struggle to respond to the revival of private renting, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical account of the inequality at the heart of contemporary housing systems. Bringing together cutting-edge research and case studies from a host of countries -- from the USA to Australia, from Spain to Germany -- Michael Byrne examines inequality, financialization, the rise of 'generation landlord' and evictions. He analyses the everyday power dynamics between landlords and tenants and the social and economic structures that mean the ownership of residential property is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Moving beyond the kind of thinking that treats landlordism as natural and inevitable, Byrne's political economy framework demonstrates how declining homeownership and its consequences for inequality and housing justice are major political challenges for contemporary societies." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

1. Introduction: The political economy of the private rental sector

2. Conceptualizing home rent: the micro-political economy of the private rental sector

3. The revival of the private rental sector: neoliberalism, financialization 1.0 and the concentration of property ownership

4. The financialization of the private rental sector: the rise of institutional landlords

5. Beyond generation rent? Housing inequality and the private rental sector

6. Making a home in someone else's asset: insecurity and power in lightly regulated rental markets

7. The politics of the private rental sector: tenants as agents

Conclusion: Transforming the social relations of home.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-183) and index.

ISBN:

1509563415

9781509563418

1509563423

9781509563425

OCLC:

1527859490