Housing Policy in the Developed Economy The United Kingdom, Sweden and The United States Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership Series
Auteur : Headey Bruce
Originally published in 1978, this book analyses three main approaches to national housing policy in the 20th Century in Sweden, the UK and USA. It reviews policy developments and considers the impact of policy on the housing conditions and costs of different sections of the community. A major theme is that British and American governments, contrary to their stated objectives, have actually increased housing inequality by allowing homeowners tax concessions which are more generous than the housing welfare programmes available to tenants. The political pressures which produced this outcome in Britain and the USA, but a quite different and more egalitarian outcome in Sweden, are carefully discussed. Throughout the book, policy making is regarded as involving trade-offs between what is politically feasible and what is operationally feasible. This framework enables readers to view policy making from the perspective of politicians and civil servants as they react to diverse demands and pressures and seek to devise housing programmes which embody incentives to which housing financiers builders and consumers will respond.
1. Housing Policy – What is at Stake? 2. A Framework for Analysing Housing Policy 3. Housing Politics and Housing Conditions in Sweden 4. Swedish Policy: The Development of a Socialist Market 5. Housing Politics and Housing Conditions in the United Kingdom 6. British Policy: The Welfare Approach to Housing 7. Housing Politics and Housing Conditions in the United States 8. American Policy: Stimulating Private Enterprise 9. Sweden, UK, USA: Explaining Differences in Housing Policies and Housing Conditions 10. Housing Equity – Problems and Possibilities of Reform
Date de parution : 12-2022
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 03-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Housing Policy in the Developed Economy :
Mots-clés :
SACO; National housing policy; HSB; council housing; private rented housing; Operational Feasibility; housing inequality; Vice Versa; socialist housing market; National Tenants; housing equity; Swedish Social Democrats; low income housing; Federal Reserve; house building and financing; Central Government; Swedish housing policy; Rent Rebates; Housing Allowance; National Government's economy; Private Rental Sector; Homeowners tax concessions; Housing Allowance Schemes; Government Interest Group Relations; Moderate Income Groups; Mortgage Bankers Association; Horizontal Inequities; Mortgage Interest Rate; Horizontal Equity; Political Feasibility; Mortgage Interest Tax Relief; Reformist Governments; Housing Capital Gains; Dame Evelyn Sharp; Party Games; Rent Supplement