Developments in the provision of housing finance in the UK
Recommended reading for providers and designers of housing. The results of the housing finance changes in the UK included a wider range of institutions involved, significant developments in the source and delivery of that finance, as well as important changes in government policy opening up social housing to the private finance market, targeting subsidy more directly at particular groups of individuals and introduction of specific supply subsidies to new private rented sector. The considerable unease with certain outcomes is dealt with.
Affordable housing in London
Introduction. The Housing Situation in London. Housing, Land Use Planning, and the Government of London, a Brief History. Land Use Regulations. Positive Local Authority Powers in London. Sources of Affordable Housing: the Rented Sectors. Grants to Assist Access to Affordable Housing. Conclusions. Bibliography.
Local variations in the sale of council houses in England 1979-1984
KLEINMAN M. and WHITEHEAD C. M. E. (1987) Local variations in the sale of council houses in England, 1979–1984, Reg. Studies 21, 1–11. The ‘received view’ about council house sales suggests that spatial variations in the level of sales will be very closely linked to variations in household and dwelling characteristics and to the political control of the local authority. In this paper, an assessment is made, using correlation and regression analyses, of the adequacy of the received view in explaining observed variations in sale rates between English local authority districts. Results suggest that greater importance should be given to the influence of local private housing market factors. Finally, the implications of these findings both for government housing policy and for theories about the residualization of council housing are discussed. KLEINMAN M. et WHITEHEAD C. M. E. (1987) Variations locales dans la vente des habitations a loyer modere en Angleterre de 1979 a 1984, Reg. Studies 21, 1–11. L'avis rec...