Four Housing policy in the austerity age and beyond
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Mark Stephens
Abstract
This chapter charts the radical reorientation of housing policy in the UK that was set in motion by the coalition government elected in 2010 and accelerated by the majority Conservative government elected in 2015. There is a strong tendency to favour home-ownership and worsening financial and regulative conditions for those who are not (yet) capable of buying a home. A variety of financial measures has increased the costs of housing for low incomes, whereas safety measures to protect these groups gradually have been abolished. Moreover, legal reforms with regard to tenure security for new tenants have even further worsened the position of low-income newcomers on the housing market. To conclude: the British housing policy redistributes rights away from low-income groups in favour of other groups.
Abstract
This chapter charts the radical reorientation of housing policy in the UK that was set in motion by the coalition government elected in 2010 and accelerated by the majority Conservative government elected in 2015. There is a strong tendency to favour home-ownership and worsening financial and regulative conditions for those who are not (yet) capable of buying a home. A variety of financial measures has increased the costs of housing for low incomes, whereas safety measures to protect these groups gradually have been abolished. Moreover, legal reforms with regard to tenure security for new tenants have even further worsened the position of low-income newcomers on the housing market. To conclude: the British housing policy redistributes rights away from low-income groups in favour of other groups.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
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Continuities and change in UK social policy
- Behaviour, choice, and British pension policy 3
- Coalition health policy: a game of two halves or the final whistle for the NHS? 23
- Citizenship, conduct and conditionality: sanction and support in the 21st-century UK welfare state 41
- Housing policy in the austerity age and beyond 63
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Contributions from the Social Policy Association Conference 2015
- ‘Progressive’ neo-liberal conservatism and the welfare state: incremental reform or long-term destruction? 89
- Exploring out-of-work benefit claimants’ attitudes towards welfare reform and conditionality 105
- The Troubled Families Programme: in, for and against the state? 127
- What counts as ‘counter-conduct’? A governmental analysis of resistance in the face of compulsory community care 147
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Individualised budgets in social policy
- Social insurance for individualized disability support: implementing the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) 173
- Right time, right place? The experiences of rough sleepers and practitioners in the receipt and delivery of personalised budgets 191
- Personal health budgets: implementation and outcomes 211
- Personalised care funding in Norway: a case of gradual co-production 233
- Individualised funding for older people and the ethic of care 251
- Index 269
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
-
Continuities and change in UK social policy
- Behaviour, choice, and British pension policy 3
- Coalition health policy: a game of two halves or the final whistle for the NHS? 23
- Citizenship, conduct and conditionality: sanction and support in the 21st-century UK welfare state 41
- Housing policy in the austerity age and beyond 63
-
Contributions from the Social Policy Association Conference 2015
- ‘Progressive’ neo-liberal conservatism and the welfare state: incremental reform or long-term destruction? 89
- Exploring out-of-work benefit claimants’ attitudes towards welfare reform and conditionality 105
- The Troubled Families Programme: in, for and against the state? 127
- What counts as ‘counter-conduct’? A governmental analysis of resistance in the face of compulsory community care 147
-
Individualised budgets in social policy
- Social insurance for individualized disability support: implementing the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) 173
- Right time, right place? The experiences of rough sleepers and practitioners in the receipt and delivery of personalised budgets 191
- Personal health budgets: implementation and outcomes 211
- Personalised care funding in Norway: a case of gradual co-production 233
- Individualised funding for older people and the ethic of care 251
- Index 269
