The Property Lobby

The Hidden Reality behind the Housing Crisis
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4049-2
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

In this accessible and passionately argued book, Bob Colenutt goes to the roots of the long-term crisis in housing and planning in the UK.

Providing a much needed, in depth critique of the nexus of power of landowners, house builders, financial backers and politicians that makes up the property lobby, this radical book reveals how this complex, self-serving and intimidating network perpetuates a cycle of low supply, high prices and poor building which has resulted in one of the biggest social and economic challenges of our time. With radical ideas for solutions, this is essential reading for anyone with an interest in housing, planning and social justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Colenutt, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The finance-housebuilding complex

The housing shortage

The housebuilding business

Financing housing investment

The property lobby

Shaping national housing and planning policy

The 2008 financial crash continues

The housebuilders and affordable housing

How the social and affordable housing sectors got swallowed

Local case studies

Unblocking the impasse

Über Autor(innen)

Bob Colenutt is an activist and commentator on housing and planning, and a part-time Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University.