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Author Beer, Andrew

Title Housing transitions through the life course : Aspirations, needs and policy
Published Bristol : Policy Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (210 pages)
Contents List of figures and tables; Notes about the authors; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Housing markets and policy in the 21st century; 2 Housing over the life course: housing histories, careers, pathways and transitions; 3 Housing transitions and housing policy: international context and policy transfer; 4 The housing transitions of younger adults; 5 Housing in mid life: consolidation, opportunity and risk; 6 Housing transitions in later life; 7 Housing and disability: a 21st-century phenomenon; 8 Housing transitions, economic restructuring and the marginalised
9 Conclusion: negotiating the housing market over the next decadesReferences; Index
Summary Lifetime attitudes to housing have changed, with new population dynamics driving the market and a greater emphasis on consumption. This important contribution to the literature argues that how we think about households and their housing needs to be recast to acknowledge this changed environment and provide a more powerful conceptual framework
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Home ownership -- Government policy -- Australia
Housing policy -- Australia
Public housing -- Australia
Home ownership -- Government policy -- Great Britain
Housing policy -- Great Britain
Public housing -- Great Britain
Home ownership -- Government policy -- United States
Housing policy -- United States
Public housing -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
Home ownership -- Government policy
Housing policy
Public housing
Australia
Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Faulkner, Debbie
ISBN 9781847429360
184742936X
1283212641
9781283212649
6613212644
9786613212641