Housing policy in the 1990s

Housing Policy in the 1990s explores the deluge of Conservative legislation of the late 1980s and examines what its effects will be during this decade and into the next century. The contributors discuss and clarify the main aims of the government re-structuring of social strategy and assess its effects on British housing.

• Introduction, Johnston Birchall
• Chapter 1 Housing policy and the disabling of local authorities, Peter Malpass
• Chapter 2 Housing associations, Mike Langstaff
• Chapter 3 Building societies, Douglas Smallwood
• Chapter 4 The social and economic consequences of the growth of home ownership, Stuart Lowe
• Chapter 5 Private rented housing and the impact of deregulation, A.D.H. Crook
• Chapter 6 The 1987 housing policy, D.A. Coleman
• Chapter 7 Issues of race and gender facing housing policy, Norman Ginsburg, Sophie Watson
• Chapter 8 Council tenants, Johnston Birchall
• Conclusion, Johnston Birchall

The late 1980s saw a deluge of Conservative legislation designed to restructure post-war housing policy completely, but what has this achieved so far and what are its effects during this decade and into the next century? Are we at a crossroads, still able to make choices, or have we already passed the point of no return? Have profound underlying shifts in housing tenure and the balance of political forces in housing changed so rapidly that there may not be much choice left? The contributors to this book - some academics and some leading practitioners, but all experts in different aspects of the subject - have been challenged to provide some answers to these questions. "Housing Policy in the 1990s" examines whether the "enabling" local authority has really been "disabled" by central government, whether housing associations can fulfil their new role as leading providers of social renting housing, whether building societies will still be able and willing to finance them, what sort of social and economic consequences the growth in home ownership will have, and whether the private rented sector can be revived.

• Introduction, Johnston Birchall
• Housing policy and the disabling of local authorities, Peter Malpass
• Housing associations - a move to centre stage, Mike Langstaff
• Building societies: builders or financiers?, Douglas Smallwood
• The social and economic consequences of the growth of home ownership, Stuart Lowe
• Private rented housing and the impact of deregulation, Adh Crook
• The new housing policy: an enduring reform?, D.A. Coleman
• Issues of race and gender facing housing policy, Norman Ginsburg and Sophie Watson
• Council tenants - sovereign consumers or pawns in the game?, Johnston Birchall
• Conclusion, Johnston Birchall.