SOCIJALNI STAMBENI SEKTOR U BRITANIJI
PUBLIC SECTOR HOUSING IN BRITAIN
Author(s): Alan MurieContributor(s): Andrej Štor (Translator)
Subject(s): Demography and human biology, Rural and urban sociology, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Public sector housing; Britain; Segregation; Homelessness;
Summary/Abstract: Public sector housing provision in Britain played a major role in improving housing supply and conditions in Britain. At its best, it was high standard traditional housing built in planned neighbourhoods and was highly popu lar with tenants, lt presented an influential model for planned housing improvement. At its peak, almost 1 in 3 households in Britain lived in such housing. However, by the 1990s, public sector housing is in decline with a tarnished image and a lack of political support. Major privatisation programmes are altering the sector fundamentally. This paper outlines the major elements in the growth and decline of public sector housing and the nature of the sector in the 1990s. It goes on to suggest that the weakness of the public sector forms part of a future for British housing which will be much more marked by inequalities with continuing problems of segregation, homelessness and insecurity.
Journal: Društvena istraživanja - Časopis za opća društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 3/1994
- Issue No: 09
- Page Range: 3-19
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Croatian