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This book discusses housing finance in political terms, thus providing a thorough analysis of the mechanisms and principles which are at the heart of current policies, and an understanding of the processes within housing finance.
A dozen papers from an April 1991 conference of the Housing Studies Association, presumably held somewhere in Britain. The sections cover regional patterns; the independent rented sector; local authority rent regimes; inheritance, older people and mobility; and future prospects. No index. Acidic paper. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Peter King shows how the arguments in favour of central and local government control of so-called social housing do not stand up to close scrutiny. Indeed, the policy of the current government will be ineffective in pursuing the government's own aims. Instead, Peter King shows how directing subsidies through the consumers of housing can achieve better housing without political control.
A series of integrated case studies run throughout the text and learning objectives, self-assessment activities and guides to further reading are included in each chapter.
This volume reviews the economic theory that underpins thinking about the problem of England relying heavily on central government finance for social services.
The author applies the methodology to the system prevailing in Morocco in 1995 and 2004. The analysis shows that the most visible subsidies might not have been the most inefficient, nor the most resource consuming for the state. Examination of policy changes since 1995 shows that while the most visible subsidies received nearly all the government's attention, large invisible subsidies remain at the heart of Morocco's housing policy. The framework used here is very general and can be used to compare the Moroccan system with those of similar countries"--Abstract.