Social Housing, Wellbeing and Welfare

This book offers a balanced analysis of competing interpretations of the role and social value of social housing in the UK, arguing against the idea that social housing is somehow 'bad' for you, or that it causes poverty or dependency and proposing a more radical approach to social housing policy in the future.

List of contents

Introduction. Wellbeing, housing and the home
The distribution of social housing. Who gets what, and why?
What's in a name? The meaning of social housing
Discourses of dependency; social housing, welfare and political debate
Interpreting fact: is social housing really bad for you?
Wellbeing and social housing: approaches to impact
Narratives of principle and practice; claiming history, contesting purpose
Rethinking the 'social' in social housing; common needs, shared identities
From principle to practice - diverse needs, mixed solutions
Conclusion: housing, wellbeing and citizenship

About the author

James Gregory is Senior Research Fellow, Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management at the University of Birmingham

Product details

• Authors: James Gregory
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2022
• EAN: 9781447347910
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-4791-0
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education