Housing Policy in the Developed Economy: The United Kingdom, Sweden and The United States: 9 - Rilegato

Headey, Bruce

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0367681064 ISBN 13: 9780367681067

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2021

Riassunto

Originally published in 1978, this book analyses three main approaches to national housing policy in the 20th Century in Sweden, the UK and USA. It reviews policy developments and considers the impact of policy on the housing conditions and costs of different sections of the community. A major theme is that British and American governments, contrary to their stated objectives, have actually increased housing inequality by allowing homeowners tax concessions which are more generous than the housing welfare programmes available to tenants. The political pressures which produced this outcome in Britain and the USA, but a quite different and more egalitarian outcome in Sweden, are carefully discussed. Throughout the book, policy making is regarded as involving trade-offs between what is politically feasible and what is operationally feasible. This framework enables readers to view policy making from the perspective of politicians and civil servants as they react to diverse demands and pressures and seek to devise housing programmes which embody incentives to which housing financiers builders and consumers will respond.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Bruce Headey is a Fellow of the Melbourne Institute Of Applied Economic And Social Research.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0367681064
• ISBN 13: 9780367681067
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 278
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania