Housing stock transfer in Birmingham and Glasgow: The contrasting experiences of two UK cities

European Journal of Housing Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-341

  Daly, Guy ^a   Mooney, Gerry ^b   Poole, Lynne ^c   Davis, Howard ^d  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birmingham; Community empowerment; Demunicipalization; Glasgow; Social rented housing; Stock transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; RENTAL SECTOR;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31744434505     PISSN: 14616718     EISSN: 14733269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616710500342234     Document Type: Article

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