The Global Economic Crisis and the Reshaping of Housing Opportunities

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-28

  Kennett, Patricia ^a   Forrest, Ray ^b   Marsh, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Austerity; Economic crisis; Housing opportunities; Risk and responsibility

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSING FINANCE; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING PROVISION; NEOLIBERALISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENURE SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875330837     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2012.683292     Document Type: Article

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