Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry

Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry
ISBN-10
3319746782
ISBN-13
9783319746784
Category
Social Science
Pages
239
Language
English
Published
2018-03-30
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Gary Armstrong, James Rosbrook-Thompson

Description

This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation around social housing in the UK after the 1980 Housing Act. As well as examining the long-term consequences of ‘Right to Buy,’ such as shortages in local authority stock and neighbourhood gentrification, James Rosbrook-Thompson and Gary Armstrong investigate the changes wrought on the social fabric of the individual estate. Drawing on four years of ethnographic fieldwork, the authors explore the estate’s social mix and, more specifically, the consequences of owner-occupiers, council tenants and private renters sharing a cramped inner-city neighbourhood. Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry humanizes the academic discussion of class, race, and gender in social housing through the occupants’ tales of getting by, getting along and getting out.

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