| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Previous edition: London : Arnold, 1996. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- An Introduction to Social Housing -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures and tables -- Introduction -- 1 Supply and demand -- What has supply and demand got to do with housing? -- What is affordable housing? -- Demand and need -- Acute housing need -- The management of housing need -- Supply issues -- Areas of oversupply -- Postscript to Chapter 1: Can regional planning solve the problems of supply and demand? -- References -- Bibliography and reading advice -- Websites -- 2 Housing management -- General needs housing management -- Forms of social housing tenancy -- Managing the patch -- There goes the neighbourhood -- Special needs housing management -- Special consideration groups -- Households who suffer economic and social discrimination and disadvantage through racial, ethnic or cultural status -- Unfavourable medical or related condition -- Possession of other characteristic(s) meeting with social disapproval and marginalisation -- Street sleepers -- Other victims of societal prejudice -- Others -- Victims of domestic violence -- The management of temporary accommodation -- Involving the customer -- Self-management -- Repairs and maintenance -- Quality matters -- A repairs service for the future -- Some organisational management issues -- Recruitment, job design and business planning -- Legal matters -- Staff retention -- References -- Bibliography -- Websites -- 3 Housing finance -- Introduction -- Housing finance in context -- Government macro-economic controls -- Housing balances -- Integrative overview -- capital and revenue finance -- Differences between the sectors -- Capital operations in the social housing sector -- Local authority housing capital finance -- Annual Capital Guideline and Credit Approval -- Capital receipts -- The prudential borrowing regime -- Scope for reform -- Housing association capital finance -- Scope for reform in the housing association capital area -- Revenue operations in the social housing sector -- Council housing revenue operations -- HRA Subsidy (Item 3 Credit, or Item 5 Debit) -- Scope for HRA subsidy reform -- Rent restructuring -- Which subsidy -- capital grant or revenue? -- No subsidy -- Income subsidy only -- Capital subsidy only -- Housing support -- When should housing benefit kick in? -- Types of housing benefit -- Rent rebates -- Other options for reform -- References -- Bibliography -- Websites -- 4 Housing development -- Introduction -- The enabling and production of new build development for rent and for sale -- The strategic planning process -- How many homes are needed? -- Affordable housing requirement -- The affordable housing requirement quantum -- Planning policy implications -- Who can produce affordable housing? Why not councils? -- The privatisation of development? -- The importance of sustainability -- Environmental sustainability -- Economic sustainability -- the property its. |
| Summary |
Offers a unique people-centred approach to the provision and management of social housing. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public housing -- Great Britain.
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Public housing. |
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Great Britain. |
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Housing policy -- Great Britain.
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Housing policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reeves, Paul (Paul F.). Introduction to social housing. 2nd ed. Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005 0750663936 (DLC) 2005296422 (OCoLC)61701620 |
| ISBN |
0080458440 (electronic book) |
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9780080458441 (electronic book) |
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0750663936 (Paper) |
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