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_a9781405131971
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041 0 _aeng
050 0 4 _a306.13 $2 18
100 1 _aJones, Colin
245 0 4 _aThe right to buy
_banalysis and evaluation of a housing policy
260 _aOxford
_bBlackwell Publishing
_c2006
300 _ax, 254p
_c25cm.
350 _a49 95
505 2 _aIntroduction -- A policy for its time -- The right to buy in the UK 1980-2005 -- Unequal opportunities, time and place -- Transforming social housing -- Extending the owner-occupied housing market -- Promoting the private rented sector -- Creating sustainable communities -- Housing management and housing quality -- The financial equation -- Policy transfer: international perspectives on housing privatisation -- A policy past its sell-by date? -- Learning from the right to buy.
520 _aAnalyses the operation and impact of the Right to Buy policy, beginning with an examination of the policy background, followed by a review of its take-up, the pattern of sales and their impact on social housing, an examination of the financial aspects of the policy from the viewpoints of tenants, local authorities and central government, a study of the impact of Right to Buy via subsequent resales on the open market and on the private rented sector, and an analysis considering the potential of Right to Buy in creating sustainable and diverse communities. Also considers the experience of parallel policies in other countries.
590 _aIKA060606
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
_y
690 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-LEASEHOLD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL LEASES-RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT
700 1 _aMurie, Alan
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