In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis

by Peter Marcuse and David Madden

Book Overview

In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it?

Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784783544
• ISBN13: 9781784783549
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"