Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry

by Gary Armstrong and James Rosbrook-Thompson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030090531
• ISBN13: 9783030090531
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"