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Often portrayed as an apolitical space, this book demonstrates that home is in fact a highly political concept. This book explores the legislative changes dismantling vulnerable groups’ rights to decent and affordable housing.

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Introduction 1. The politicisation of home 2. The bedroom tax and diminishing rights to home 3. Temporary is the new permanent: temporary accommodation policy and the rise of family homelessness 4. The criminalisation of home: section 144 and its impact on London’s squatters 5. Fighting for home: activism and resistance in precarious times Conclusion

Bringing Home the Housing Crisis

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 27 April 2023
      ISBN-13 9781447361855
      978-1447361855
      ISBN-10 1447361857
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      Urban and municipal planning and policy Urban communities / city life

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Often portrayed as an apolitical space, this book demonstrates that home is in fact a highly political concept. This book explores the legislative changes dismantling vulnerable groups’ rights to decent and affordable housing.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. The politicisation of home 2. The bedroom tax and diminishing rights to home 3. Temporary is the new permanent: temporary accommodation policy and the rise of family homelessness 4. The criminalisation of home: section 144 and its impact on London’s squatters 5. Fighting for home: activism and resistance in precarious times Conclusion

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