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Book SynopsisHearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within its broader global context and examines its origins in terms of the extension of neoliberalism, marketisation and financialisation in housing. Using real voices and stories, he shows how the crisis is having profound impacts on equality, wellbeing and health.
Table of ContentsForeword: Special Rapporteur for Housing ~ Leilani Farhi; Introduction: a new housing crisis; Generation Rent; Homelessness: the most extreme inequality; The normalisation of homelessness; Working for social justice: community, activism and academia; The neoliberal roots of the current crisis; The new waves of financialisation: vultures and REITs; Inequality and financialisation; The lost decade of social and affordable housing: austerity and marketisation; The people push back: protests for affordable homes for all; The right to an affordable, secure and decent home for all; A Green New Deal for Housing: affordable sustainable homes and communities for all.
