Description
Book SynopsisBridging housing studies and social policy, this book analyses competing interpretations of the role and value of social housing in the UK. The author provides new research on the relationship between housing and wellbeing, and challenges the pervasive policy and social consensus that owner-occupation is the natural' choice of aspiring people.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: housing, wellbeing and welfare PART I Meaning and purpose: discourses of social housing 2. Wellbeing: meaning and measurement 3. Discourses of dependency: social housing, welfare, and political debate 4. Counter-narratives: dependency, culture, and the myth of worklessness PART II Social housing, wellbeing, and experiences of the home 5. Experiences of the home: place, identity, and security 6. Mental health, happiness, and satisfaction with life PART III Rethinking the ‘social’ in social housing: common needs, shared identities 7. Social housing and welfare spheres 8. Rethinking the ‘social’ in social housing: common needs, shared identities
