Poverty and home ownership in contemporary Britain
- Author/Editor(s):
- Roger Burrows
- Format:
- Paperback , 48 pages , 297 x 210 mm
- ISBN
- 9781861344656
- Published:
- 08 Jan 2003
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... important reading for policy makers and academics with an interest in housing and social protection.
SPA News
This (welcomingly short) report deals with the complexities of poverty definition in very accessible form.
Housing Studies
About This Book
Half of those living in poverty in Britain today are home owners. Yet current government policy is not oriented to this reality. Drawing on data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain, this report presents a detailed picture of the realities of home ownership at the margins and provides evidence in support of the need for radical changes in policy towards sustainable home ownership. It:
• examines the relationship between poverty and home ownership in contemporary Britain; • analyses the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey - a data source expressly designed for the purposes of measuring poverty; • concludes that we need to rethink dominant perceptions about poverty and housing tenure; and • makes the case for the need to re-evaluate the role of the state in assisting with housing costs.The report's findings are important reading for housing and social policy academics and analysts, and policy makers working at the interface of housing and social security policy. Mortgage lenders will also find the report valuable reading, as will anyone interested in housing and poverty.Author Biography
Roger Burrows is Professor of Social Policy and Co-Director of the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York. He has published widely on the sociology of housing and neighbourhoods, health, and social aspects of information and communication technologies. His most recent book is the co-authored Home ownership in a risk society (The Policy Press, 2001).Contents
Introduction
The Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain
Measuring poverty
The sociodemographic correlates of poverty
The characteristics of home owners who are in poverty
Poverty profiles: differences between poor home owners and the poor living in other tenures
Differences in the nature of poverty between the tenures
Poverty outcomes: (how) does tenure make a difference?
Concluding comments.
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