Housing Contemporary Ireland
Policy, Society and Shelter
Samenvatting
During the past decade, Ireland’s economic growth has attracted international attention. This book analyses the consequences of that growth on housing and serves as a primer to other countries on the complexities of delivering sustainable housing solutions in the face of economic success. It introduces key housing developments and also reports on the findings of the latest research on the transformation of the sector in the past decade.
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Inhoudsopgave
I Introduction: Setting the Scene: Transformations in Irish Housing.-
II Owner Occupation and the Housing Market: The Housing Market and Owner Occupation in Ireland. Access Denied? The Challenge of Affordability for Sustainable Access to Housing. Housing Expenditures, Housing Poverty and Housing Wealth: Irish Home Owners in Comparative Context.-
III The Private Rented Sector: The Private Rented Sector. Uneven Development and the Private Rental Market: Problems and Prospects for Low-Income Households. Urban Renewal and the Private Rented Sector.-
IV Social Housing: Social Housing. Reforming Local Authority Housing Management: The Case of Tenant Participation in Estate Management. The Changing Nature of the Housing Association Sector.-
V Housing and Inequality: Housing, Equality and Inequality. Homelessness. Accommodating the Traveller Community.-
VI Housing, Planning and the Built Environment: Spatial Planning Frameworks and Housing. Planning and Sustainability: Metropolitan Planning, Housing and Land Policy. Urban Design and Residential Environments. Rural Housing: Politics, Public Policy and Planning.-
VII Conclusion: Irish Housing in the European Context.-
Chapter Notes. References. Index.