Housing: The Essential Foundations

Balchin, Paul N.; Rhoden, Maureen

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“…Inner-city south Manchester was by now overwhelmingly dominated by social housing while parts of Hulme had been given over to owner occupation in those parts of the estate where there was sufficient demand amongst tenants to take advantage of the 1980 Housing Act, which gave them the “right to buy” their properties from the local authority. In the first year of the scheme alone, some 86,200 tenants across the country exercised their legal right to buy their homes from their local councils (Balchin et al 1998: 67–69), although it is highly unlikely that such enthusiasm extended to the residents of the Hulme crescents. This marked a watershed moment in the history of postwar housing in the United Kingdom with the residualization of social housing as state provision gave way to private-sector development in the building of new homes (Hanley 2008: 100).…”

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The Inner Geographies of a Migrant Gateway: Mapping the Built Environment and the Dynamics of Caribbean Mobility in Manchester, 1951–2011

Brown¹,

Cunningham²

2016

Social Science History

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Section: New Designs and Divisions: Princess Road And The Alexandra Pmentioning

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The Inner Geographies of a Migrant Gateway: Mapping the Built Environment and the Dynamics of Caribbean Mobility in Manchester, 1951–2011

Brown¹,

Cunningham²

2016

Social Science History

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“…Demand has been defined as the quantity of a commodity consumers are willing to purchase at a particular price (Bull, 2002). When the market demand for properties in a particular area is high and when a shortage of good quality properties exists, the balance of power in the housing market shifts towards the seller, which creates an upward pressure on market prices (Balchin and Rhoden, 2002).…”

Section: Affordable Housing Shortagementioning

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“…The demand for housing is considered price inelastic, as there are no substitutes for housing and there are time lags between a change in price and an increase in the supply of new properties becoming available (Balchin and Rhoden, 2002). The availability of both new and old properties influences the balance of demand against supply -when supply is limited the result is soaring house prices, and when a large supply of housing occurs prices decrease.…”

Section: Affordable Housing Shortagementioning

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Sustainable Communities: Affordable Housing and Socio-economic Relations

Malienė

Howe

Malys

2008

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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Recent UK government objectives are focused on creating sustainable communities to improve quality of life. Housing is a key issue to consider in delivering healthy and attractive communities. In certain areas of housing, lack of supply and consequent problems of affordability have created persistent social and economic pressure. For sustainable communities, housing should be easily available, high-quality, economic, ecological, aesthetically designed and comfortable, thus better suiting the needs of a person. Moreover, the housing must be affordable according to the local and national situation. This article addresses the issue of sustainable communities from the perspectives of housing markets and socio-economics. The study focuses on key factors that are believed to contribute to the currently existing housing situation, assessing the impact of regulated socio-economics upon the sustainable housing and communities. The study also reviews past and current government initiatives and policies relevant to housing and regeneration in the UK. The article finishes with the interview-based study carried out in the Northwest with a reflection on the notion of the sustainable communities plan and its eight key components, the housing market and its dependence on the economic, the social and political environment and it offers recommendations for the further sustainable communities' development within the UK.

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“…As to the market effects of MIRAS, Lund (2011) claimed that it was unfair since it gave more assistance to high-rate taxpayers and those with the largest mortgages and that it artificially stimulated house prices by encouraging people to consume more accommodation than they actually required. Similarly, Balchin and Rhoden (2006) mentioned that MIRAS failed to help the low-income people since it pushed up demand and thus house prices beyond their means. With the supply of housing in the UK being relatively inelastic, this boost to demand inevitably resulted in house prices being much higher than would otherwise have been the case.…”

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Housing cycles in the UK: a historical and empirical investigation

Pitros

Arayıcı

2017

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Housing cycles in the UK: a historical and empirical investigation Charalambos PitrosSchool of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK, and Yusuf ArayiciCivil Engineering Department, Hasan Kalyoncu Universitesi, Gaziantep, Turkey Abstract Purpose -The study looks at the characteristics of upswings and downswings for UK housing cycles. Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse cycles in house prices and housing affordability on the characteristics of persistence, magnitude and severity. Design/methodology/approach -The paper draws upon the triangular methodology of cycles and utilises housing data from the last three decades. Findings -From an empirical perspective, the study obtained four main results. First, the graphical trajectory of cycles in house price and housing affordability is highly synchronized. Second, upturns in both cycles tend to be longer than downturns on average. Third, the recent upturn in house prices and housing affordability is characterised by larger duration, magnitude and severity than the earlier case. Fourth, the latest downturn in both cycles is highly synchronised in terms of time occurrence, persistence, magnitude and severity; in addition, in both cases, the latest downturn is considerably smaller than the previous one. The study additionally indicates that on average the length of a complete house price and housing affordability cycle is 19 years on a peak-to-peak basis.Research limitations/implications -This paper is essentially exploratory and raises a number of questions for further investigation. Future research should, first, arrive at a more nuanced definition of affordability and, second, examine causality. The fact that two phenomena appear to have some significant synchronicity is not an indication that they are interdependent, although logic would suggest they might be. Originality/value -This is among the few papers that analyses cycles in UK house prices. It is the first study that draws attention to the housing affordability cycle and the first to compare cycles in house prices with cycles in housing affordability.

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Housing: The Essential Foundations

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The Inner Geographies of a Migrant Gateway: Mapping the Built Environment and the Dynamics of Caribbean Mobility in Manchester, 1951–2011

The Inner Geographies of a Migrant Gateway: Mapping the Built Environment and the Dynamics of Caribbean Mobility in Manchester, 1951–2011

Sustainable Communities: Affordable Housing and Socio-economic Relations

Housing cycles in the UK: a historical and empirical investigation

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