Access to Housing: Homelessness and Vulnerability in Europe - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1861344821 ISBN 13 : 9781861344823

Editeur : Policy Press, 2002

Synopsis

While there is no overall shortage of housing in the EU, three million people are homeless and 18 million are housed in inadequate accommodation, that is, housing which lacks basic amenities, is structurally unsound, overcrowded, or does not offer security of tenure. This work seeks an understanding of the situation through a detailed analysis of the European housing market in both the private and state spheres. It offers an EU-wide examination of housing provision, its changing nature and impact on homelessness. The book identifies the institutional changes and policy prescriptions that are necessary to manage the demands of homelessness and inadequate housing among Europe's most vulnerable people. The following themes are explored in-depth: the expansion of an increasingly unregulated private market; the contraction of the state sector; the (re)emergence of voluntary organizations; and the role of vulnerable people themselves. While the focus of this book is on identifying European-wide trends and developments, it maintains a sensitive approach to the specificities of individual nations and provides a range of examples of housing policy and practice from across the EU.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bill Edgar is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Dundee and is co-ordinator of research for the European Observatory on Homelessness. Joe Doherty is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography and Geoscience, University of St Andrews and is co-ordinator of research for the European Observatory on Homelessness. Henk Meert is a Post-doctoral fellow of FWO Flanders and Associate Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861344821
• ISBN 13: 9781861344823
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Éditeur: Edgar W.M., Doherty J., Meert H.
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