After council housing : Britain's new social landlords by Pawson, Hal, Mullins, David, 1955-; Gilmour, Tony instant download

After council housing : Britain's new social landlords by Pawson, Hal, Mullins, David, 1955-; Gilmour, Tony instant download

xiii, 346 pages : 23 cm, \"Few policies have had a more profound impact on the modern British housing system than the wholesale transfer of public housing to new social landlords. In recent decades over a million homes have passed from council ownership to housing associations, and the management of another million has been outsourced by local authorities. In the first comprehensive analysis of stock transfer, After Council Housing provides a compelling account of its causes, methods and consequences. Drawing on case studies from across Britain, it analyses the characteristics and contribution of the three-hundred new landlords. It assesses the impact of the process on the politics and accountability of social housing and on the scale and structure of third-sector housing provision. Rejecting the claim that the process of stock transfer is a simple case of damaging privatization, the authors argue instead that Britain's new social landlords have contributed to a more business-like, consumer-focused and tenant-influenced social housing sector.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references and index, Modernizing social housing -- Tracking stock transfers -- Stock transfer motivations and processes -- The politics of stock transfer -- Governance and accountability consequences -- Organizational and cultural change in stock transfer landlords -- Impact on housing stock, tenants and communities -- ALMOs: short-tern expedient or long-term alternative? -- Local authorities and housing after stock transfer -- Conclusions