
Housing Shock
The Irish Housing Crisis and How to Solve It
Rory Hearne(Author)
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 3. June 2020
Book
Hardback
302 pages
978-1-4473-5389-8 (ISBN)
Description
The unprecedented housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland is having profound impacts on Generation Rent, the wellbeing of children, worsening wider inequality and threatening the economy.
Hearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within the broader global housing situation by examining the origins of the crisis in terms of austerity, marketisation and the new era of financialisation, where global investors are making housing unaffordable and turning it into an asset for the wealthy.
He brings to the fore the perspectives of those most affected, new housing activists and protesters whilst providing innovative global solutions for a new vision for affordable, sustainable homes for all.
Hearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within the broader global housing situation by examining the origins of the crisis in terms of austerity, marketisation and the new era of financialisation, where global investors are making housing unaffordable and turning it into an asset for the wealthy.
He brings to the fore the perspectives of those most affected, new housing activists and protesters whilst providing innovative global solutions for a new vision for affordable, sustainable homes for all.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Illustrations
9 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 27 s/w Abbildungen, 18 s/w Tabellen
9 Halftones, black and white; 18 Tables, black and white; 27 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-5389-8 (9781447353898)
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Rory Hearne is a Lecturer in Social Policy at Maynooth University, Ireland.
Content
Foreword: Special Rapporteur for Housing ~ Leilani Farhi;
Introduction: a new housing crisis;
Generation Rent;
Homelessness: the most extreme inequality;
The normalisation of homelessness;
Working for social justice: community, activism and academia;
The neoliberal roots of the current crisis;
The new waves of financialisation: vultures and REITs;
Inequality and financialisation;
The lost decade of social and affordable housing: austerity and marketisation;
The people push back: protests for affordable homes for all;
The right to an affordable, secure and decent home for all;
A Green New Deal for Housing: affordable sustainable homes and communities for all.
Introduction: a new housing crisis;
Generation Rent;
Homelessness: the most extreme inequality;
The normalisation of homelessness;
Working for social justice: community, activism and academia;
The neoliberal roots of the current crisis;
The new waves of financialisation: vultures and REITs;
Inequality and financialisation;
The lost decade of social and affordable housing: austerity and marketisation;
The people push back: protests for affordable homes for all;
The right to an affordable, secure and decent home for all;
A Green New Deal for Housing: affordable sustainable homes and communities for all.