Steve Iafrati
Biographic Data
| ID | 4617090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steve Iafrati |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steve |
| FAMILY NAME | Iafrati |
| SIGNATURE | IAFRATI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1271-8197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘Build, Baby, Build’? A Critical Assessment of Housing Policy over the First Year of the Labour Government in the UK
Housing policy has been a busy area of activity for the Labour government in its first year. In this paper we critically assess the tensions and contradictions within these housing policy changes, examining whether they add up to a coherent, programmatic response to the ‘housing crisis’ which can deliver for individuals and households struggling to access and sustain adequate housing after fourteen years of austerity and neglect. In particular, w…
Losing touch
Whilst the conceptualization of a housing crisis has become a common narrative within politics, research, and the media, its nebulous nature can risk failing to recognize the breadth of experiences or its exact relationship to inequality. By looking at out of area housing placements as one aspect of the ‘housing crisis’, this paper explores the way by which experiences of housing can be a disbenefit to people’s wellbeing through fracturing import…
Introduction
One of the most enduring themes within post-war social policy has been that of housing.From the recognition of the five giants to the language of housing crises, via concrete jungles and the right to buy, housing has been a mainstay of political rhetoric.More recently, the growth in precarious housing (Hodkinson and Robbins, 2013), the tragedy of Grenfell Tower (Shildrick, 2018), and increasing numbers of children in temporary accommodation (Wils…
An Ontology of Social and Economic Reproduction
This paper argues that commodification of housing plays a key role in the reproduction of social and economic relations and contributes to debates by, firstly, recognising modern slavery as a fundamental intersection of economic and social vulnerability intimately connected to experiences of housing. Secondly, rather than understanding modern slavery in terms of exclusion, it should be understood as a form of adverse incorporation in the labour m…
The Same Storm, but Different Boats
This state-of-the-art paper begins to unpack the concept of a housing crisis. Whilst it may be a useful starting point in recognising the presence of problems within UK housing provision and allocation, its generic and umbrella coverage papers over the diversity of experiences. Similarly, as a concept it neither suggests the causes of the crisis nor possible solutions. With this in mind, this paper explores commodification within housing and uses…
Moving on
Based on freedom of information request data supplied by English local authorities, this paper identifies significant under-reporting of out of area housing placements in government statistics alongside an overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households amongst such placements. In a context of neoliberalism, housing policy has become abstracted from contextual factors that shape experiences of housing. With housing increasingly commodified…
Café Delphi
Developing collaborative and cooperative research across academic disciplines and university administrative boundaries can be a challenge. In an attempt to understand and propose solutions to this challenge, the authors of this paper set out to: test an innovative combination of methods to generate and evaluate ideas and strategies; and to write about the findings using collaborative online methods. During this process universities in the UK move…
Out of area housing by local authorities in England
Based on freedom of information responses from English local authorities, the research examines the number of households where a duty to accommodate was accepted that were subsequently housed in other local authority areas. Recognising neoliberal housing policy of increased marketisation and less government intervention, the article identifies market failure, housing unaffordability and welfare reform contributing to households being displaced an…
Supporting Tenants with Multiple and Complex Needs in Houses in Multiple Occupation
The number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in the UK has increased significantly in recent years, with the sector disproportionately housing vulnerable tenants. Government responses to the growth in HMOs has focused increasingly on landlord enforcement and planning controls, with limited attention on the needs of vulnerable residents. Drawing on new research with HMO tenants with multiple and complex needs (MCN), attendance at HMO working…
Displaced and vulnerable
Purpose The purpose of study is to explore how structural problems within housing supply and the marketisation of housing for the poorest and most vulnerable households affect households and can lead to negative outcomes for some households. The research highlights the experiences of out of area (OOA) households that can be below the radar in debates regarding housing crisis. Design/methodology/approach The research features a case study approach…
The sustainability of food bank provision
Out of area housing by local authorities in England
Based on freedom of information responses from English local authorities, the research examines the number of households where a duty to accommodate was accepted that were subsequently housed in other local authority areas. Recognising neoliberal housing policy of increased marketisation and less government intervention, the article identifies market failure, housing unaffordability and welfare reform contributing to households being displaced an…
The sustainability of food bank provision
The Same Storm, but Different Boats
This state-of-the-art paper begins to unpack the concept of a housing crisis. Whilst it may be a useful starting point in recognising the presence of problems within UK housing provision and allocation, its generic and umbrella coverage papers over the diversity of experiences. Similarly, as a concept it neither suggests the causes of the crisis nor possible solutions. With this in mind, this paper explores commodification within housing and uses…
Moving on
Based on freedom of information request data supplied by English local authorities, this paper identifies significant under-reporting of out of area housing placements in government statistics alongside an overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households amongst such placements. In a context of neoliberalism, housing policy has become abstracted from contextual factors that shape experiences of housing. With housing increasingly commodified…
Supporting Tenants with Multiple and Complex Needs in Houses in Multiple Occupation
The number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in the UK has increased significantly in recent years, with the sector disproportionately housing vulnerable tenants. Government responses to the growth in HMOs has focused increasingly on landlord enforcement and planning controls, with limited attention on the needs of vulnerable residents. Drawing on new research with HMO tenants with multiple and complex needs (MCN), attendance at HMO working…
The sustainability of food bank provision
Supporting Tenants with Multiple and Complex Needs in Houses in Multiple Occupation
The number of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in the UK has increased significantly in recent years, with the sector disproportionately housing vulnerable tenants. Government responses to the growth in HMOs has focused increasingly on landlord enforcement and planning controls, with limited attention on the needs of vulnerable residents. Drawing on new research with HMO tenants with multiple and complex needs (MCN), attendance at HMO working…
Displaced and vulnerable
Purpose The purpose of study is to explore how structural problems within housing supply and the marketisation of housing for the poorest and most vulnerable households affect households and can lead to negative outcomes for some households. The research highlights the experiences of out of area (OOA) households that can be below the radar in debates regarding housing crisis. Design/methodology/approach The research features a case study approach…
Café Delphi
Developing collaborative and cooperative research across academic disciplines and university administrative boundaries can be a challenge. In an attempt to understand and propose solutions to this challenge, the authors of this paper set out to: test an innovative combination of methods to generate and evaluate ideas and strategies; and to write about the findings using collaborative online methods. During this process universities in the UK move…
Out of area housing by local authorities in England
Based on freedom of information responses from English local authorities, the research examines the number of households where a duty to accommodate was accepted that were subsequently housed in other local authority areas. Recognising neoliberal housing policy of increased marketisation and less government intervention, the article identifies market failure, housing unaffordability and welfare reform contributing to households being displaced an…
Introduction
One of the most enduring themes within post-war social policy has been that of housing.From the recognition of the five giants to the language of housing crises, via concrete jungles and the right to buy, housing has been a mainstay of political rhetoric.More recently, the growth in precarious housing (Hodkinson and Robbins, 2013), the tragedy of Grenfell Tower (Shildrick, 2018), and increasing numbers of children in temporary accommodation (Wils…
An Ontology of Social and Economic Reproduction
This paper argues that commodification of housing plays a key role in the reproduction of social and economic relations and contributes to debates by, firstly, recognising modern slavery as a fundamental intersection of economic and social vulnerability intimately connected to experiences of housing. Secondly, rather than understanding modern slavery in terms of exclusion, it should be understood as a form of adverse incorporation in the labour m…
The Same Storm, but Different Boats
This state-of-the-art paper begins to unpack the concept of a housing crisis. Whilst it may be a useful starting point in recognising the presence of problems within UK housing provision and allocation, its generic and umbrella coverage papers over the diversity of experiences. Similarly, as a concept it neither suggests the causes of the crisis nor possible solutions. With this in mind, this paper explores commodification within housing and uses…
Moving on
Based on freedom of information request data supplied by English local authorities, this paper identifies significant under-reporting of out of area housing placements in government statistics alongside an overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households amongst such placements. In a context of neoliberalism, housing policy has become abstracted from contextual factors that shape experiences of housing. With housing increasingly commodified…
Losing touch
Whilst the conceptualization of a housing crisis has become a common narrative within politics, research, and the media, its nebulous nature can risk failing to recognize the breadth of experiences or its exact relationship to inequality. By looking at out of area housing placements as one aspect of the ‘housing crisis’, this paper explores the way by which experiences of housing can be a disbenefit to people’s wellbeing through fracturing import…
‘Build, Baby, Build’? A Critical Assessment of Housing Policy over the First Year of the Labour Government in the UK
Housing policy has been a busy area of activity for the Labour government in its first year. In this paper we critically assess the tensions and contradictions within these housing policy changes, examining whether they add up to a coherent, programmatic response to the ‘housing crisis’ which can deliver for individuals and households struggling to access and sustain adequate housing after fourteen years of austerity and neglect. In particular, w…
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (9 works) · Economics (6 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Geography (2 works)