Housing Inequality
The Need for a Shift in Public Policy Intervention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2391996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marianna Filandri (0000-0002-8456-7869, University of Turin, corresponding author), Giovanni Semi (0000-0001-5965-0743, University of Turin) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 525-531 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1360780418798377 |
| OpenAlex | W2893176451 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
On the night of 14 June 2017, a 24-storey skyscraper in North Kensington, London, caught fire, leaving 71 people dead and hundreds homeless. Grenfell Tower was a public housing block, built in the early 1970s in Brutalist style, which underwent a controversial refurbishment in 2016. This tragedy in one of the richest areas of one of the richest cities on earth points to a contemporary paradox: the need for more affordable housing is far from being behind us and, indeed, is returning to the fore as a social problem. Our starting point is that housing policies in most European societies have gradually reduced their scope and, breaking with the post-war tradition of cross-class mass housing, are now limited to supporting the more vulnerable households. One of the many effects of this public policy transformation is that public intervention is now conceived as marginal, leaving the market as the main vehicle for service provision (housing, in this case). A second effect can be seen in public facility maintenance: cost cutting has trumped improvements. The Grenfell Tower fire draws attention to several aspects. Here, we will focus on three: the rise of a homeowners' society, the link between social inequalities and housing, and the financialization of housing. The article suggests the need for a radical shift in housing policies, tackling the nexus between inequality reproduction, extraction mechanisms, and living conditions
Economic growth · Economic interventionism · Economics · Political science · Politics · Public housing · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
The Ideology of Home Ownership
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
The Financialization of Housing
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Home Ownership and Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective
Does Homeownership Affect Child Outcomes?
The Enigma of Capital
Housing Inequality and Social Class in Europe
The social and private micro-level consequences of homeownership
Life Chances in Britain by Housing Wealth and for the Homeless and Vulnerably Housed
Beyond housing classes
Neoliberal Nomads
Expulsions
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |