Rent differentials, housing benefit and management of the public housing stock in the United Kingdom

Bibliographic Data

ID6304102
AuthorsC J Mackay (University of Ulster, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume26
Issue1
Pages81-96
Publication date2000-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLocal Government Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03003930008433979
OpenAlexW2037657198
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

Despite the prevailing emphasis on markets and choice in the public services there has been very little consideration of the way in which local authority rent setting policies can be used to influence the demand for various types of properties. The present government has promised that long delayed proposals for the reform of housing benefit will be brought forward soon. At the same time, social landlords have been increasingly concerned about high rates of turnover in their stock and in some areas low demand leading to abandonment and demolition. In this paper it is argued that greater rent differentials related to quality and location will be necessary to cope with such changes

Abandonment (legal · Business · Demand management · Demolition · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Public housing · Stock (firearms · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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