Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London

This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation around social housing in the UK after the 1980 Housing Act. As well as examining the long-term consequences of ‘Right to Buy,’ such as shortages in local authority stock and neighbourhood gentrification, James Rosbrook-Thompson and Gary Armstrong investigate the changes wrought on the social fabric of the individual estate. Drawing on four years of ethnographic fieldwork, the authors explore the estate’s social mix and, more specifically, the consequences of owner-occupiers, council tenants and private renters sharing a cramped inner-city neighbourhood. *Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry* humanizes the academic discussion of class, race, and gender in social housing through the occupants’ tales of getting by, getting along, and getting out.

Year

2018

Language

English

Series

Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Editions

2

Pages

239

ISBN

9783319746777

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