Cities, Housing and Profits: Flat Break-Up and the Decline of Private Renting

Author:   Chris Hamnett ,  Bill Randolph
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367682118


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   24 March 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Cities, Housing and Profits: Flat Break-Up and the Decline of Private Renting


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Originally published in 1988, this book documents and explains the emergence of flat ‘break-ups’ – the sale of individual owner occupation of blocks of flats which were previously privately rented and which played a major role in the transformation of the private housing market in London since the 1960s. The book shows that the flat break-up market in London was not a unique phenomenon but one of the most geographically concentrated manifestations of the trend for sales from private renting to owner occupation which has been established in the UK since the 1920s. The interrelationship between the causes of the decline of the privately rented sector in Britain and the features specific to the flat market comprises the second theme of the book.

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Author:   Chris Hamnett ,  Bill Randolph
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367682118


ISBN 10:   0367682117
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   24 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The Production and Transformation of Urban Residential Space 2. London’s Many Mansions: The Tenurial Transformation of London’s Purpose-Built Flat Sector 3. The Rise and Fall of Investor Landlordism in Britain 4. From Renting To Owning: The Tenure Transfer Process 5. The Preconditions for Flat Break-Ups, 1945-65 6. The Development of the Flat Break-Up Market, 1965-80 7. The Biggest Break-Up of the All: The Rise and Fall of London County Freehold’s ‘Key Flats’ Empire 8. Varieties of Landlord Response: Investor and Trading Landlords 9. The Social Costs and Consequences of Break Up 10. The International Parallels: A Comparative Analysis of Britain, the United States and Holland 11. Resident Protest and State Intervention: A Comparative Analysis 12. Conclusions.

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'This reissue of Cities, Housing and Profits makes available Hamnett and Randolph's pathbreaking study of the transformation of London's housing stock from places of habitation to a tradeable asset and the consequences for the development of the city. It remains a significant contribution to our understanding of the financialization of property markets and its effects. ' Susan F. Fainstein, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design


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Chris Hamnett is Professor Emeritus at King's College London and Bill Randolph is Professor at City Futures Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, Australia.

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