Directions in Housing Policy

Peter Williams is from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Introduction Directions in Housing Policy - Peter Williams Changing Needs, Changing Incentives - Christine Whitehead Trends in the UK Housing System The UK Housing Market - Duncan Maclennan Up, Down and Where Next ? The Politics of Home Ownership - Mark Boleat Ideology, Public Policy and Private Rental Housing since the War - Peter Kemp Beyond State Housing - Alan Murie Housing Associations - Richard Best The Sustainable Solution? Getting the Foundations Right - Peter Williams Housing Organisations and Structures Towards Sustainable Policies for Housing Renewal in the Private Sector - Philip Leather and Sheila Mackintosh Standards, Quality Control and Housebuilding in Britain - Barry Goodchild and Valerie Karn UK Housing Finance - Alan Holmans Past Changes, the Present Predicament and Future Sustainablity Future Directions? - Ray Forrest and Peter Williams

`I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to gain a fuller appreciaition of the way that UK housing policy has evolved over time and a better understanding of the interrelationships between the tenures.... It is therefore an invaluable reference book for those involved in housing issues across all sectors, from practitioners and policy-makers to students of housing and planning courses' - Urban Studies `With such a lineup of authors and broad range of content there will be much of interest to a wide readership, especially housing and social policy students who can be expected to make good use of the book as a source of material and as an indicator of where debate on housing stood at the middle of the decade' - Environment and Planning B `Provides much of insight which should be recommended reading for all those with an interest in housing policy' - Local Government Studies 'A thoroughly readable and thought-provoking book' - Roof 'This is a good reader of current debates on the future of housing policy, which provides a useful reflection of the breadth of discussion of interest to both policy makers and housing and urban studies students' - Journal of Property Research 'This book is definitely essential reading for all policymakers, wherever they are in the new housing system' - Town and Country Planning