Housing

High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century

by Matthew Lasner

Forthcoming from Yale University Press in 2012

Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family... more Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family dwelling. As the American dream evolves, precipitated by declining real estate prices and a renewed interest in city living, many predict that condos will become the predominant form of housing in the 21st century. In this unprecedented study Matthew Gordon Lasner explores the history of co-owned multifamily housing in the United States, from New York City's first co-op, in 1881, to contemporary condo and townhouse complexes coast to coast. Lasner explains the complicated social, economic, and political factors that have increased demand for this way of living, situating the trend within the larger housing market and broad shifts in residential architecture. He contrasts the prevalence and popularity of condos, townhouses, and other privately governed communities with their ambiguous economic, legal, and social standing, as well as their striking absence from urban and architectural history.

Politics of Greening: Spatial Constructions of the Public in Singapore

by Eunice Seng

William S W Lim & Jiat-Hwee Chang (eds.). NON WEST MODERNIST PAST: On Architecture & Modernities. World Scientific: 2011, pp. 143-59.

This chapter traces the ideological development of open space and its inextricable relationship with housing during... more This chapter traces the ideological development of open space and its inextricable relationship with housing during the formative years of the public housing programme in Singapore. Such an intersection is especially compelling in Singapore where the twin machinery of housing and open space not only is instrumental in the social, political and economic development of the city but also in the formation of the public sphere. The argument advanced is twofold: one, that the provision and designation of open spaces is complicit with the construction of high-density housing in producing a middle-class ideal based on ideas that reach back into the colonial period; and two, (extending the critique made by the sociologist Chua Beng-Huat) that the communitarian ideology embedded in the State’s housing programme produces a compliant mass population, constituting the public body, which is continually persuaded by the rhetoric of contingency.

Housing Policy, Federal: An Overview

by Matthew Lasner

The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History, eds. Donald T. Critchlow and Philip R. VanderMeer (New York: Oxford, 2012)

Adapting UK dwellings for heat waves

by Chris Goodier

Briefing: Heat-wave-coping measures for housing

by Chris Goodier

‘Right to Buy’: The Origins and Development of a Conservative Housing Policy, 1945 – 1980.

by Aled Davies

Draft Working Paper.

The ‘Right to Buy’ scheme was a central policy plank of the radical and reforming Conservative government under... more The ‘Right to Buy’ scheme was a central policy plank of the radical and reforming Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher. This article traces the origins and development of the policy through the post-war Conservative Party, demonstrating the way in which a statutory right of purchase for tenants originated immediately after the war, yet was resisted by Party elites until the late 1960s; at which point it became more feasible in the wake of political conflict at the local and national level. The introduction of the scheme was the culmination of economic and social change transmitted through the existing ideas of the post-war Conservative Party, lending support to the notion of a post-war consensus in British politics; whilst also supporting the challenge to the intellectual novelty of the ‘Thatcherism’.

Im Spiegel: Der Wohnungsmarkt in der Türkei

by Yener Coşkun, MRICS

Coskun, Yener. (2012). Im Spiegel: Der Wohnungsmarkt in der Türkei. SPH Newsletter 10 (April): 10-12.

Allgemein gilt: Wohneigentum bietet für
den Einzelnen wie für die Gesellschaft
materielle und immaterielle... more Allgemein gilt: Wohneigentum bietet für
den Einzelnen wie für die Gesellschaft
materielle und immaterielle Vorteile. Obwohl
diese Aussage von psychologischen
und wirtschaftlichen Gründen getragen
ist, schätzen Wirtschafts- und Finanzmakler
es, den Bedarf nach besseren
Wohnbedingungen zu erfüllen. Die Türkei
mit einer Eigentumsrate von fast 68
Prozent und einem dynamischen Wohnungsmarkt
ist da keine Ausnahme.

The Access to Housing of Romanian Roma in Andalusia. Public Practices and Family Strategies in the area of Granada

by Stefano Piemontese

2011 - Master's Thesis. Internationale Migration und Interkulturelle Beziehungen [International Migration and Intercultural Relations], Universität Osnabrück

The study intends to offer an evaluation of the implementation of the social housing and social services schemes in... more The study intends to offer an evaluation of the implementation of the social housing and social services schemes in the case of the Romanian Roma community settled in the suburbs of Granada. Both the family housing strategies (like residential mobility and overcrowding) and the public initiatives aimed at ensuring the access to a decent and adequate housing (based essentially on unsustainable social services' benefits-based housing practices) are analysed. Methodologically, the study is based on a qualitative field investigation and is supported by an exhaustive legislative and newspaper-based bibliographic research. It pretends to be a useful instrument for the comparison, at a EU and local level, of diverse policy approaches to housing with respect to the Eastern EU Roma communities settled in Western EU countries.

Coskun, Yener. (2012). A Brief Analysis of Turkish Housing Market. SPH Newsletter 10 (April): 10-12.

by Yener Coşkun, MRICS

Coşkun, Yener. (2012). A Brief Analysis of Turkish Housing Market. SPH Newsletter 10 (April): 10-12.

It is believed that home ownership offers
both material and non-material benefits
to the individuals and... more It is believed that home ownership offers
both material and non-material benefits
to the individuals and also society. However
this belief may be also related to
psychological/economical issues, economic/
financial agents enjoy to satisfy
the need of better housing. Turkey, having
nearly 68 percent home ownership
rate and also very dynamic housing
markets, is not an exception.

Vienna, l'abitare tra innovazione e tradizione

by Herald Qyqja

Co-authored with Andrea Lofi, published in FORUM A+P, n° 8, Tirana 2011.

Asumisen tutkimus ja kehittäminen. Bibliografia vuosilta 2000-2006

by Anne Holappa

Ed. Anne Holappa 31.1. 2007

The influence of service users and NGOs on housing for people with psychiatric disability

by Samantha Battams

What policies and policy processes are needed to ensure that people with psychiatric disabilities have access to appropriate housing?

by Samantha Battams

What policy approaches are needed to ensure that people with psychiatric disabilities have access to appropriate housing? Recommendations from a South Australian case study into mental health reform

by Samantha Battams

Inventar: Recent Struggles and Inventions in Housing in Two Cuban Cities

by Patricio del Real

Defining domestic space at Euesperides, Cyrenaica: Archaic structures on the Sidi Abeid.

by David Gill

Co-authored with P. Flecks. In Building communities: house, settlement and society in the Aegean and beyond, edited by R. Westgate, N. Fisher, and J. Whitley, British School at Athens Studies, vol. 15: 205-11. London: British School at Athens, 2007.

Vernacular domed houses of Harran, Turkey

by Ayhan BEKLEYEN

Özdeniz, M.B., Bekleyen, A., Gönül, İ.A., Gönül, H., Sarıgöl, H., İlter, T., Dalkılıç, N., Yıldırım, M. (1998) Vernacular Domed Houses of Harran, Turkey, Habitat International, 22(4), 477-485.

The beehive domed vernacular houses of Harran, Turkey were studied from the point of view of historical origin. The... more The beehive domed vernacular houses of Harran, Turkey were studied from the point of view of historical origin. The factors like climate, social and urban structure, spatial organization, construction and materials which effected the form of the buildings were considered. It has been discovered through this study that Harran houses can be built rapidly like tents, with burnt or sun-dried shallow bricks. Vernacular architecture of Harran illustrates the concepts of flexible building, climatic building design and re-usable building materials concepts. Possibilities of using this construction type in our times is discussed.

Keywords: vernacular architecture; housing; flexible building; climatic design; sustainable habitation

Dynamisierung einer binnenorientierten Branche

by Joris Ernest Van Wezemael

Shelter

by Jan Golembiewski

Golembiewski, J., Ho, B., & Wong, B. (2004). Shelter. In P. Droege & S. Hawken (Eds.), Bangun: A response manual for tsunamis and other natural disasters (pp. 3.1-3.24). Sydney: UNSW.

This section deals with people’s natural instinct to build
homes and lives for themselves, with or without help... more This section deals with people’s natural instinct to build
homes and lives for themselves, with or without help from
NGOs or expert advice. For this reason it is conceived as a
miscellaneous collection of useful details and practical advice
for constructing small buildings in the Sumatran postdisaster
environment. The details can be used to add to an
existing dwelling (such as a ‘core house’) or to be built from
scratch.

The details approach the situation assuming that there
are very few conventional building materials available and
that they have to be used sparingly. In their place, we have
suggested and specified lateral alternatives: recycled debris
and local materials - unusual details, sourced from as far
away as Mexico and Nepal. It must be noted that some of
these unusual and creative concepts haven’t been tested, so
a good deal of common sense and conservatism in construction
is required. When in doubt, it’s wise to make structures
stronger by over specifying beam thicknesses, reinforcing
etc.

In addition to the details, there are 3 complete house
plans here. Of course these can be built using the methods
and specified details, but they are really intended to give
people an idea of how a collection of miscellaneous details
can come together.

Housing context and social transformation strategies in neighbourhood regeneration in Western European cities

by Wouter van Gent

A slightly modified version of this paper was published in 'International Journal for Housing Policy', 2010

According to the Western European city thesis, European cities have a unique institutional mix which helps to explain... more According to the Western European city thesis, European cities have a unique institutional mix which helps to explain how social patterns come about. The most important elements of this mix are the interventionist state and the housing system legacy of non-private housing. While these two are vital, overall generalizations are tricky due to regional variations in economic performance, housing markets and local state capabilities. This paper explores the generalizations that can be made about the institutional context of direct interventions in the built environment and housing, i.e. neighbourhood regeneration, in Western European cities. It examines how national policy frameworks and housing market characteristics impinge upon on the adoption of social transformation strategies. Social transformation strategies, often adopted in neighbourhood regeneration, refer to the use of physical interventions to institute social change in deprived areas. Generally, there are two types of social transformation strategies: large-scale tenure restructuring and upgrading. A comparative analysis of four cases of regeneration shows that in Western European cities the opportunities and constraints of national policy framework and regional housing market characteristics help to explain the social transformation strategies adopted locally. Furthermore, it shows that the thesis’ value as an explanatory and analytical framework for Western Europe.