After Council Housing

This detailed and comprehensive book ... traces the origins, evolution and impacts of [stock transfer], with particular attention to geographical differences, and policy divergence and convergence across the UK jurisdictions ... [A]n important and must-have publication for academics, policy makers, practitioners and students with an interest in stock transfer and social housing more generally' - Kim McKee, Housing Studies 'Written by leading experts in the field ... The book is scholarly, well informed by research ... [and] very clear and well-written ... [E]ssential reading for anyone wishing to understand the extent of change and the direction of travel for social housing [it also] raises an important and pertinent set of questions about the future of UK social housing' - Tony Manzi, Housing, Theory and Society 'After Council Housing is a really welcome addition to any housing studies library... essential reading' - Blair Badock, Urban Policy and Research '[T]his excellent book may well become a standard reference ... It is balanced and reaches reasonable conclusions based on evidence and considerable research experience' - Kenneth Gibb, Urban Studies '[I]nvaluable to housing students at undergraduate and postgraduate level ... an important contribution to contemporary housing scholarship.' Morag McDermont, Journal of Social Policy

Few single policies have had a more profound impact on the modern British housing system than the wholesale transfer of public housing to 'new social landlords' - primarily Housing Associations. This important new text provides a comprehensive account of the causes, processes and consequences of stock transfer.Few single policies have had a more profound impact on the modern British housing system than the wholesale transfer of public housing to 'new social landlords' - primarily Housing Associations. This important new text provides a comprehensive account of the causes, processes and consequences of stock transfer.