Att vara styrelseledamot i en bostadsrättsförening ställer stora krav. Styrelsen ansvarar för det löpande arbetet i föreningen - men vad innebär det egentligen? Bostadsrätt - en handbok för styrelsen är en praktisk och pedagogisk bok. Här kan du läs…
Under andra hälften av 1980-talet bidrog den höga tillväxten, den låga realräntan, de goda kreditmöjligheterna, skattesystemet och de höga subventionerna till en omfattande nybyggnation och en snabb ökning av priserna på såväl bostadsfastigheter som…
KVARTERET MARMORN innebar ett steg på vägen mot vår moderna bostadsstandard. Sopnedkast, badrum, gasspis - men inte kyl eller isskåp. Köken gjordes små och kallades kokvrår. Man skulle äta på jobbet och inte kunna sova i köket var det tänkt i det rä…
In this groundbreaking work, sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the classic bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns,…
The award-winning look at an ugly aspect of American racism by the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, reissued with a new preface by the author. In this groundbreaking work, sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the classic bestseller L…
Bostadsmarknaden i Sverige kan beskrivas på två helt olika sätt. Den erbjuder å ena sidan attraktiva boenden där man kan välja och vraka efter egna önskemål, och å andra sidan en verklighet där man var eller varannan månad måste hitta någonstans att…
Den här boken handlar om allmännyttans ställning på den svenska bostadsmarknaden. Boken belyser ur ett brett perspektiv de strategiska vägval som nya förutsättningar för allmännyttan för med sig, inte bara för de kommunala bostadsföretagen utan ocks…
The Tenants' Movement is both a history of tenant organization and mobilization, and a guide to understanding how the struggles of tenant organizers have come to shape housing policy today. Charting the history of tenant mobilization, and the rise o…
En av samtidens största utmaningar är att ordna boende åt alla Sveriges invånare. Landet ska få hundratusentals nya bostäder under den närmaste tioårsperioden. Debatten om hur det ska gå till blir alltmer laddad. Det planerade bostadsbyggandet är vä…
Winner of the 2015 Abbott Lowell Cummings prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum Winner of the 2015 Sprio Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians Winner of the 2016 International Planning History Society Book Prize for E…
Housing and Domestic Abuse provides an analysis of how housing policy has been historically utilised in responding to domestic abuse. The authors trace the history of policy from the feminist roots of the refuge movement, to the use of 'anti-social…
Det började som en dröm om en lyckad bostadspolitik. Alla skulle kunna få en god bostad till en rimlig hyra. Det var en vacker tanke. Numera handlar det mycket om bostadsbrist. Om ungdomar som inte kan flytta hemifrån. Om pengar under bordet. Om hyr…
Through an international comparative research, this unique book examines ethnic residential segregation patterns in relation to the wider society and mechanisms of social division of space in Western European regions.Focuses on eight Southern Europe…
Americans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an…
Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, soci…
”Bostad först” innebär att hemlösa personer erbjuds en bostad först, dvs. innan de löst andra problem, som de i stället sedan får hjälp att arbeta med. Denna handbok, anpassad efter svenska förhållanden, ger en övergripande beskrivning a…
Within fifteen years of the end of the Second World War, many tens of millions of Soviet city dwellers had been rehoused-liberated from shelters and overcrowded communal dwellings-and the paradox of housing ownership rights under proto-communism had…
Hovels to Highrise traces how governments in five European countries became involved in replacing industrial revolution urban slums with mass high-rise, high density concrete estates. As the book considers each country's housing history and traditio…
This guide concentrates on resources that are useful, in an easy-to-use format to enable architects, designers and engineers to access a wealth of knowledge. Information allows users to find, evaluate and contact the resources that can save time and…
Economic Growth and Sustainable Housing: An Uneasy Relationship critically discusses the possibilities of decoupling environmental degradation from economic growth. The author refutes the belief in combining perpetual economic growth with long-term…
With America on the brink of the largest number of older adults and persons with disabilities in the countrys history, the deceleration in housing production during the first decade of the twenty-first century, and a continued reliance on convention…
One of the key components of a successful Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is a system for monitoring the implementation of the strategy and tracking progress in poverty reduction. This volume provides lessons on the design and functioning of such m…
This collection of essays, first published in 2000, was the first systematic attempt to explain the social, administrative, technical and cultural history of 'European' housing in Australia. Written by a collaborative team of scholars from a wide ra…
This collection of essays is the first systematic attempt to explain the social, administrative, technical and cultural history of ‘European’ housing in Australia. Written by a collaborative team of scholars from a wide range of discipli…
This book looks at the state of housing for people with disabilities with the intent to provide recommendations that can improve housing opportunities. The research contained in this book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of housing in…
Housing Policy in the 1990s explores the deluge of Conservative legislation of the late 1980s and examines what its effects will be during this decade and into the next century. The contributors discuss and clarify the main aims of the government re…
StreetCities charts the development of an alternative communal housing model for chronically homeless men and women in downtown Toronto. In her recounting of the stories and narratives of residents and staff at the original "StreetCity" and the seco…
'...a wide-ranging, scholarly and humane book which should be read by anyone seriously interested in this country.' - David Donnison From the devastation of the Korean war, there emerged one of the most dynamic, rapidly growing economies the world h…
After the 1960s, rapid urbanization in developing regions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia was marked by the expansion of low-income "irregular" settlements that developed informally and which, by the 2000s, often constituted between 20-60 percent…
Stockholmshem bildades 1937 för att erbjuda goda bostäder till dem som hade störst behov, nämligen barnrika familjer med små inkomster. Hemmet har idag vuxit till ett storföretag som dock fortfarande värnar om den Stockholmshemsanda som karaktäriser…
Oscillations in opium poppy production in Afghanistan have long been associated with how the state was perceived, such as after the Taliban imposed a cultivation ban in 2000-1. The international community's subsequent attempts to regulate opium popp…
Despite increasing racial tolerance and national diversity, neighborhood segregation remains a very real problem in cities across America. Scholars, government officials, and the general public have long attempted to understand why segregation persi…
A half century after the Fair Housing Act, despite ongoing transformations of the geography of privilege and poverty, residential segregation by race and income continues to shape urban and suburban neighborhoods in the United States. Why do people…
This book presents a series of debates arising from the housing needs of different EU countries. The authors address key issues by examining in turn: * the consequences of European integration for different housing markets * the impact of the Maastr…
Housing Policy in Europe provides a comprehensive introduction to the economic, political and social issues of housing across the continent. The changing policy and practice of housing in fifteen countries from across Northern, Western, Southern and…
Housing is a matter of great urgency around the world. In cities that drive technological change and staggering wealth, there is a fierce struggle over two different models of creating affordable living conditions for working people, the poor, and i…
This important new source provides greater insight into and awareness of housing experiences in other societies, allowing for a more informed assessment of our own national experiences and priorities. This unique compilation points to the value of c…
A practiculture way to grow nutrient-dense food, produce healthy fats, and live the good lifeThe Nourishing Homestead tells the story of how we can create truly satisfying, permanent, nourished relationships to the land, nature, and one another.The…
The federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 was passed in a time of turmoil, conflict, and often conflagration in cities across the nation. It took the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to finally secure its passage. The Kerner Commission warned…
Housing affordability, urban development and climate change responses are great challenges that are intertwined, yet the conceptual and policy links between them remain under-developed.Housing Sustainability in Low Carbon Cities addresses this gap b…
The result of a conference organized to address problems raised by the housing crisis of the 1980s, this volume brings together academic and professional housing experts representing a variety of disciplines and political The essays evaluate the nat…
Books on green building theories, principles and strategies applicable to life cycles of all kinds of buildings and building types are already widely available. However, those specifically on greening affordable housing that guide various housing st…
For more than seven decades, the American government has acted to provide housing for the poor. In America's Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake, Howard Husock explains how, as with so many anti-poverty efforts, low-income housing programs have harmed t…
Housing Policy in the UK is a major new textbook that traces the emergence of a 'new comprehensive housing policy' in the wake of the Communities Plan and regionalisation. Grounded in cutting-edge research and analysis, it provides a clear account o…
Based on the Pathways to Life Quality longitudinal research study, this book explores the ways in which older adults' residential choices impact their health and well-being. The study examines the factors associated with life quality for persons liv…
In Reclaiming Public Housing, Lawrence Vale explores the rise, fall, and redevelopment of three public housing projects in Boston. Vale looks at these projects from the perspectives of their low-income residents and assesses the contributions of the…
This volume studies inclusionary housing programs in seven countries. It show national policy makers and lawmakers exactly who benefits from inclusionary programs and examines the interplay between inclusionary housing and more traditional programs.…
Housing in the European Countryside provides an overview of the housing pressures and policy challenges facing Europe, while highlighting critical differences. By drawing on contemporary research work of leading authors in the fields of housing stud…
A progressive plan to solve the problem of housing affordability
Our politicians insist that we live in a time of unprecedented prosperity, yet more and more Americans are pointing out that the richest 1% of our society holds more wealth than the bottom 90% put together. In this timely book, economist Philippe Va…
Are you concerned about the state of current housing provision? Worried about further decline in the years ahead? Decent Homes for All addresses fundamental questions about the current housing crisis; examining its history and evolution.The first te…
