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Contemporary Housing Issues in a Globalized World

Contemporary Housing Issues in a Globalized World

 Contemporary Housing Issues in a Globalized World

‘This book presents a timely, comprehensive and incisive analysis of the impact of globalization and the recent financial crisis on the domestic housing policies and capacities of nation states. In the best traditions of socio-legal scholarship, it blends doctrinal analysis with empirical evidence and sophisticated policy recommendations to offer constructive guidance for legislators as they confront the challenge of housing disadvantage.’
Brendan Edgeworth, University of New South Wales, Australia

‘The deregulation, liberalization and internationalization of finance have had major implications for housing and urban developments throughout the world. The "financialization" of housing has been accompanied by the conceptual transformation of adequate housing from a social good into a commodity and financial asset and housing markets are increasingly regulated so as to promote financial rather than social aspects of housing. This book analyses how this process has impacted on violations of the right to adequate housing in different countries and regions. More than understanding the situation, the book offers alternatives and perspectives, crucial in the current housing crisis.’

Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing and University of Sao Paolo, Brazil

This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today’s globalized housing systems. The book takes up the challenge of developing a new paradigm, working towards the possibility of an alternative future. The major themes considered are: the crisis in mortgage market regulation; housing rights; and an examination of responses to the decline and regeneration of inner cities, including legal issues around squatting in developed economies and changes in tenure patterns away from home-ownership.

Contents:

  • Introduction Padraic Kenna;
  • A legal perspective of the origin and the globalization of the current financial crisis and the resulting reforms in Spain, Sergio Nasarre-Aznar;
  • Comparing mortgage law in Ireland and Spain, Karen Lynch-Shally;
  • Mortgage foreclosure and housing rights in Spain: crisis or general deception?, Vanesa Valiño;
  • Housing rights in Europe: the Council of Europe leads the way, Padraic Kenna and Mark Jordan;
  • Housing rights in constitutional legislation: a conceptual classification, Michelle Oren, Rachelle Alterman and Yaffa Zilbershats;
  •  Independent living for people with disabilities in Kenya: charting the way forward, Elizabeth Kamundia;
  • Public interest law and regeneration: the case of Ballymun Community Law Centre – connecting the dots through community economic development, Maria Antonieta Nestor;
  • From individual to collective squat: economic theory and the regulation of squatting in England and France, Jane Ball;
  • Housing ladders and snakes: an examination of changing residential tenure trajectories in the Republic of Ireland, Joe Finnerty and Cathal O’Connell.

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