Housing Contemporary Ireland Policy, Society and Shelter /

The period since the mid-1990s is distinguished by radical change in the housing sector in Ireland. During this time, house prices rose at an unprecedented rate. Between 1993 and 2003 the average price of a new house in the State increased by 220 percent. Private rents also grew and waiting lists fo...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Norris, Michelle. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Redmond, Declan. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5674-1
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the Scene: Transformations in Irish Housing
  • Owner Occupation and the Housing Market
  • The Housing Market and Owner Occupation in Ireland
  • Access Denied? The Challenge of Affordability for Sustainable Access to Housing
  • Housing Expenditures, Housing Poverty and Housing Wealth: Irish Home Owners Brian Nolan In Comparative Context
  • The Private Rented Sector
  • The Private Rented Sector
  • Uneven Development and the Private Rental Market: Problems and Prospectsfor Low-Income Households
  • Urban Renewal and the Private Rented Sector
  • Social Housing
  • Social Housing
  • Reforming Local Authority Housing Management: The Case of Tenant Participation in Estate Management
  • The Changing Nature of the Housing Association Sector
  • Housing and Inequality
  • Housing, Equality and Inequality
  • Homelessness
  • Accommodating the Traveller Community
  • Housing, Planning and the Built Environment
  • Spatial Planning Frameworks and Housing
  • Planning and Sustainability: Metropolitan Planning, Housing and Land Policy
  • Urban Design and Residential Environments
  • Rural Housing: Politics, Public Policy and Planning
  • Conclusion
  • Irish Housing in the European Context.