Policy Press

Social Housing, Wellbeing and Welfare

By James Gregory

Published

Jul 20, 2022

Page count

238 pages

ISBN

978-1447348504

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jul 20, 2022

Page count

238 pages

ISBN

978-1447347910

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jul 20, 2022

Page count

238 pages

ISBN

978-1447348542

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jul 20, 2022

Page count

238 pages

ISBN

978-1447348542

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
Social Housing, Wellbeing and Welfare

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The growing demand for social housing is one of the most pressing public issues in the UK today, and this book analyses its role and impact.

Anchored in a discussion of different approaches to the meaning and measurement of wellbeing, the author explores how these perspectives influence our views of the meaning, value and purpose of social housing in today’s welfare state. The closing arguments of the book suggest a more universalist approach to social housing, designed to meet the common needs of a wide range of households, with diverse socioeconomic characteristics, but all sharing the same equality of social status.

“Given the breadth and quality of the book’s content, it should be a cornerstone of housing studies, sociology and social policy course reading lists. Anyone with an interest in the role of housing in supporting human flourishing and wellbeing would benefit from reading this book.” International Journal of Housing Policy

James Gregory is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham.

1. Introduction: housing, wellbeing and welfare

PART I Meaning and purpose: discourses of social housing

2. Wellbeing: meaning and measurement

3. Discourses of dependency: social housing, welfare, and political debate

4. Counter-narratives: dependency, culture, and the myth of worklessness

PART II Social housing, wellbeing, and experiences of the home

5. Experiences of the home: place, identity, and security

6. Mental health, happiness, and satisfaction with life

PART III Rethinking the ‘social’ in social housing: common needs, shared identities

7. Social housing and welfare spheres

8. Rethinking the ‘social’ in social housing: common needs, shared identities