Housing Inequality in the 21st Century: Social Policy and the Political Economy of Housing in the UK

by Steve Iafrati, Lee Gregory

Overview

This book exposes how deep-rooted political and economic forces continue to shape unequal housing outcomes in the UK. Moving beyond headlines and policy snapshots, it traces how global crises, austerity and shifting welfare regimes intersect to produce today’s housing landscape.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447376774
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	05/05/2026
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Steve Iafrati is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at the University of Nottingham.

Lee Gregory is Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Why There Is More to Housing Inequality Than Just Housing

2. New Labour and the Third Way: A New Millennium and the More Equal Society

3. 2007–2010, the Global Financial Crisis and a New Direction

4. Small Government and the ‘Big Society’

5. Housing and Welfare Reforms

6. Core and Periphery

7. Housing Commodification and Financialisation

8. Grenfell Tower and Intersectionality

9. Housing Vulnerability and Social Cleansing

10. Hegemony and Housing

11. Reflections and the Direction of Travel

12. Conclusions