The Social Tenant, the Law and the UK’s Politics of Austerity

The Social Tenant, the Law and the UK’s Politics of Austerity

<p>This paper considers current cuts to social housing provision in the UK made in the name of austerity. It focuses particularly on the &lsquo;bedroom tax&rsquo; &mdash;the cut to housing benefit for working-age social housing tenants whose property is deemed to provide more bedro...

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Main Authors: Helen P Carr, Dave Cowan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2015-03-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Subjects:
Social housing
social tenancy
residualisation
‘bedroom tax’
anti-social behaviour
austerity
fairness
equality
social media
Viviendas sociales
arrendamiento social
residualización
Impuesto dormitorio
comportamiento antisocial
austeridad
equi
Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2565733

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