Contemporary Housing Issues in a Globalized World by Padraic ... - 9781472415370

Taylor & Francis

This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today\u2019s 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. > The globalization of housing finance led to the global financial crisis, which has created new barriers to adequate and affordable housing. It presents major challenges for current housing law and policy, as well as for the development of housing rights. This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today\u2019s globalized housing systems.\nThe book takes up the challenge of developing a new paradigm, working towards.