Broken Cities - 9781786990556

Name: Broken Cities - 9781786990556
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Broken CitiesInside the Global Housing Crisis\nAuthor(s): Deborah Potts\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Zed Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781786990556, 978-1786990556\nSynopsis\nFrom Britains Generation Rent to Hong Kongs notorious cage homes, societies around the world are facing a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions. The social consequences have been profound, with a lack of affordable housing resulting in overcrowding, homelessness, broken families and, in many countries, a sharp decline in fertility.\n\nIn Broken Cities, Deborah Potts offers a provocative new perspective on the global housing crisis arguing that the problem lies mainly with demand rather than supply. Potts shows how market-set rates of pay and incomes for vast numbers of households in the worlds largest cities in the global South and North are simply too low to rent or buy any housing that is legal, planned and decent. As the influence of free market economics has .