Home ownership in a risk society – A social analys is of mortgage arrears and p…

Home ownership in a risk society: A social analysis of mortgage arrears and possessions\nby Janet Ford\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Janet Ford\nTitle: Home ownership in a risk society: A social analysis of mortgage arrears and possessions\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Housing and homelessness\nPublisher: Policy Press\nPublication year: 2001\nISBN-13: 9781861342614\nISBN-10: 1861342616\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIn Britain in the 1990s households containing almost 1.4 million adults and children had their mortgaged home possessed. A far greater number experienced serious mortgage arrears but managed to avoid possession. The emergence of such levels of unsustainable home ownership has consequences for many areas of social and public policy, including: the economy;.