This article reviews the literature on changing housing aspirations and expectations in
contemporary housing systems. It argues that there is a conceptual and definitional gap in …

Many scholars have asked themselves if and for how long they should use the concept of
“post-socialism.” We review some ways in which post-socialism is no longer used …

There is much evidence of rising inequalities across advanced economies. This paper
argues for the special position of housing equity in inequality dynamics while challenging a …

The literature on housing affordability has grown rapidly since Hulchanski [1995, p. 489. The
concept of housing affordability: six contemporary uses of the housing expenditure-to …

The now widely used term 'Generation Rent'reflects the growing phenomenon in the UK of
young people living in the private rental sector for longer periods of their lives. Given the …

With continued economic growth and expanding mortgage markets, until recently the pattern
across advanced economies was of growing homeownership sectors. The Great Financial …

Young adults in the Western world have adapted to financial constraint by sharing
accommodation and combining resources. Far from traditional stigma associated with these …

With a growing population, rising housing costs and housing providers struggling to meet
demand for affordable accommodation, more and more people in the UK find themselves …

Returns to the parental home represent a dramatic housing career interruption that can have
significant social and economic implications. Interaction of individual characteristics with …

The home and family have always been mutually embedded, with the former central to the
realization and reproduction of the latter. More recently, this mutuality has taken on a more …