Recent years have witnessed the rapid decline in homeownership across a number of
developed societies and the growth of an increasingly unaffordable and insecure private …

Ireland has recently seen a wide-ranging attempt to reform its growing private rental sector.
New legislation has strengthened security of tenure and regulated rents. However, these …

Amidst a protracted housing crisis that has affected major cities in Europe and beyond,
vibrant social movements for housing justice are trying to challenge the notion that housing …

The growth of the private rented sector (PRS) since the 2000s in countries with lightly
regulated markets has led to significant questions over its ability to provide a homely …

Recent years have witnessed new policy interventions in many countries seeking to get to
grips with challenges in the private rental sector (PRS), including rent regulation and …

The intersection between Covid-19, housing and inequality has played an important role in
the pandemic, particularly in the private rental sector (PRS). This article draws on qualitative …

Ireland's economy is currently characterized by two phenomena: a highly globalized growth
regime predicated on multinational corporate profit-shifting, and a domestic economy …

This chapter examines the evolution of thinking about stigma in the social sciences and its
application to dwellings, housing tenures and neighbourhoods. Although not always a …

One of the most remarkable outcomes of the last decade has been the dramatic
transformation in housing tenure that has occurred across traditional 'homeowner …

The Irish housing system has undergone tremendous change over recent decades. In
addition to the turmoil of the property boom and bust associated with the global financial …