Neoliberal abandonment in disability housing provision: a look at England and Chile
Neoliberal abandonment in disability housing provision: a look at England and Chile
Public or ‘social’ housing provision in many nations in the Global North is increasingly being driven by neoliberal strategies that include austerity cuts and market-led privatisation. This context raises an important question of how likely the state’s reliance on the private sector can ensure that housing remains available and accessible to more disadvantaged low-income groups. To help answer this question, we draw on a comparative study of social housing provision for disabled people in England and Chile; two pioneers of neoliberal reform in this sector. Using interviews with key stakeholders, our findings reveal that the neoliberal reform strategies being employed have tended to dilute the statutory duties of providing accessible housing and to undermine disabled people’s choices in finding appropriate homes. Such lessons are timely and important in order to remain cognisant of the spaces of neoliberal abandonment that are leaving many people unable to gain access to appropriate housing.
housing affordability, housing allowances, social housing, accessibility, welfare state , disability
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Power, Andrew
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Gaete-Reyes, Mariela
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2019
Power, Andrew
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Gaete-Reyes, Mariela
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Power, Andrew and Gaete-Reyes, Mariela
(2019)
Neoliberal abandonment in disability housing provision: a look at England and Chile.
Housing Studies, 34 (5), .
(doi:10.1080/02673037.2018.1478068).
Abstract
Public or ‘social’ housing provision in many nations in the Global North is increasingly being driven by neoliberal strategies that include austerity cuts and market-led privatisation. This context raises an important question of how likely the state’s reliance on the private sector can ensure that housing remains available and accessible to more disadvantaged low-income groups. To help answer this question, we draw on a comparative study of social housing provision for disabled people in England and Chile; two pioneers of neoliberal reform in this sector. Using interviews with key stakeholders, our findings reveal that the neoliberal reform strategies being employed have tended to dilute the statutory duties of providing accessible housing and to undermine disabled people’s choices in finding appropriate homes. Such lessons are timely and important in order to remain cognisant of the spaces of neoliberal abandonment that are leaving many people unable to gain access to appropriate housing.
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Submitted date: 26 April 2018
Accepted/In Press date: 11 May 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 June 2018
Published date: 2019
Keywords:
housing affordability, housing allowances, social housing, accessibility, welfare state , disability
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Local EPrints ID: 420262
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420262
ISSN: 0267-3037
PURE UUID: 66db8154-8d8e-4618-a567-91d3f5958ea7
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