Bringing Home the Housing Crisis: Politics, Precarity and Domicide in Austerity London

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Mel Nowicki (Oxford Brookes University)

Bringing Home the Housing Crisis

Politics, Precarity and Domicide in Austerity London

Mel Nowicki (Oxford Brookes University)

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Policy Press
27 April 2023

Homelessness; Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning

Often portrayed as an apolitical space, this book demonstrates that home is in fact a highly political concept, with a range of groups in society excluded from a ‘right to home’ under current UK policies.

Drawing on resident interviews and analysis of political and media attitudes across three case studies — the criminalisation of squatting, the bedroom tax, and family homelessness — it explores the ways in which legislative and policy changes dismantle people’s rights to secure, decent and affordable housing by framing them as undeserving. The book includes practical lessons for housing academics, activists and policymakers.

By: Mel Nowicki (Oxford Brookes University)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781447361862
ISBN 10: 1447361865
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 27 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. The politicisation of home 2. The bedroom tax and diminishing rights to home 3. Temporary is the new permanent: temporary accommodation policy and the rise of family homelessness 4. The criminalisation of home: section 144 and its impact on London’s squatters 5. Fighting for home: activism and resistance in precarious times Conclusion

Mel Nowicki is Reader in Urban Geography at Oxford Brookes University.

Reviews for Bringing Home the Housing Crisis: Politics, Precarity and Domicide in Austerity London

"""This is an important book which provides a passionate, critical focus on the neoliberal governance of housing. The book clearly shows the punitive and systematic nature of contemporary policies."" Tony Manzi, Sheffield Hallam University"