Housing Policy in Crisis: An International Perspective

Real estate dispossession, income and immigration in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)

“…Real estate dispossession is a global phenomenon (Brickell, Fernandez Arrigoitia & Vasudevan, 2017), although the frameworks and the causes are different according to the diverse territorial realities. In most developed countries the increase in dispossession is related to the last financial crisis, but, in reality its economic and political consequences are linked to failure of housing policies in North America and Europe (Fields & Hodkinson, 2018). Decades of liberalisation, deregulation and privatisation in urban and housing politics, together with the financialisation Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, (87) processes have led to the dispossession of poorer urban social groups in European and American metropolises (Desmond, 2016;Wehrhahn, 2019).…”

Towards an understanding of the regional impact of Airbnb in Ireland

“…In recent years, European capitals have seen rents rise faster, while on the opposite direction affordable housing is becoming increasingly scarce (Fields & Hodkinson, 2018). With the rise of home-sharing websites, Airbnb become the focus of criticism.…”

Housing today

“…Take affordability, for instance. Although long an issue for many, particularly more vulnerable populations, it was in the past decades that concerns about the affordability of housing reached a crescendo (Gurran, 2008;Wetzstein, 2017;Fields & Hodkinson, 2018). Perhaps for the first time since the 1950s when Keynesianinspired welfare policies still contributed to the affordability of housing in many parts of the world, the inability to afford housing now has also become more of a middle-and even upper-class concern.…”

“…Housing is of broad interest because it is all at once shelter, an economic sector, an investment, a cultural artifact, a socially constructed ideal and last but not least a home. The concern of how to affordably, securely and sustainably house a growing and urbanizing population are front and center in public policy debates worldwide (Fields & Hodkinson, 2018).…”