Locals, incomers and second homes—the role of resold public sector dwellings in rural Scotland

Williams, Nicholas J.; Twine, Fred

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“…Jones and Murie (2006: 143) have shown that resales offer good value for money within local housing markets, which attracted buyers from beyond the community, outbidding local residents. This occurred for instance in tourist areas where resales became second homes or retirement homes (Williams & Twine, 1994).…”

Section: Neighborhood Stabilitymentioning

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Lessons Learned from the Largest Tenure Mix Operation in the World: Right to Buy in the United Kingdom

Kleinhans

Ham

2013

SSRN Journal

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In the last few decades, urban renewal policies have taken firm root in many Western European countries. Underlying these renewal policies is a strong belief in negative neighborhood effects of living in poverty concentration areas, often neighborhoods with a large share of social housing. In Europe, great importance is attached to creating a more diverse housing stock (in terms of tenure and dwelling types) and as a means to establish a more socially mixed neighborhood population. Mixed housing strategies are stated explicitly by governments in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Finland and Sweden. The idea is that mixing homeowners with social renters will create a more diverse socio-economic mix in neighborhoods, removing the potential of negative neighborhood effects. By far the largest tenure mix operation in Europe is the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme in the United Kingdom. Since the 1970s, over 2.7 million social rented houses have been sold with large discounts, mainly to sitting tenants. In this paper we synthesize the outcomes of RTB with regard to neighborhood impacts: residualisation, neighborhood stability, tenure mix and social mix, social interactions, and dwelling maintenance. Although we acknowledge substantial socioeconomic benefits of the RTB for many individual residents, we find that the neighborhood outcomes of RTB are by no means solely beneficial.

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Section: Neighborhood Stabilitymentioning

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Lessons Learned from the Largest Tenure Mix Operation in the World: Right to Buy in the United Kingdom

Kleinhans

Ham

2013

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“…A second strand of literature investigates the resales of former public sector dwellings (see Forrest et al 1995Forrest et al , 1996Williams and Twine 1994;Chaney and Sherwood 2000;Pawson and Watkins 1998a, b). Although this strand of literature is related to the topic of the present study, it approaches the subject from a different angle.…”

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“…Despite the discussions in parliament on the potential effect of the RTB on mobility, there has been no research investigating whether social renters became more mobile after buying their house. There have been a number of studies investigating the resales of former council dwellings (Forrest et al 1995(Forrest et al , 1996Williams and Twine 1994;Chaney and Sherwood 2000;Pawson and Watkins 1998a, b), but these studies focused on the characteristics of the buyers of these dwellings, while we are interested in the sellers (those who bought the dwelling from the social landlord under the RTB).…”

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Right to buy … time to move? investigating the moving behaviour of right to buy owners in the UK

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Williamson

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J Hous and the Built Environ

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Part of the political argument in favour of the right to buy (RTB) was that it would stimulate the economy by encouraging the inter-regional mobility of those in public sector housing. This is the first study to examine whether RTB-owners are indeed more mobile than those in social housing. Using longitudinal data from the British household panel survey and panel regression models we show that the probability of a RTB-owner making a long distance move falls between that of social renters and owner occupiers. However, the difference between RTB-owners and homeowners or social renters is not significant. Social renters are significantly less likely to move over long distances than traditional owners. The results also suggest that RTB-owners are less likely than traditional owners to move for job related reasons, but more likely than social renters.

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“…Nevertheless, where housing stock is readily available second homes may be welcomed as a significant means of economic development (Hjalager, Staunstrup, & Ibsen, 2011;Hoogendoorn & Visser, 2010;Velvin, Kvikstad, Drag, & Krogh, 2013) and property price maintenance. Indeed, a further, though relatively underexplored aspect of second homes is the interrelationships between housing, real estate and investment policies in general and second homes (Bhattacharya & Kim, 2011;Bianco, 2006;Jurinski, 2010;Norris, Paris, & Winston, 2010;Oliveira, Roca, & Roca, 2013;Visser, 2004), including second home development and purchase and its influence on housing affordability (Hadsell & Colarusso, 2009;Williams & Twine, 1994). Further complicating the understanding of the relationship between second homes, displacement and housing concerns are issues of definition as to what constitutes a second home (Czarnecki & Frenkel, 2014), and the difficulty in differentiating between second homes for leisure and recreation and as an investment mechanism (Huang & Yi, 2011;Hui & Yu, 2009;Norris & Winston, 2009).…”

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Second homes planning, policy and governance

Hall

2014

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

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The topic of second homes has been of major interest in regional, rural and tourism planning and policy since the 1970s. More recently the lens of governance has also begun to be applied as a lens to the topic of mobility, including second homes. This paper provides a review of the literature on second homes, policy and governance and highlights major themes and issues including that of housing policy, sustainability, political representation and the environment. The paper suggests that research in the governance of second homes can help shed further light on problems of understanding and governing mobility and multiple dwellings in contemporary neoliberal globalisation. It highlights that that governance, policy and regulatory structures are much better geared to the stationery and the immobile than they are to the movement of people (and capital) between jurisdictions, as well as to mobile homes themselves.Keywords: mobility; neoliberal rurality; tourism; rural economic development; relationality; sustainability ResumenEl tema de las segundas viviendas ha sido de fundamental interés en la planificación y política regional, rural y turística desde 1970. Más recientemente, las lentes de forma de gobierno han comenzado también a ser aplicada en el tema de la movilidad, incluyendo las segundas viviendas. Este trabajo proporciona una revisión de la literatura sobre las segundas viviendas, la política y forma de gobierno y destaca temas y cuestiones fundamentales incluyendo la política de la vivienda, la sostenibilidad, la representación política y el medioambiente. El trabajo sugiere que la investigación en la forma de gobierno de las segundas viviendas puede ayudar a arrojar más luz a los problemas de compresión y dirección de la movilidad y múltiple residencia en la actual globalización neoliberal. Destaca que la forma de gobierno, la política y las estructuras reguladoras está mucho más orientadas al sedentarismo y la no movilidad que al movimiento de personas (y capital) entre jurisdicciones así como a la propias viviendas rodantes (i.e. caravanas). Leisure & Events, 2015 Vol. 7, No. 1, 1-14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2014 régionale. Très récemment, le sujet de la mobilité, y compris celle liée aux résidences secondaires, a été dans le collimateur de la gouvernance. L'objectif de cet article est de passer en revue les recherches faites sur les résidences secondaires, leur viabilité, la représentation politique et l'environnement. Cette étude suggère que la recherche faite sur la gestion des résidences secondaires peut permettre à mieux identifier certains problèmes liés à la compréhension et à la gestion de la mobilité, ainsi que de multiples formes de logements au sein de la globalisation néolibérale contemporaine. Elle souligne que la gouvernance, la politique et les structures de régulation s'orientent plus vers le stationnaire et l'immobilité plutôt que vers la mobilité des personnes (et du capital) entre les juridictions, ainsi que celle des maisons mobiles elles-mêmes.

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Locals, incomers and second homes—the role of resold public sector dwellings in rural Scotland

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

Lessons Learned from the Largest Tenure Mix Operation in the World: Right to Buy in the United Kingdom

Lessons Learned from the Largest Tenure Mix Operation in the World: Right to Buy in the United Kingdom

Right to buy … time to move? investigating the moving behaviour of right to buy owners in the UK

Second homes planning, policy and governance

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