Rachel Ong ViforJ, J. Hewton, S. Bawa, Ranjodh Singh
{"title":"Forced housing mobility and mental wellbeing: evidence from Australia","authors":"Rachel Ong ViforJ, J. Hewton, S. Bawa, Ranjodh Singh","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2059845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2059845","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article examines the links between forced housing mobility and the mental wellbeing of Australians in an era of heightened risks in both labour and housing markets. Specifically, we examine how the links between forced housing mobility and mental wellbeing may vary according to states of employment and housing tenure insecurity. Using the 2001–2018 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we implement hybrid models across four mental wellbeing dimensions and uncover three key findings. First, there is strong evidence that forced moves impair mental wellbeing. Second, the adverse wellbeing impacts of forced moves are greater for those experiencing employment insecurity than those in secure employment. Third, forced moves can depress the wellbeing of both owner purchasers and private renters, but the wellbeing penalty is greater in the case of the former. Overall, our analysis emphasises the importance of harnessing housing as a policy instrument for promoting wellbeing. Our findings also highlight the need for policies that mitigate loss of home ownership and reforms that improve tenure security for renters.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"48 1","pages":"138 - 162"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82738632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hacking housing: theorising housing from the minor","authors":"Sophia Maalsen","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2059846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2059846","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Housing futures are increasingly diverse as they are reshaped by the intersecting forces of unaffordability, labour precarity and digital disruption. Despite this diversity, the way we think about housing has largely remained tied to frameworks that fit traditional housing markets and governance. While these give valuable insights into the structural form of housing systems, they are less appropriate for understanding the myriad of ways these changes are responded to and experienced on the ground. In this essay, I argue that we need more-than political economy approaches to understand the rapidly changing housing landscape. I pose the housing hack as a way of theorising housing from the minor, assisting in identifying ruptures in housing experiences and taking them seriously as a way to think between major narratives on housing, to show desires and possibilities previously unaccounted for, and to glimpse alternative housing possibilities. I propose the housing hack as useful for doing conceptual, analytical and speculative work demanded of thinking through these changes in housing. While hacks do not always do good, they are useful for revealing what is broken and in their workarounds can point to generative possibilities and alternative housing futures.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"20 1","pages":"163 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83700478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supply side effects of the Berlin rent freeze","authors":"Pekka Sagner, Michael Voigtländer","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2059844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2059844","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"622 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76266924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Affordability of social housing for youth in greater Taipei: justice for whom?","authors":"Chantalle Elisabeth Rietdijk","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2057003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2057003","url":null,"abstract":"This policy review examines the new social housing policy implementation in Taipei and New Taipei City. This policy specifically targets young adults since the problem of housing affordability is p...","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"13 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139062203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A systematic review of the relationship between publicly subsidised housing, depression, and anxiety among low-Income households","authors":"I. Dweik, J. Woodhall-Melnik","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2037175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2037175","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000 Background:\u0000 Housing affordability is one of the most pervasive social determinants of physical and mental health in many parts of the world. To date, some housing scholars have looked at public housing interventions as a mechanism for increased affordability. However, their findings have not been synthesised and it is still unclear as to whether these interventions improve mental and physical health. \u0000 Method:\u0000 The present study is a systematic review of quantitative studies conducted over the past 25 years that assess the impact of publicly subsidised housing on mental health. In total, 1886 studies were identified from a structured search of four databases. Included articles were peer-reviewed sources that quantitatively measured the relationship between mental health and publicly subsidised housing interventions. \u0000 Results:\u0000 In total, 6 studies met the inclusion criteria for this review. Evidence on mental health benefits from publicly subsidised housing was inconsistent, and depended on the specific housing subsidy programme, type of housing assistance, housing stability, and neighbourhood quality. \u0000 Conclusion:\u0000 This review identified a need for more rigorous studies to gain a better understanding of the conditions needed for housing affordability policies and programmes to positively contribute to mental health.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"8 1","pages":"201 - 231"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78924987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Private Rental Sector in Australia: living with uncertainty","authors":"Paulina Neisch","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2073072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2073072","url":null,"abstract":"The complex nature of the Private Rental Sector (PRS) in Australia has been analysed by three Australian renowned experts: Alan Morris, Hal Pawson and kath Hulse in the book entitled ‘The Private Rental Sector in Australia: Living with Uncertainty’. The content of the volume is announced in the Preface that introduces the main themes of the book, explored later in 8 chapters structuring the research around the most challenging aspects of the PRS in Australia nowadays. The authors demonstrate the complexity of the PRS, explore its background, development, current situation, and prospective future from the legal, social, economic, and psy-chological perspectives. The book is the result of 10 years of field research conducted by Morris, Pawson and Hulse in high, medium, and low rent areas of Sydney and Melbourne, two major Australian cities known for their expensive and complicated housing scene. The richness and origi-nality of the book rests on its empirical base, including the experiences of tenants (600 renters interviewed, including 200 long-term renters) com-ing from different backgrounds and socio-economic statuses. The authors were motivated to analyse and describe the quality and condition of the accommodations, terms and conditions of the tenancy agreements, rela-tionships with the landlords, (in)security of tenure, and rent and housing perspectives for the future. This makes the volume a valuable contribution to the discussion on PRS not only in the Australian context, but also in the international context.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"36 1","pages":"314 - 317"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84483471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making and unmaking home in the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative research study of the experience of private rental tenants in Ireland","authors":"Michael Byrne, J. Sassi","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2037176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2037176","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract 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 research in Ireland to examine tenants’ experiences of ‘home making’ and ‘home unmaking’ during the pandemic. It explores the structural and everyday processes that shaped tenants’ experience of ‘home’, and identifies the factors which undermined that experience. Our research finds that the Covid-19 pandemic collided with an existing set of structural inequalities in the PRS, including those related to insecurity, poor quality dwellings and inability to control or adapt dwellings. Analysing how the structures of the rental sector interacted with the impact of Covid-19, as well as with everyday practices and experiences of home making and home unmaking, re-centres home in order to make visible the politics of home in the context of the pandemic. The article suggests that equality of housing and home needs to be ‘baked in’ to our housing systems to avoid the kind of mutually reinforcing dynamic between external shock and pre-existing inequalities identified in the present research.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"4 1","pages":"523 - 542"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90383458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women’s housing: balancing scaling and caring in three Canadian cities","authors":"Carolyn Whitzman, Marie-Eve Desroches","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2038770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2038770","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Canada has recently enshrined the right to housing in legislation and included a funding target directed towards women-led households. Women’s housing organisations are generally small and looking for ways to scale up while maintaining a care focus. This article describes potential impacts of these recent policy shifts, and how women’s housing perspectives and practices might move from the periphery to the centre of policy-making.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"34 1","pages":"278 - 298"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89821537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the well-being of renters during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"D. Oswald, Trivess Moore, E. Baker","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2022.2037177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2037177","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The well-being of people during COVID-19 lockdowns has been a global concern. Renters, who often live in small, shared and less secure forms of housing, are potentially more vulnerable during COVID-19 and associated restrictions such as lockdowns. This paper explores the well-being of renters during COVID-19 in Australia using a survey of 15,000 renters, and 20 renters who undertook a 4-week ethnographic diary. The results found that most renters had a reduction in their mental well-being; many had increased levels of worry, anxiety, loneliness and isolation, as a result of the pandemic. More than two thirds of renters attributed their housing to declines in their mental health. The qualitative diaries revealed themes that influenced the state of well-being including: housing uncertainty and precarity, the form and quality of the living environment, and the impact on relationships. This study highlighted the importance of offering opportunities for social engagements and relationships within multiple occupancy buildings, better access to green spaces, and functional homes for work and living, as well as sleep and security. The research demonstrates a need for greater consideration required for well-being in housing policy and support, especially since the home is being used as a public health intervention.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"142 1","pages":"292 - 312"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74242107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Rolfe, Kimberly D. McKee, J. Feather, T. Simcock, Jennifer Hoolachan
{"title":"The role of private landlords in making a rented house a home","authors":"S. Rolfe, Kimberly D. McKee, J. Feather, T. Simcock, Jennifer Hoolachan","doi":"10.1080/19491247.2021.2019882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2021.2019882","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract 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 environment for tenants. Much of the research in this area argues that legal frameworks, lack of regulation and financial motives of landlords are not conducive to the provision of homes which are secure, affordable, good quality and which offer tenants an opportunity to meet their health and wellbeing needs. This is despite legislative changes that seek to raise standards in the sector and promote greater professionalisation. This paper presents findings from an evidence review of research concerning home within the PRS across OECD countries. Rather than focusing on the experiences of tenants, it considers the impacts of landlord and letting agent behaviours on tenants’ ability to make their rented house a home. We argue that landlords and letting agents can play a positive role in helping their tenants create a home, and that this offers benefits for both landlords and renters.","PeriodicalId":47119,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Housing Policy","volume":"1 1","pages":"113 - 137"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90810543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}