Abstract
Housing, like most goods and services, can be provided by private enterprise operating through the market. Indeed, the private sector still accounts for two-thirds of all housing, mostly through owner-occupation. What, therefore, are the economic grounds for interfering with the free operation of market forces in the provision of housing?
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Further Reading
J. B. Cullingworth, Essays on Housing Policy (London: Allen & Unwin, 1979).
A. J. Merrett and A. Sykes, Housing Finance and Development (London: Longman, 1965) ch. 1.
F. G. Pennance and W. A. West, Housing Market Analysis and Policy (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1969) ch. 2.
R. Robinson, Housing Economics and Public Policy (London : Macmillan, 1979).
D. C. Stafford, The Economics of Housing Policy (London: Croom Helm, 1978).
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Harvey, J. (1981). Housing. In: The Economics of Real Property. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86070-8_12
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