History of the Housing Crisis

This book offers a unique insight into the long history of the housing crisis, focusing on the development of the politics of the property-owing democracy, the growth of housing finance, the history of property crashes, and the rise and fall of a different vision of housing policy, which enabled far more people to realize their right to housing.

Rebecca Searle is a contemporary historian whose work focuses on the ways in which the study of the past can be used to make critical interventions in the politics of the present. She is a principal lecturer at the University of Brighton and deputy director of the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics. Searle established and leads the University of Brighton Housing Forum, which brings together researchers, community organizations and policymakers to develop local solutions to the housing crisis in Brighton and Hove.