A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st Century
Housing affordability in the 21st-century requires a new way of understanding the concept. The concept is currently framed around household spending on housing costs. In the 21stcentury, households' aspirations and housing outcomes of local residential environments are increasingly influenced b...
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| description | Housing affordability in the 21st-century requires a new way of understanding the concept. The concept is currently framed around household spending on housing costs. In the 21stcentury, households' aspirations and housing outcomes of local residential environments are increasingly influenced by external labour and capital drivers at a range of scales (regional, national, global). Under such context, this paper suggests the concept of housing affordability should be advanced to understood with a relational view of the world. The relational view, underpinned by Giddens's Theory of Structuration, has the scope to capture how households' housing costs, linked to aspirations and housing outcomes across scales, making this more relevant to the 21stcentury. Empirical evidence to demonstrate this has been drawn from a large-scale housing development project in the West Midlands of England. Increasing understanding of the concept helps formulate policies and planning practices for improving mechanisms to deliver better housing outcomes in an affordable and sustainable manner. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f2e357a9135a41fa9a67058728a278fb2022-12-21T23:13:53ZengElsevierJournal of Urban Management2226-58562021-12-01104314324A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st CenturyUpuli Perera0Peter Lee1Department of Estate Management and Valuation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; Corresponding author.Senior Postgraduate Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, United KingdomHousing affordability in the 21st-century requires a new way of understanding the concept. The concept is currently framed around household spending on housing costs. In the 21stcentury, households' aspirations and housing outcomes of local residential environments are increasingly influenced by external labour and capital drivers at a range of scales (regional, national, global). Under such context, this paper suggests the concept of housing affordability should be advanced to understood with a relational view of the world. The relational view, underpinned by Giddens's Theory of Structuration, has the scope to capture how households' housing costs, linked to aspirations and housing outcomes across scales, making this more relevant to the 21stcentury. Empirical evidence to demonstrate this has been drawn from a large-scale housing development project in the West Midlands of England. Increasing understanding of the concept helps formulate policies and planning practices for improving mechanisms to deliver better housing outcomes in an affordable and sustainable manner.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585621000881Housing affordability21stcentury housing contextGiddens's theory of structurationNew settlements in England |
| spellingShingle | Upuli Perera Peter Lee A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st Century Journal of Urban Management Housing affordability 21stcentury housing context Giddens's theory of structuration New settlements in England |
| title | A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st Century |
| title_full | A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st Century |
| title_fullStr | A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st Century |
| title_short | A relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st Century |
| title_sort | relational lens to understand housing affordability in the 21st century |
| topic | Housing affordability 21stcentury housing context Giddens's theory of structuration New settlements in England |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585621000881 |
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