Over the past decade, in the wake of the global housing crisis, many countries have again
turned to public housing to increase the supply of affordable housing for disadvantaged …

Abstract The paper introduces Gibson-Graham's conceptualization of the “politics of
possibilities” to housing studies in order to reveal how alternatives to the neoliberal housing …

Asserting the need to acknowledge the role of the current crisis and austerity politics in
fostering the re‐emergence of squatting initiatives in Rome, this article brings together the …

Contemporary urban renewal policies worldwide are often presented as “win-win”
opportunities, benefiting not only public authorities and private developers but also all target …

Right now, it is hard to see a structural change in how western societies deal with housing.
But then again, structural changes are often hard to see without hindsight. It is easy to be …

How do cities become more democratic? While some view local government as harboring
greater democratic opportunities than the state, others identify local obstacles that inhibit …

Compared with decentralization of planning powers, centralization has not been popular in
planning policy in the past few decades. Centralization has become associated with …

Prior research reveals the interrelations between gentrification and policing, yet this paper
introduces the unheard perspective of the of police on their role in gentrification. The study …

This article makes borrowed use of the 'paradigm shift'concept to explain the development
and culmination of Israel's neoliberal housing transformation. Using a mixed-method …

During the past decade, many countries have returned to public housing to meet the
demand for affordable housing. Using the Esping-Anderson typology, this study examines …