Poor People, Council Housing and the Right to Buy

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon James ◽  
Bill Jordan ◽  
Helen Kay
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Housing Tenure ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Housing Estate ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right To Buy ◽  
Council Housing

ABSTRACTData from the authors' qualitative study of decision-making in low income households casts new light on council house sales in a least-favoured housing estate. Under pressure from rising rents and rumours of privatisation, poor tenants are deciding to buy their houses as a way of securing their future in the area and controlling their personal environment, rather than as an escape from a residual ‘ghetto’ of welfare housing. This raises a number of issues in relation to current theories about housing tenure, especially those which distinguish sharply between the material and ideological bases of owner occupation and local authority tenancy. The authors argue that their respondents' reasons for wanting to buy do not constitute a rejection of collectivism as much as an attempt to preserve the endangered advantages of their situation on the estate.

scholarly journals District decision-making for health in low-income settings: a qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India, on engaging the private health sector in sharing health-related data

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. ii35-ii46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meenakshi Gautham ◽  
Neil Spicer ◽  
Manish Subharwal ◽  
Sanjay Gupta ◽  
Aradhana Srivastava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Private Health Sector ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Challenges to effective governance in a low income healthcare system: a qualitative study of stakeholder perceptions in Malawi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah C Masefield ◽  
Alan Msosa ◽  
Jean Grugel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Health Coverage

Abstract BackgroundAll countries face challenging decisions about healthcare coverage. Malawi has committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, the timeframe set out by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As in other low income countries, scarce resources stand in the way of more equitable health access and quality in Malawi. Its health sector is highly dependent on donor contributions, and recent poor governance of government-funded healthcare saw donors withdraw funding, limiting services and resources. The 2017 National Health Plan II and accompanying Health Strategic Plan II identify the importance of improved governance and strategies to achieve more effective cooperation with stakeholders. This study explores health sector stakeholders’ perceptions of the challenges to improving governance in Malawi’s national health system within the post-2017 context of government attempts to articulate a way forward.MethodsA qualitative study design was used. Interviews were conducted with 22 representatives of major international and faith-based non-government organisations, civil society organisations, local government and government-funded organisations, and governance bodies operating in Malawi. Open questions were asked about experiences and perceptions of the functioning of the health system and healthcare decision-making. Content relating to healthcare governance was identified in the transcripts and field notes and analysed using inductive content analysis.ResultsStakeholders view governance challenges as a significant barrier to achieving a more effective and equitable health system. Three categories were identified: accountability (enforceability; answerability; stakeholder-led initiatives); health resource management (healthcare financing; drug supply); influence in decision-making (unequal power; stakeholder engagement).ConclusionsHealth sector stakeholders see serious political, structural, and financial challenges to improving governance in the national health system in Malawi which will impact the government’s goal of achieving UHC by 2030. Stakeholders identify the need for improved oversight, implementation, service delivery and social accountability of government-funded service providers to communities. Eighteen months after the introduction of the policy documents, they see little evidence of improved governance and have little or no confidence in the government’s ability to deliver UHC. The difficulties stakeholders perceive in relation to building equitable and effective healthcare governance in Malawi have relevance for other resource-limited countries which have also committed to the goal of UHC.

The research boroughs and their estates

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-123
Author(s):  
Paul Watt
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Housing Tenure ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Ethnic Populations ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
Right To Buy ◽  
Minority Ethnic

This chapter summarises the London research boroughs and estates. The research focusses on fourteen council-built housing estates in seven boroughs: Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Lambeth, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets. Six of these boroughs (except suburban Barnet) have been among the most deprived local authority areas in England for decades, and include high levels of poverty and large Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic populations, although they have also gentrified since the 1980s. The fourteen estates are analysed in terms of their local authority origins, landlords and housing tenure, and also the rationale, progress and effects of their respective regeneration schemes. Reference is made to entrepreneurial borough strategies where relevant. In addition to the seven main boroughs, less extensive research was undertaken at five council estates in four supplementary boroughs: Brent, Camden, Waltham Forest and Westminster. The chapter provides a socio-demographic summary of the estate resident interviewees divided into four housing tenures: social tenants, Right-to-Buy owner-occupiers, temporary non-secure tenants, and owner-occupiers who bought their homes on the open market. The interviewees broadly reflect the dominant multi-ethnic working-class population of London’s social housing estates, albeit weighted towards elderly and long-term residents.

Privatisation of Housing and the Impact of the Conservative Government's Initiatives on Low-Cost Homeownership and Private Renting between 1979 and 1984 in England and Wales: 3. Impact and Evaluation of Low-Cost Homeownership Policy

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 901-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
A D H Crook
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Private Renting ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Right To Buy

This is the third in a series of four papers describing and evaluating the British Government's policies of privatising housing. In this paper the research on the short-run impact of the low-cost homeownership programme is examined, by looking at the right to buy, shared ownership, improvement for sale, and homesteading, and at starter homes and licence schemes. The purchasers who have benefited from the programme are identified and the reasons for some of the failures of the policy to reach priority groups and areas of need are examined. An evaluation of the programme is made under three headings: the extent to which new investment is generated, the extent to which benefits are restricted to groups in need, and the long-term consequences of expanding homeownership amongst low-income groups. It is concluded that privatisation cannot be achieved without continued state support and regulation.

scholarly journals Challenges to effective governance in a low income healthcare system: a qualitative study of stakeholder perceptions in Malawi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah C Masefield ◽  
Alan Msosa ◽  
Jean Grugel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Health Coverage

Abstract Background: All countries face challenging decisions about healthcare coverage. The scare resources of low income countries prevent improvements in equitable access and quality. Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, has committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. The health sector is highly dependent on donor contributions, but recent poor governance of government-funded healthcare saw donors withdraw funding, limiting services and resources. The 2017 updated National Health Plan II and accompanying Health Strategic Plan II identify the importance of improved governance and strategies to achieve it, including greater harmonisation with health stakeholders. This study explores health sector stakeholders’ perceptions of challenges to improving governance in the national health system. Methods: A qualitative study design was used. Interviews were conducted with 22 representatives of the major international and faith-based non-government organisations, civil society organisations, local government and government-funded organisations, and governance bodies operating in Malawi. Open questions were asked about experiences and perceptions of the functioning of the health system and healthcare decision-making. The transcripts and field notes were analysed using inductive content analysis.Results: Stakeholders view governance challenges as a barrier to achieving a more effective and equitable health system. Three types of challenges were identified: accountability (enforceability; answerability; stakeholder-led initiatives); health resource management (healthcare financing; drug supply); influence in decision-making (unequal power; stakeholder engagement).Conclusions: Health sector stakeholders see a range of serious challenges to improving governance in the national health system in Malawi which will impact on the government’s goal of achieving UHC by 2030. These can be categorised as political, structural, and financial challenges. Stakeholders identify the need for improved oversight, implementation, service delivery and social accountability of government-funded service providers to communities. Eighteen months after the introduction of the NHP II and HSSP II, they see little evidence of improved governance and have little or no confidence in the government’s ability to deliver UHC in the timeframe set out by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The difficulties stakeholders perceive in relation to building equitable and effective health governance in Malawi have relevance for other resource-limited countries which have also committed to the goal of UHC.

scholarly journals Housing Tenure Choice of Low-Income Household in Jabodetabek

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-86
Author(s):  
Djoni Hartono ◽  
Reza A Budiman ◽  
Sasmita H Hastuti
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Housing Tenure ◽  
Tenure Choice ◽  
Housing Tenure Choice ◽  
Newly Married ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Negative Relationships

This study aims to identify the preferences of low-income people in making housing tenure choices within the next 5 years. Each person has the right to have a place to live in. However, the options available for low-income people to own a home are limited. Therefore, information on the preferences of low-income people in purchasing houses needs to be identified so that the government can formulate effective and efficient intervention policies. A sample of 1030 samples was obtained using the stratification sampling method, of which 638 are households had rental status (taking households with the lowest level of welfare between 10-40%) in the Regency and City. Discrete choice models were used to determine the preferences in owning a home. The study revealed that demographic variables and household characteristics variables (household size and length of stay) had consistent negative relationships with preferences for buying a house in the future. Also, the government needs to take action so that the socialization of housing policy becomes more optimal, effective and targeted. The goal of the policy socialization should be directed to newly married couples.

scholarly journals Care home services at the vanguard: a qualitative study exploring stakeholder views on the development and evaluation of novel, integrated approaches to enhancing healthcare in care homes

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e017419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Stocker ◽  
Claire Bamford ◽  
Katie Brittain ◽  
Rachel Duncan ◽  
Suzanne Moffatt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Integrated Approaches ◽  
The Right

ObjectivesTo explore stakeholders’ understanding of novel integrated approaches to enhancing care in care homes (a care home ‘vanguard’) and identify priorities for evaluation.DesignA qualitative study, using semistructured interviews with commissioners and service providers to/within care homes, and third sector organisations with thematic analysis.SettingA Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area in England.ParticipantsThirty interviewees from care homes, the National Health Service (NHS; England) and local authority, third sector (10 care home managers, 5 general practitioners, 4 CCG employees, 4 local authority employees, 1 national (NHS England) vanguard lead, 2 specialist nurses, 2 geriatricians, 1 third sector and 1 health manager).ResultsFour higher level themes emerged from the data: understanding of proposed changes, communication, evaluation of outcome measures of success, and trust and complexity. The vision for the new programme was shared by stakeholders, with importance attached to equitable access to high-quality care. Support for the programme was described as being ‘the right thing to do’, inferring a moral imperative. However, the practical implications of key aspects, such as integrated working, were not clearly understood and the programme was perceived by some as being imposed, top down, from the health service. Barriers and facilitators to change were identified across themes of communication, outcomes, trust and complexity. Importance was attached to the measurement of intangible aspects of success, such as collaboration. Interviewees understood that outcome-based commissioning was one element of the new programme, but discussion of their aspirations and practices revealed values and beliefs more compatible with a system based on trust.ConclusionsInnovation in service delivery requires organisations to adopt common priorities and share responsibility for success. The vanguard programme is working to ensure health and local authorities have this commitment, but engaging care homes that may feel isolated from the welfare system needs sustained dialogue over the longer term. Evaluation of the programme needs to measure what is important to stakeholders, and not focus too closely on resource consumption.

Council Housing, Tenure Polarisation and Older People in Two Contrasting Localities

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Means
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Aggregate Data ◽  
Housing Tenure ◽  
Housing Research ◽  
Council Housing

ABSTRACTThis article attempts to illustrate the importance of housing issues in old age and to argue for a more sophisticated view of older people than that achieved by much housing research. Tenure relationships in two contrasting localities are explored and it is shown that cruder models of social and tenurial polarisation need to be treated with care because of the tendency for aggregate data to hide important variations in relationships between tenures and within tenures. Many older people wish to enter local authority council housing and they have strong views on what is the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ property on offer.

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