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Shared Ownership and Affordable Housing: A Political Solution in Search of a Planning Justification?

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  • Anupam Nanda
  • Gavin Parker

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Planners in England routinely include shared ownership (SO) housing in the affordable housing element of new developments. Government policies in a number of European countries have also backed intermediate housing market mechanisms as a solution to housing affordability. The rhetoric of such mechanisms makes claims about its social progressiveness, its role in facilitating socio-economic mobility and helping people move from rented accommodation into full owner-occupation. SO schemes in England have been justified on the grounds of being transitional tenures and planners have accepted SO on this basis. However, given the paucity of rigorous empirical work, there is a concern that this is a policy based on assumption rather than evidence. This paper delineates existing knowledge, clarifies dimensions of the intermediate housing market and highlights underlying policy issues based on a large data-set of shared owners in England. Our analysis indicates that SO may not be appropriately classified as affordable housing, and justifiable policy requires further evidence.

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  • Anupam Nanda & Gavin Parker, 2015. "Shared Ownership and Affordable Housing: A Political Solution in Search of a Planning Justification?," Planning Practice & Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 101-113, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:30:y:2015:i:1:p:101-113
    DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2015.1008801
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