| Автор | IZUHARA, MISA |
| Автор | HEYWOOD, FRANCES |
| Дата выпуска | 2003 |
| dc.description | While the majority of households in England have become homeowners at the turn of the 21st century, some older people still struggle on low incomes in the less privileged sector of private renting. This article first explores the intertwining of the history of housing policy and provision with the lifecourse histories of individuals, seeking to describe the reasons why some older people are in the private rented sector. It then presents research findings that revealed how some older private tenants experienced different types and degrees of harassment and abuse by their landlords, from verbal and financial abuse to disrepair of property and illegal evictions. Both strands are brought together in looking beyond individual responsibility or culpability to the structural and lifecourse causes of the problems. Peopleʼs housing choices and destinations are often shaped by a combination of their lifecourse circumstances and external (both economic and institutional) barriers. Where abuse is concerned, a two-tier tenancy system has made ‘regulated tenants’ vulnerable to their landlords; the legal remedies are endemically inappropriate; the housing benefit system is a major source of tension between landlords and tenants; and the modernised private rented sector has allowed no place for those who want secure long-term homes. In summary, this article examines how the law, housing policy and the housing market combine to produce particular problems for older private tenants. |
| Издатель | Cambridge University Press |
| Тема | older tenants |
| Тема | private rented sector |
| Тема | harassment |
| Тема | housing histories |
| Тема | lifecourse |
| Тема | structured discrimination |
| Название | A life-time of inequality: a structural analysis of housing careers and issues facing older private tenants |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0144686X02001125 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1469-1779 |
| Print ISSN | 0144-686X |
| Журнал | Ageing and Society |
| Том | 23 |
| Первая страница | 207 |
| Последняя страница | 224 |
| Аффилиация | IZUHARA MISA; University of Bristol; University of Bristol |
| Аффилиация | HEYWOOD FRANCES; University of Bristol |
| Выпуск | 2 |
