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From low demand to rising aspirations: Housing market renewal within regional and neighbourhood regeneration policy

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Abstract

The paper draws on qualitative empirical evidence from studies of regeneration in North-East England, and seeks to link housing market renewal to wider regeneration issues at regional and neighbourhood levels. It suggests that the discourse on, and justification of, housing market renewal has shifted from a specific concern with low housing demand and abandonment to a more generalised modernisation agenda seeking the restructuring of low-income neighbourhoods in terms not only of housing quality but also of tenure and population. This modernisation discourse is strongly linked to a regional economic regeneration agenda. It is argued that despite claims for the holistic nature of market renewal policies, it seems unlikely that these will improve the economic circumstances of existing residents as opposed to serving regional economic development objectives. Moreover, the more sweeping change implied by the modernisation agenda may reinforce the tension at neighbourhood level between community-led neighbourhood renewal and the restructuring of tenure and population through market renewal. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.

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Author(s): Cameron S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Housing Studies

Year: 2006

Volume: 21

Issue: 1

Pages: 3-16

ISSN (print): 0267-3037

ISSN (electronic): 1466-1810

Publisher: Routledge

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673030500391015

DOI: 10.1080/02673030500391015

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