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How can housing policy and practice ensure that all people have access to decent housing which meets their needs? Housing policy questions such as this are inseparable from the broader concerns of social policy. The quality of houses that people occupy provides a benchmark for the quality of their lives. Housing is a core aspect of the environment in which people live.
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Journals: Housing; Housing Review; Inside Housing and (more academic) Housing Studies
Green, H., Deacon, K., Iles, N. and Down, D. (1997) Housing in England 1995/96, Stationery Office. London
Malpass, P. and Murie, A. (1994) Housing Policy and Practice, 4th edn, Macmillan, Basingstoke — now Palgrave.
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Adams, R. (2002). Housing. In: Campling, J. (eds) Social Policy for Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80178-3_4
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