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Wells, Katy (2019) The right to housing. Political Studies, 67 (2). pp. 406-421. doi:10.1177/0032321718769009 ISSN 0032-3217.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718769009
Abstract
The issue of justice in housing is rarely discussed in political philosophy. Yet, housing crises such as that currently faceSd by the UK highlight the importance of work in this area. In this article, I address the issue of housing justice by defending a basic right to housing. The right is in the first instance specific to a particular context, that of a Western liberal society. I defend a positive right to exercise a set of property rights called ‘lease rights’ over a self-contained living space of a certain standard, for a minimum term of 3 years. An important feature of this right is that it is a right to live alone. Where individuals have to live in communal housing because they lack the resources to do otherwise, their basic rights are violated. The account provides a distinctive understanding of how a government’s housing policy can fail its citizens.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Housing -- Great Britain, Property, Freedom of association, Social status, Social rights | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Political Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0032-3217 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 May 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 67 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 406-421 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0032321718769009 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Wells, Katy (2018) The Right to Housing. Political Studies . © The Author(s) 2018. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718769009 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 November 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 November 2018 | ||||||||
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