Privatization and restructuring public involvement in housing provision in Britain

The largest privatization programme in Britain since 1979 has involved the sale of state-owned houses. This most visible aspect of housing privatization has occurred alongside other forms of privatization of housing. This paper offers a fuller account of what has been happening in Britain and of its implications, and offers an assessment of how far privatization represents a disengagement of the state or a reorientation of an interventionist tradition to significantly influence the nature of the housing market. -from Author