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THE CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OF COUNCIL HOUSE SALES IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1978–1990
Author(s) -
HOGGART KEITH
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1995.tb01353.x
Subject(s) - boom , unemployment , bust , new england , local authority , demographic economics , economics , labour economics , economy , economic history , political science , public administration , economic growth , market economy , engineering , environmental engineering , middle class
Since 1980, when public housing tenants in England and Wales were given the right to buy their homes, sales activity has been strongest in Conservative councils and weakest in Labour ones. In recent years, however, this pattern has changed, with Conservative councils recording the lowest sales levels. It is suggested that this owes much to the boom and bust character of local housing markets in the late 1980s, along with growing fears over unemployment. Using a statistical model to control for underlying influences on purchases, this article examines sales rates for every year from 1977/78–1989/90 for all 333 district councils in England and Wales.