Johnston Birchall, the editor, is Lecturer in Social and Public Policy at Brunei University.

• Introduction, Johnston Birchall; Chapter 1 Housing policy and the disabling of local authorities, Peter Malpass; Chapter 2 Housing associations, Mike Langstaff; Chapter 3 Building societies, Douglas Smallwood; Chapter 4 The social and economic consequences of the growth of home ownership, Stuart Lowe; Chapter 5 Private rented housing and the impact of deregulation, A.D.H. Crook; Chapter 6 The 1987 housing policy, D.A. Coleman; Chapter 7 Issues of race and gender facing housing policy, Norman Ginsburg, Sophie Watson; Chapter 8 Council tenants, Johnston Birchall; Conclusion, Johnston Birchall;