Regulating Social Housing

David Cowan is Professor of Law and Policy, and Morag McDermont is Lecturer in Law, both at the School of Law, University of Bristol.

• On Social Housing, Decline, Regulation and Government.  Constructing the Domain.  Needing Need.  On Money.  Regulatory Truths.  The 'Social' Contract.  Private Renting.  Owner-Occupation.  Conclusion

"This important work epitomises the strengths of soci-legal research. It moves beyond a law-in-context approach, drawing on social theory to inform and elaborate upon interpretations of statute and case law and their implications for social housing." - Helen Carr, Kent Law School, University of Kent "The real strength of the book lies in the application of Cowan and McDermont's theoretical analysis to their chosen topics... Regulating Social Housing is admirably ambitious in its scope and will repay close reading by anyone who wants to further their understanding of current housing policies, regulation theory, or key arguments about the construction of social housing." - Sarah Blandy, Housing Studies 22:4 (July 2007) "The success of the book is in drawing out a number of themes through subject-specific chapters... There is much here that housing academics and the wider community of socio-legal scholars will find of value, and it is the sort of book that readers will find themselves referring back to, time and again." - Emma Laurie, Legal Studies Vol. 27 No. 2 (July 2007)