Housing Problems and Housing Policy provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of housing policy in Britain setting it in the context of ideological and political perspectives on housing problems. Divided into four parts the text considers the ideological basis of housing policies, the political and economic influences on development of housing policy, the institutional framework of policy formation and the main housing problems in Britain today. Key Topics Include: Homelessness Unfitness and overcrowding Inequality and housing policy Housing and community care problem estates