Homeownership has represented a central element of the “social contract” in many capitalist regimes. What new “social contracts” are being drafted in post-homeownership societies?
Call for papers: Special issue on global corporate landlords and tenant struggles
Lorenzo Vidal, Javier Gil & Miguel A. Martínez Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University We are proposing a special issue to give voice to tenant struggles in the face of a global housing crisis embodied by the figure of the global corporate landlord. The objective is to shed light on the conflicts occurring…
Cfp RC21 Global Corporate Landlords and Tenant Struggles in the Post-pandemic City
Panel 13. Athens, 24-26 Aug. 2022. Apply by 31 Jan. 2022 https://pcoconvin.eventsair.com/rc21/call-for-abstracts Description: New forms of housing financialization emerged in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Housing evictions and non-performing loans, as well as a global situation of excess liquidity, enabled new flows of financial capital to be redirected towards residential real estate.…
“Generation rent” in the wake of the pandemic
What fate awaits millions of tenants with rent arrears and piling debt as emergency rent relief measures and eviction moratoria that were rolled out in response to the Covid-19 crisis are phased out? A US Census Bureau survey in August showed that 8 million Americans were behind on rent, with 3.5 million of them stating…
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