Marginalisation, Grenfell Tower and the voice of the social-housing resident: A critical juncture in housing law and policy?

Carr, Helen, Cowan, Dave ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-8262 and Kirton-Darling, Ed 2022. Marginalisation, Grenfell Tower and the voice of the social-housing resident: A critical juncture in housing law and policy? International Journal of Law in Context 18 (1) , pp. 10-24. 10.1017/S1744552322000088

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Abstract

This paper draws on historical institutionalism to consider the impact of housing-policy responses following the Grenfell fire on the marginalisation of the social-housing resident. We consider three specific policy responses: reform focused on conditions of rented properties; the social-housing White Paper; and building regulation and building-safety reforms. We suggest that, in historical institutionalist terms, each is part of a matrix of reform in which understandings of the social-housing resident play a critical role. We argue that rather than the fire provoking a paradigm shift in the recognition that government accords to the ignored and stigmatised citizens who live in social housing, the policy initiatives to date indicate a much more limited adjustment of policy within a normal frame. We suggest that this is because housing policy is dominated by a consumerist ideology that is self-reinforcing and ignores the social, economic and political complexity of tenure.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Research Institutes & Centres > Cardiff Centre of Law and Society (CCLS) Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1744-5523
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 May 2023
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2025 14:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159264

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