Soaita, A.M., Searle, B.A., McKee, K. et al. (1 more author) (2016) Becoming a landlord: strategies of property-based welfare in the private rental sector in Great Britain. Housing Studies. ISSN 0267-3037
Abstract
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupOngoing neoliberal policies have realigned the links between housing and welfare, positioning residential property investment – commonly through homeownership and exceptionally also through landlordism – at the core of households’ asset-building strategies. Nonetheless, the private rented sector (PRS) has been commonly portrayed as a tenure option for tenants rather than a welfare strategy for landlords. Drawing on qualitative interviews with landlords across Great Britain, we explore landlords’ different motivations in engaging in landlordism; and the ways in which their property-based welfare strategies are shaped by the particular intersection of individual socioeconomic and life-course circumstances, and the broader socioeconomic and financial environment. By employing a constructionist grounded approach to research, our study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the different ways that asset-based welfare strategies operate within the PRS. We draw attention to an understudied nexus between homeownership and landlordism which we argue represents a promising route for future research.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Housing Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Private rental sector; landlords; asset-based welfare; property; inequality; United Kingdom |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2016 15:34 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2016.1228855 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02673037.2016.1228855 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107556 |