Blandy, S. (2021) Narratives of property and the limits of legal reform in the English leasehold system and its counterparts in other jurisdictions. In: Lippert, R.K. and Treffers, S., (eds.) Condominium Governance and Law in Global Urban Context. Routledge , London , pp. 13-28. ISBN 9780367897093
Abstract
This chapter focuses on what an analysis of property narratives may offer for understanding problematic issues associated with self-managed housing. A number of factors, including legal discourse, have combined to create this successful meta-narrative of property which provides an unquestioned, universal explanation of how things are in the world. The term “multi-owned housing” encompasses master-planned housing estates, gated communities, apartment blocks and large houses converted into apartments – or flats as they are known in England. In multi-owned housing, the owners hold rights in common over the shared spaces. Leasehold tenure dates to the Middle Ages when feudal lords granted the right to use a part of their land for a predetermined length of time, in exchange for work or produce. Commonhold is presented as the “us and ourselves” version of property relations. The exclusionary, individualistic meta-narrative of property also places importance on clear boundaries between private and collective space.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author. This is an author-produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Condominium Governance and Law in Global Urban Context. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2021 10:10 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2022 00:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9781003141600-3 |
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