Contemporary housing issues in a globalized world / edited by Padraic Kenna ; Rachelle Alterman [and twelve others], contributors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ntroduction / Padraic Kenna -- A legal perspective of the origin and the globalization of the current financial crisis and the resulting reforms in Spain / Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar -- Comparing mortgage law in Ireland and Spain / Karen Lynch Shally -- Mortgage foreclosure and housing rights in Spain : crisis or general deception? / Dr. Vanesa Valiño -- Housing rights in Europe : the Council of Europe leads the way / Dr. Padraic Kenna and Mark Jordan -- Housing rights in constitutional legislation : a conceptual classification / Professor Rachelle Alterman, Professor Yaffa Zilbershats and Michelle Oren -- Independent living for people with disabilities in Kenya : charting the way forward / Elizabeth Kamundia -- Public interest law and regeneration : the case of Ballymun Community Law Centre, connecting the dots through community economic development / Maria Antonieta Nestor -- From individual to collective squat : economic theory and the regulation of squatting in England and France / Dr. Jane Ball -- Housing ladders and snakes : an examination of changing residential tenure trajectories in the Republic of Ireland / Dr. Cathal O'Connell and Joe Finnerty.

The globalization of housing finance led to the global financial crisis, which has created new barriers to adequate and affordable housing. It presents major challenges for current housing law and policy, as well as for the development of housing rights. This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today's globalized housing systems. The book takes up the challenge of developing a new paradigm, working towards the possibility of an alternative future. Revolving around three constellations of writing by diverse contributors, each chapter sets out a clear and developed approach to contemporary housing issues. The major themes considered are: the crisis in mortgage market regulation; housing rights; and an examination of responses to the decline and regeneration of inner cities, legal issues around squatting.

English.

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