This article employs two tranches of qualitative research conducted in 1997-1998 and 2007-2009 on five low income social housing estates in three Irish cities to explore the trajectories they followed in terms of their ability to attract and retain residents. Four factors are identified as...

The question of management has until recently been a largely neglected aspect of the local authority rented housing sectorin the Republic of Ireland. However, recent trends have brought this deficiency into sharper focus. These include: its shrinking size relative to other tenures, increased...

The question of management has until recently been a largely neglected aspect of the local authority rented housing sectorin the Republic of Ireland. However, recent trends have brought this deficiency into sharper focus. These include: its shrinking size relative to other tenures, increased...