The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines....

Introduction -- Urban decline and informality -- Regulations and enforcement -- From illicit to informal -- Informality beyond politics or poverty -- Necessity appropriators -- Lifestyle appropriators -- Routine appropriators -- Surviving the city or settling the city? -- Regulating informality,...

"Vor dem Hintergrund der erneut verschärften Wohnungsnot und anhaltender Verdrängungsprozesse, insbesondere in grossen Städten, vermittelt eine soziologische Perspektive auf das Wohnen Einsichten über grundlegende Strukturen und soziale Ungleichheiten in der heutigen Gesellschaft. In diesem...