University of Tasmania
Browse
McArthur and Stratford 2020 Housing aspirations.pdf (1.83 MB)

Housing aspirations, pathways, and provision: contradictions and compromises in pursuit of voluntary simplicity

Download (1.83 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 10:42 authored by Marisa McArthurMarisa McArthur, Elaine StratfordElaine Stratford
Housing is a caring act prompting individuals and groups to challenge the contours of housing policies and systems as they pursue housing aspirations, shape housing pathways, and secure housing provision. In this article, we think critically about housing as part of an infrastructure of care and about how housing aspirations, pathways, and provisioning inform moral and caring acts known as voluntary simplicity. We focus on housing aspirations, pathways, and provisioning to document how those three ‘rub up’ against four specific provision processes (preparation, purchase, design, and permissions and implementation) and conclude that voluntary simplicity could be a powerful tool by which to shape more caring housing futures – if it was troubled by fewer contradictions and compromises in its application and if those subscribing to it were supported by a few key resources. Findings point to general and widespread opportunities to think more about the relationship of voluntary simplicity to housing studies, including in small-scale studies in regional centres.

History

Publication title

Housing Studies

Volume

36

Issue

5

Pagination

714-736

ISSN

0267-3037

Department/School

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Housing Studies on 6/02/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02673037.2020.1720614

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in built environment and design; Expanding knowledge in human society

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC