Shopping therapy? Incentive payments and tenant behaviour: lessons from underoccupation schemes in the United Kingdom

Hal Pawson; Stephen Sinclair

doi:10.1080/14616710310001630730

Shopping therapy? Incentive payments and tenant behaviour: lessons from underoccupation schemes in the United Kingdom

Hal Pawson, Stephen Sinclair

Sociology

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Abstract

There has been in recent years considerable emphasis on market-oriented reforms and consumer empowerment measures within British social and housing policy. Underlying many such initiatives is a model of human action and motivation based on rational choice theory. Proposals for the introduction of 'shopping incentives' within Housing Benefit are a prominent current example of this trend. This paper reflects on these developments by examining evidence from an experiment undertaken by the Department for Work and Pensions in three London boroughs to provide underoccupation incentive payments.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Housing Policy
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14616710310001630730
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2003

Keywords

relocation
social and housing policy
housing allowance

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