Housing Shock

The deepening housing crisis in Ireland is having profound social, political and economic impacts on equality, wellbeing and health. Hearne contextualises the disastrous Irish housing crisis within the broader global phenomenon and examines the origins of the contemporary crisis in housing in terms of the extension of neoliberalism, marketisation and financialisation in housing.

Exposing the catastrophic depth of the crisis, he brings to the fore the personal voices, stories and perspectives of those most affected and the activists who are campaigning on the issue. Hearne also provides innovative global solutions for the crisis in housing and the development of housing initiatives that properly address inequality, climate change and citizenship exclusion.