{"id":1212,"date":"2025-03-04T17:40:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarahgainsforth.com\/libri\/dwelling-stanca\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:50:12","slug":"dwelling-stanca","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahgainsforth.com\/en\/books\/dwelling-stanca\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">A space for living and social reproduction, housing is also, increasingly, a commodity.  <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The promotion of mass ownership was at the heart of a conservative revolution that crushed social struggles and dismantled post-World War II urban planning and housing policies; it was an instrument of consensus-building and cultural hegemony; homeownership is a social construct, presented as a \u2018natural\u2019 and individual preference to promote the interests of the minority the population: the wealthiest. Arguments employed to legitimise the rise of the homeowner society \u2013 made up of \u2018enhancement,\u2019 \u2018improvement,\u2019 \u2018efficiency,\u2019 and \u2018modernization\u2019 \u2013 comes from far away. Through family history and historical facts, visiting different nations and cities, the author pieces together a picture of housing at the beginning of the new millennium, painting a scenario in which, contrary to what we are told, the housing crisis affects not only the poorest: the housing crisis it is about a vision of society.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A space for living and social reproduction, housing is also, increasingly, a commodity. 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