Housing clearance and redevelopment: A research agenda Available to Purchase

It is now widely recognised that gradual renewal policies have failed to keep pace with the deterioration of the older housing stock. Commentators and critics are now calling for an increase in clearance and redevelopment. A policy debate is developing around a range of technical, resource, social and political issues. While it is generally agreed that a return to the slum clearance programmes of the 1960s would be unacceptable the future direction of clearance policies is unsettled. The paper considers three broad approaches to clearance which reflect divergent assumptions and political positions.