Encyclopedia of Housing (2nd edition)

Now in a long overdue second edition, the new Encyclopedia of Housing is less an overhaul than a modernization. Given the scope of housing‐related developments since 1998, including both positive trends (sustainable building, urban renewal) and ruinous ones (foreclosures stemming from an unprecedented subprime mortgage crisis), few encyclopedias were in greater need of an update.

Building on the multidisciplinary framework of the first instalment editor Andrew Carswell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics at the University of Georgia, Athens, welcomed many of the original contributors back to revisit and refresh their articles. Elsewhere, diverse voices...