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Housing as commons: sites of struggle and possibility

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Today, processes of ?accumulation by dispossession? and ever-increasing enclosures are accelerating, commodifying and privatizing more land, water, and forests, and expelling peasant populations and low-income classes from urban centers. With neoliberal capitalism, we have witnessed an extraordinary increase in wealth and income inequalities, significantly driven by the financialization of real estate and housing (Harvey, 2005, 2012; Madden & Marcuse, 2016; Rolnik, 2019; Stein, 2019). The financialization of housing has made ownership increasingly unaffordable. In contrast, the privatization of social housing and dismantling of rent control legislation have rendered rental accommodation increasingly precarious, leading to the forced displacement of previous residents. Neoliberal capitalism has accelerated the privatization of state assets and services as well as of information and knowledge (Christophers, 2018; Harvey, 2012; Rolnik, 2019; Sassen, 2014).

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32361417

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162096840

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