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DR DAVID KILNER HOUSING POLICY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Housing Policy in South Australia Since White Settlement is a study at the regional level of how housing policy in an advanced industrial society - and former British colony - has been shaped by a variety of domestic and international forces since 1836. Housing Policy in South Australia since White Settlement will be useful to anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge of how countries settled by Europeans evolved, or with an interest in comparative housing policy. The book is an account of how housing policy evolved in one Anglo-Celtic colonial community after its official settlement in 1836. It will be helpful to students in housing studies courses who find there is very little accessible material on Australian housing policy. It is also useful as a regional study, showing how an Australian region with few natural resources and a low population used housing policy to strategic advantage in industrialising and urbanising. Issues covered include public health, building controls, planning and development, housing finance, taxation, social housing and tenancy law. The rise of home ownership and social housing are carefully charted. Linkages to economic development are explored. Dr Kilner sets housing policy in the unfolding context of the times, showing how national and international trends and developments played their part in shaping South Australian housing policy. 'This timely book challenges today's leaders to match the creative ingenuity and humanity of the best of their predecessors.' - Hugh Stretton (Preface) For an Order Form, please click here