Needs and choice in housing: An individualist approach
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research
- Vol. 15 (1) , 5-17
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02815739808730441
Abstract
This article discusses the notion of need as a non-intentional state and discusses the distinction between housing as a basic or instrumental need. lt suggests that housing is an example of an instrumental need and thus related to individual choices. The article uses this definition of need to undertake a critique of the notion of housing need based on the merit good argument of government intervention. The article concluded by suggesting a moral basis akin to that of Nozick (1974) which could serve as a framework for housing processes based on individualist notions of need and choice.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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