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Housing and the Scottish New Towns: A Case Study of Policy Termination and Quasi-markets

Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RT, Scotland, UK

Suzie Scott

Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RT, Scotland, UK

This paper examines the wind-up of the British new towns programme in Scotland, and the way in which housing tenure became a critical issue. The origins and development of the new towns are outlined, and the parts played by the main actors in the wind-up are considered. The paper is based on primary and secondary sources, and on interviews. The outcome-the transfer of a large proportion of the rented housing to local authorities—was not government policy, and this is explained by reference to models of policy termination and succession, and to developments in the creation of 'quasi-markets', which created expectations of consumer choice.

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