Introduction : transformation and change in housing / Peter Malpass and Rob Rowlands -- Housing policy and the housing system in the 1970s / Christopher Watson and Pat Niner -- A privileged state? : council housing as social escalator / Ray Forrest -- The right to buy / Colin Jones -- The evolution of stock transfer : privatisation or towards re-nationalisation? / David Mullins and Hal Pawson -- The rise (and rise?) of housing associations / Peter Malpass -- The transformation of private renting / Peter A. Kemp -- Home ownership : where now? / Peter Williams -- Meeting demand / Glen Bramley -- Competitiveness and social exclusion : the importance of place and rescaling in housing and regeneration policies / Peter Lee -- Sustainable communities : housing, dogma and the opportunities missed / Rob Rowlands -- Rediscovering housing policy : back to the future? / Alan Murie -- Conclusions and questions about the future / Chris Paris