Rethinking the terms of tenure: A feminist critique of Mike Ball

Abstract

In this article Maura Banim and Cherrie Stubbs offer a critique of Michael Ball's failure to address the question of gender relations in his work on housing tenure. They argue that gender relations are centrally created both in the production and consumption of housing and therefore must be seriously addressed if a socialist housing strategy which can overcome gender as well as class dominations is to be developed. The authors also examine the links between tenure, familism and gender domination, by drawing on material from research which they carried out in the North East of England.