Secure occupancy, power and the landlord-tenant relation: a qualitative exploration of the Irish private rental sector
Secure occupancy, power and the landlord-tenant relation: a qualitative exploration of the Irish private rental sector
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DOI：
10.1080/02673037.2020.1803801
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发表时间：
2020-08-10
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
McArdle, Rachel
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作者：
Byrne, Michael;McArdle, Rachel
爱尔兰最近进行了广泛的尝试，以改革其不断增长的私人租赁部门。新的立法加强了土地保有权的保障，并对租金进行了管制。然而，这些措施在很大程度上没有效果，因为房东不遵守规定的情况很多，而房客缺乏安全保障又使房东不遵守规定成为可能。本文主要探讨保障、租客代理与租地权力关系的互动关系。它提供了对租户进行深入定性研究的数据，以分析租户安全受到破坏的多方面方式，剥夺他们的权力，并促进房东之间的不遵守文化。本文借鉴了“安全占用”的概念来捕捉立法，市场和文化领域的不安全感，并认为不安全感和房东和房客之间的权力不对称深深交织在一起。
Ireland has recently seen a wide-ranging attempt to reform its growing private rental sector. New legislation has strengthened security of tenure and regulated rents. However, these measures have been largely ineffective due to high levels of non-compliance on the part of landlords, which is in turn enabled by the absence of security for tenants. This article examines the interaction of security, tenants' agency and the landlord-tenant power relationship. It presents data from in-depth qualitative research with tenants to analyse the multi-dimensional ways in which security is undermined for tenants, disempowering them and facilitating a culture of non-compliance among landlords. The article draws on the concept of 'secure occupancy' to capture the construction of insecurity across the domains of legislation, markets and culture, and argues that insecurity and the power asymmetry between landlord and tenant are deeply intertwined.