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Renovering i allmännyttan - till för alla? En kritisk diskursanalys av hyreshöjning i samband med renovering av hyresrätter

Fingal, Annie LU (2024) GNVM03 20241
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
This thesis examines housing as a human right and issues of housing inequality in a Swedish context. The aim is to examine discourses on housing, particularly centred on renovation causing rent increases in rental apartments owned by a public housing company in Sweden. The material constitutes of legal documents from two cases in the rent tribunal, one interview with a representative of the Swedish tenant’s association, as well as national policy documents. Inspired by Fairclough´s critical discourse analysis, it explores discourses about housing and home as a value, tenants participation and agency, and bureaucratic language as a form of power use. The ability for tenants to take part in decisions regarding renovation is limited. This is... (More)
This thesis examines housing as a human right and issues of housing inequality in a Swedish context. The aim is to examine discourses on housing, particularly centred on renovation causing rent increases in rental apartments owned by a public housing company in Sweden. The material constitutes of legal documents from two cases in the rent tribunal, one interview with a representative of the Swedish tenant’s association, as well as national policy documents. Inspired by Fairclough´s critical discourse analysis, it explores discourses about housing and home as a value, tenants participation and agency, and bureaucratic language as a form of power use. The ability for tenants to take part in decisions regarding renovation is limited. This is a problem for tenants who are at risk of being forced to move due to rent increases caused by renovation. This thesis identifies contrasting views on housing as a human right or housing as a commodity in a neoliberal discourse. With a theoretical approach based in feminist notions of home, and critical theory on housing and social justice, this thesis addresses housing as a political issue and the urgency of treating housing as a human right. (Less)
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author
Fingal, Annie LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVM03 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
renovation, renoviction, neoliberal urbanism, social justice, human rights, renovering, renovräkning, social rättvisa, mänskliga rättigheter
language
Swedish
id
9172960
date added to LUP
2024-09-02 10:36:09
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2024-09-02 10:36:09
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines housing as a human right and issues of housing inequality in a Swedish context. The aim is to examine discourses on housing, particularly centred on renovation causing rent increases in rental apartments owned by a public housing company in Sweden. The material constitutes of legal documents from two cases in the rent tribunal, one interview with a representative of the Swedish tenant’s association, as well as national policy documents. Inspired by Fairclough´s critical discourse analysis, it explores discourses about housing and home as a value, tenants participation and agency, and bureaucratic language as a form of power use. The ability for tenants to take part in decisions regarding renovation is limited. This is a problem for tenants who are at risk of being forced to move due to rent increases caused by renovation. This thesis identifies contrasting views on housing as a human right or housing as a commodity in a neoliberal discourse. With a theoretical approach based in feminist notions of home, and critical theory on housing and social justice, this thesis addresses housing as a political issue and the urgency of treating housing as a human right.}},
  author       = {{Fingal, Annie}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Renovering i allmännyttan - till för alla? En kritisk diskursanalys av hyreshöjning i samband med renovering av hyresrätter}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}