Social reproduction and the housing question

David J. Madden

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Abstract: There is broad recognition today that there is a link between the crisis of social reproduction and the housing problem. But their precise relationship is not always clear. This paper is an attempt to clarify their connection. Housing, this paper argues, is not merely the location or container of the crisis of social reproduction. Rather, there are elements of the contemporary housing system which intensify and shape the crisis of social reproduction. Drawing on feminist political economy and critical housing research, this paper identifies four major pathways by which the housing system exacerbates the crisis of social reproduction: depletion, disruption, redomestication, and recommodification. It also considers housing as a site for repoliticising social reproduction. Ultimately, the paper argues that a complete account of the housing question cannot ignore social reproduction as a political‐economic process.

Keywords: social reproduction; housing; housing crisis; housing politics; political economy of housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2025-03-31
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Published in Antipode, 31, March, 2025, 57(2), pp. 578-598. ISSN: 0066-4812

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