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Alva Gotby, "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" (Verso, 2025)

2025/1/16
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Louisa Hann: 本期节目讨论了Alva Gottby的新书《感觉在家：改变住房政治》，该书探讨了住房、家庭和性别问题。我们讨论了英国的住房危机，以及解决住房问题的方法。我们还讨论了社会再生产的概念，以及住房与社会再生产之间的关系。最后，我们讨论了家庭废除的概念，以及它与住房运动之间的关系。 Alva Gottby: 我参与租户工会是为了解决住房危机，我认为住房问题不仅仅是建造更多住房或降低租金，更重要的是关注住房对人们生活的情感影响，并思考如何构建一个完全不同的住房系统。住房危机的根本原因是住房价格过高，导致租户被迫接受劣质住房，面临超员、房屋维修问题、以及被迫搬离城市等问题。简单的增加住房供应或加强福利保障并不能解决住房危机，回归前新自由主义福利国家模式也存在问题，我们不能理想化之前的住房系统。新冠疫情暴露出住房系统中严重的健康不平等和脆弱性，也揭示了住房与社会再生产之间的密切联系，以及由此带来的家庭暴力和孤立等问题。住房系统对女性不利，因为女性通常收入较低，承担更多照顾责任，更容易陷入租金拖欠和债务，最终可能导致无家可归，并且更容易遭受房东和中介的性别歧视骚扰。英国租客改革法案废除“无过错驱逐”条款是重要进步，但这并不能完全解决住房危机，未来租客运动需要争取租金控制。住房成本上升和对住房安全的需求使得人们更难摆脱虐待环境。许多人认为拥有自己的住房才能成功，但这忽略了其他选择，并加剧了不平等。我们可以通过增加公共住房的可及性和改善租客的居住环境来解决这个问题，这需要打破对核心家庭结构和私有化家庭安排的依赖，并建立其他社会结构来照顾彼此，抚养孩子，提供食物、医疗保健和教育。

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Housing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we rest, eat, and relax. The home we enjoy can determine our health, life expectancy, and day-to-day well-being. In contrast, the lack of a stable residence can lead to mental and physical illness and often premature death. This is central to how we conceive of a good and dignified life.

In Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing )(Verso, 2025), Alva Gotby grapples with the practical and emotional questions of housing – domestic labour, privacy, security, ownership, and health. Is it possible to imagine success without home ownership? Gotby makes clear that solving the housing crisis is about much more than housing stock. It is about revolutionising our everyday lives and labours.

Louisa Hann has a PhD in English and American studies from the University of Manchester, specialising in the political economy of HIV/AIDS theatres. Her recent book, HIV/AIDS and the Stage, is out with Liverpool University Press

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