.... The chapter explores some of the underlying values and motives of these professionals, specifically their commitment to work that has social purpose and serving the public interest, as well as clients and stakeholders. It also offers a reminder that housing has a role to play beyond simply providing shelter...

... relationship that individuals and economies share with residential property. Housing’s social purpose, as home, is frequently relegated behind its economic function, as asset, able to offer a hedge against weakening pensions or source of investment and equity release for individuals, or guarantee rising public...