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The meanings of home (2012)
Book Chapter
Fox O’Mahony, L. (2012). The meanings of home. In S. Smith, M. Elsinga, L. Fox O’Mahony, S. Ong, & S. Wachter (Eds.), International encyclopedia of housing and home (231-239). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-047163-1.00367-2

The meaning of ‘home’ has attracted considerable critical attention in recent years. The study of home has yielded an extensive literature and several leading journals – for example, Social Research (1991); New Formations (1992); Women’s Studies Inte... Read More about The meanings of home.

Home Equity and Ageing Owners: Between Risk and Regulation (2012)
Book
Fox O’Mahony, L. (2012). Home Equity and Ageing Owners: Between Risk and Regulation. Hart Publishing

The growing use of housing equity to support a range of activities and needs raises complex issues, particularly for older owners. In an environment in which older owners are pushed towards housing equity transactions to meet income and welfare costs... Read More about Home Equity and Ageing Owners: Between Risk and Regulation.

Rethinking Responses to Displacement and Dispossession (2011)
Book Chapter
Fox O’Mahony, L., & Sweeney, J. (2011). Rethinking Responses to Displacement and Dispossession. In L. Fox O’Mahony, & J. Sweeney (Eds.), The idea of home in law : displacement and dispossession (211-226). Ashgate Publishing

The Idea of Home in Law: Displacement and Dispossession (2011)
Book Chapter
Fox O’Mahony, L., & Sweeney, J. (2011). The Idea of Home in Law: Displacement and Dispossession. In L. Fox O’Mahony, & J. Sweeney (Eds.), The idea of home in law : displacement and dispossession (1-12). Ashgate Publishing

England and Wales (2010)
Book Chapter
Fox O’Mahony, L., Devenney, J., & Kenny, M. (2010). England and Wales. In A. C. Ciacchi, & S. Weatherill (Eds.), Regulating unfair banking practices in Europe : the case of personal suretyships (141-178). Oxford University Press

The Exclusion of (Failed) Asylum Seekers from Housing and Home: Towards an Oppositional Discourse (2010)
Journal Article
Fox O’Mahony, L., & Sweeney, J. (2010). The Exclusion of (Failed) Asylum Seekers from Housing and Home: Towards an Oppositional Discourse. Journal of Law and Society, 37(2), 285-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2010.00505.x

'Housing'– the practical provision of a roof over one's head – is experienced by users as 'home'– broadly described as housing plus the experiential elements of dwelling. Conversely, being without housing, commonly described as 'homelessness', is exp... Read More about The Exclusion of (Failed) Asylum Seekers from Housing and Home: Towards an Oppositional Discourse.