Holiday reading list for a post-COVID-19 housing system

As the year 2020 tracks its way towards a close the journal is only beginning to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on housing systems around the world. Throughout 2020 we have dedicated most of the journal editors’ editorial space to discussing some of the emerging issues at the intersection of COVID-19 and housing (Rogers & Power, 2020; Power, Rogers, & Kadi 2020). In this editorial we try to round out this discussion, as much as that is possible at a time when a second wave of COVID-19 infections is hitting Europe, China and other parts of the world, nearly one year after the virus emerged. Developing a clearer view of the impacts of the pandemic on housing markets and systems will be a long-term project for housing scholars. In this last editorial of 2020, we reflect on trends emerging in housing studies and recommend a few relevant books, among those we reviewed this year that might help conceptualise the changes in housing systems and potential directions for the future.