A short story about Viager.
This act of French property law allows elderly homeowners to sell their house whilst retaining the right to use and live in it until their death. The new owners must pay a monthly sum (rente viagère) to the previous owner based on the elderly house-seller’s life expectancy. Of course, death could come at any time to both parties. Thus, it is a legal arrangement that appeals to gamblers and those with undeserving children.
Thomas is currently exploring the differing semantic strategies within criminology, public policy, journalism and autobiography. Using fiction and film to problematise our dominant narratives of the ‘social reality’ of crime. This story is a minor excursion.
This act of French property law allows elderly homeowners to sell their house whilst retaining the right to use and live in it until their death. The new owners must pay a monthly sum (rente viagère) to the previous owner based on the elderly house-seller’s life expectancy. Of course, death could come at any time to both parties. Thus, it is a legal arrangement that appeals to gamblers and those with undeserving children.
Thomas is currently exploring the differing semantic strategies within criminology, public policy, journalism and autobiography. Using fiction and film to problematise our dominant narratives of the ‘social reality’ of crime. This story is a minor excursion.
Philippa Thomas is an artist and academic currently undertaking a PhD in Visual Sociology at Goldsmiths College, London. She previously lectured in Cultural Studies at the London Contemporary Dance School and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. She has had her fiction published in Ambit Magazine, Nyx and journalism by the London Review of Books, Dance Theatre Journal and Open Democracy. Her filmwork has been screened in the UK and abroad.
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