Search Results - subject:"Wohnungspolitik"

Social housing opportunities and challenges : perspectives from Denmark, Germany, Portugal and Serbia

2026

In recent decades, European housing systems have faced significant challenges, including rising socioeconomic inequalities, demographic shifts, welfare cuts, the financialization of housing markets, and ongoing affordability crises. The Delivering Safe and Social Housing (DASH) project, carried...

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The German report

Keunen, Els; Hartmann, Julia; Burkhardt, Axel; Ley, Astrid - 2026

This chapter presents an overview of the social housing system in Germany. Unlike in many other contexts, social housing in Germany is conceived as a temporary, marketcorrecting policy; therefore, the social housing function is limited in time. While partially provided by the state, it is...

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The Portuguese report

Alves, Sónia; Azevedo, Alda Botelho; Allegra, Marco; … - 2026

This chapter examines how Portugal's housing policy has evolved over recent decades and how this trajectory has shaped the current housing crisis. It explores how core policy concepts - such as social and affordable housing - have been defined and implemented, revealing the logic and limits of...

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The Serbian report

Vuksanović-Macura, Zlata; Jelić, Brankica; … - 2026

The Serbian case illustrates the complex interplay between post-socialist transformations, market liberalisation, and the retreat of the state from housing provision. Despite a comprehensive legal framework, social housing (redefined in 2016 as "housing support") remains marginal, representing...

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Where to build affordable housing? : evaluating the tradeoffs of location

Cook, Cody; Li, Pearl Z.; Binder, Ariel J. - 2026

How does the location of affordable housing affect the distribution of assistance, tenant welfare, and segregation? Using administrative data, we first show that, despite fixed eligibility requirements, developments in higher-opportunity neighborhoods disproportionately house tenants who are...

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