Income-based rents in public housing create an earnings disincentive. We collaborate with a public housing authority to design a behaviorally informed program that returns part of the rent induced by higher earnings to residents. Importantly, the program automatically enrolled households and was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The case for government supply of housing hinges on two key questions: do intended beneficiaries value it more than the cost to the state of providing it, and does relocation to remote housing sites impose unintended costs for movers or society? I study a large-scale lottery in Addis Ababa,...

Dieses Arbeitspapier beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf den Bedarf an Wohn- und Sozialimmobilien am Beispiel der Hansestadt Hamburg. Als zweitgrößte Stadt Deutschlands und bedeutendes urbanes Zentrum eignet sich Hamburg in besonderer Weise für die Analyse...

Between 1950 and 2023, the housing cost burden - approximated by the proportion of total household consumption expenditure spent on housing, water, electricity and fuel - has risen almost steadily in many countries around the world. First, this trend can be explained by substantial improvements...

Indonesia's housing sector stands at the front line of a changing climate. The country is highly vulnerable to rising heat, intense rainfall, sea-level rise, and seismic events. Located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia faces some of the highest seismic risks in the world, with frequent...

Dieses Arbeitspapier beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf den Bedarf an Wohn- und Sozialimmobilien am Beispiel der Hansestadt Hamburg. Als zweitgrößte Stadt Deutschlands und bedeutendes urbanes Zentrum eignet sich Hamburg in besonderer Weise für die Analyse...

The case for government supply of housing hinges on two key questions: do intended beneficiaries value it more than the cost to the state of providing it, and does relocation to remote housing sites impose unintended costs for movers or society? I study a large-scale lottery in Addis Ababa,...

The Housing Choice Voucher program provides substantial rental subsidies to low-income households, yet many recipients struggle to secure housing with their vouchers, particularly in low-poverty areas. This paper examines a key bottleneck in the program: landlord discrimination against voucher...

"Right to Buy" (RTB) was a large-scale UK housing policy whereby incumbent tenants in public housing could buy their properties at heavily subsidised prices. The policy increased the national homeownership rate by over 10 percentage points between 1980 and the late 1990s. A key feature of RTB is...

This article examines Vienna's public housing model as an exemplary case of institutional innovation in the public sector, defined by its regulatory stability, universalist orientation, and resistance to the commodification of urban land. Through a thematic analysis of scientific sources indexed...

We study the effects of the SRU law introduced in France in December 2000 to support scattered development of public housing in cities and favor social mixity. This law imposes 20% of public dwellings to all medium and large municipalities of large-enough cities, with fees for those not abiding...

"Right to Buy" (RTB) was a large-scale UK housing policy whereby incumbent tenants in public housing could buy their properties at heavily subsidised prices. The policy increased the national homeownership rate by over 10 percentage points between 1980 and the late 1990s. A key feature of RTB is...

This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence of the health benefits of a largescale, nationwide programme of home energy-efficiency retrofits in the Netherlands, exploiting individual medicine use from insurers' records. We demonstrate that these home upgrades improve children's health, as...

Poor housing conditions, and the negative effects of Household Air Pollution (HAP) in particular, remain one of the most pressing global public health challenges. While the association between poor housing and health has a long history, evidence of a direct link is lacking. In this paper, we...

Poor housing conditions, and the negative effects of Household Air Pollution (HAP) in particular, remain one of the most pressing global public health challenges. While the association between poor housing and health has a long history, evidence of a direct link is lacking. In this paper, we...

Der Soziale Wohnbau in Wien hat viele Facetten und steht aktuell vor großen Herausforderungen. Dieser Sammelband vereint wissenschaftliche und praxisorientierte Perspektiven, um das Wiener Wohnbausystem in seiner Komplexität zu beleuchten. An der Schnittstelle von Wohnforschung und -praxis...

This report examines the Irish, Northern Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and English residential markets with a particular focus on their capacity to increase housing supply over the short to medium term. Our approach compares and contrasts how differences across the housing markets, in key costs of...

We provide an in-depth case study of land use reforms in Seattle to highlight how redevelopment of aging single-family housing to townhomes can lead to a significant increase in market-rate housing that promotes affordability. The key is to allow market forces to use by-right zoning to drive...

The objective of this annex is complement the 'Operational toolkit on the use of EU funds for investments in social housing and associated services' by providing country fiches with information on the major priorities related to affordable and social housing and associated services included in...

Residential segregation is an important challenge in Latin America, particularly since its effects on quality of life and access to urban opportunities are increasingly urgent on the public agenda. Segregation has not only arisen in the region due to the market, but also directly due to the...

The main phases of any housing project are planning, design, execution, regulation, and use. All the stakeholders involved in each phase can impact the project's status and progress. The study has explored the dynamics of acquiring five fundamental housing resources, i.e., physical, financial,...

Zum ersten Mal haben das Bundesamt für Wohnungswesen BWO und das Bundesamt für Statistik BFS Daten und Informationen zum gemeinnützigen Wohnungsbau zusammengetragen und in der Broschüre "Statistik des gemeinnützigen Wohnungsbaus 2024" anschaulich dargestellt. Der gemeinnützige Wohnungsbau...