Why have housing reforms failed to achieve the desired improvements in housing in the Philippines? A review of trends in government housing strategies shows that while many problems in housing are linked to institutional barriers in the land and financial markets, government reforms focused on...

In 2021, 293,000 dwellings were completed in Germany. This is at least 130,000 more than were completed at the low point in 2010, but less than the government had planned in order to limit the housing shortage. It is very likely, that residential construction is going to decline following the...

Der Stadtrat der Landeshauptstadt Dresden hat im August 2015 beschlossen, eine neue kommunale Wohnungsgesellschaft zu gründen. In diesem Artikel wird diskutiert, ob die angeführten Gründe für das staatliche Eingreifen in den Wohnungsmarkt gerechtfertigt sind. Aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht...

This paper employs panel data on 413 counties and cities over 2004-2009 to investigate the local supply of new single-family housing in Germany. Construction activity in local housing markets (measured by new housing permits related to the local housing stock) is modeled as a function of local...