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Breaching the Limits of Owner Occupation? Supporting Low-Income Buyers in the Inflated Irish Housing Market1

Norris, Michelle; Coates, Dermot; Kane, Fiona - In: European Journal of Housing Policy 7 (2007) 3, pp. 337-355

The Republic of Ireland broadly has relatively high rates of home ownership compared to the rest of western Europe, which are related to the longstanding, broadly targeted state subsidization of home purchase provided as part of an implicit tradition of asset-based welfare. During the 1980s,...

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Trunks, Tails, and Elephants: Modernising Housing Policies

Maclennan, Duncan - In: European Journal of Housing Policy 8 (2008) 4, pp. 423-440

policy concerns related to housing have been affordability, in the upswing, and instability, in the downswing. These policy … fuller consideration in policymaking. Housing policies have their roles to play in reducing affordability difficulties and …

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Unemployment insurance for mortgage borrowers: is it viable and does it cover those most in need?

Pryce, Gwilym; Keoghan, Margaret - In: European Journal of Housing Policy 2 (2002) 1, pp. 87-114

/or they cannot afford the premium. These are important questions because if affordability proves to be a key driver of take …-up rates. These findings provide evidence that affordability is an important driver of MPPI take-up, for whilst there is no …

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Housing Allowances: Finding a Balance Between Social Justice and Market Incentives

Turner, Bengt; Elsinga, Marja - In: European Journal of Housing Policy 5 (2005) 2, pp. 103-109

Safeguarding the affordability of, and thereby access to, housing is a key issue in housing policies across Europe …

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