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The present report presents new historical data based on country comparisons and research results regarding rent control and its long-term effect on the home ownership rate in 27 countries. Policy measures of rent control, protection against eviction, and housing space management have been...
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In the shadow of homeownership and public housing, social policy through the regulation of private rental markets is a … rent control on the rise of homeownership as the dominant tenure during the 20th century. We find that both rent regulation … and rationing legislation effectively increased homeownership, but only up to a certain threshold. We suggest that the …
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In the shadow of homeownership and public housing, social policy through the regulation of private rental markets is a … rent control on the rise of homeownership as the dominant tenure during the 20th century. We find that both rent regulation … and rationing legislation effectively increased homeownership, but only up to a certain threshold. We suggest that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894984
In the shadow of homeownership and public housing, social policy through the regulation of private rental markets is a … rent control on the rise of homeownership as the dominant tenure during the 20th century. We find that both rent regulation … and rationing legislation effectively increased homeownership, but only up to a certain threshold. We suggest that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956411
tax and VAT on newly built dwellings. Summary indices of homeownership attractiveness and neutrality of the tax code show … that fiscal homeownership policies have been in decline until the 1980s and risen ever since. They are in place where …-Law jurisdictions and smaller countries. As welfare for property owners, the logic of fiscal homeownership welfare diverges from the …
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Shared equity homeownership is a form of subsidised, resale-restricted housing through which lower-income households … homeownership: “entry affordability” indicates how affordable subsidised housing is when a household first becomes a subsidised … homeownership for a period of time. Using price-to-income ratios, this study compares the entry and exit affordability of shared …
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tax and VAT on newly built dwellings. Summary indices of homeownership attractiveness and neutrality of the tax code show … that fiscal homeownership policies have been in decline until the 1980s and risen ever since. They are in place where …-Law jurisdictions and smaller countries. As welfare for property owners, the logic of fiscal homeownership welfare diverges from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012617737
This paper introduces a new international longitudinal database of governmental housing policies. The regulations are measured using binary variables based on a thorough analysis of the real-time country-specific legislation. Three major restrictive policies are considered: rent control,...
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Cities are made of people, by people and for people. Sustainable measures will have to make sense to inhabitants of cities, making their life more liveable. Furthermore, it is people who drive sustainability and who are its ultimate source and beneficiaries. This vision underpins the notion of...
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I address the construction of hurdle rates for 66 countries that adequately compensate investors for the specific real estate market risks involved when investing, operating and exiting a foreign market. To estimate the market-based framework, I run random-effect panel regressions over a...
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