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'Buy Your Home and Feel in Control' Does Home Ownership Achieve the Empowerment of Former Tenants of Social Housing?

Kleinhans, Reinout; Elsinga, Marja - In: European Journal of Housing Policy 10 (2010) 1, pp. 41-61

on earlier research. Scales of 'perceived control over life', 'self-esteem' and 'housing-related empowerment' were … of freedom and security in the home, one 's sense of control over one 's life, and one 's self-esteem. In other words, to … their dwelling. The main question is: to what extent do these two groups differ in their scores on empowerment scales based …

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Social Housing and Illegal State Aid: The Agreement between European Commission and Dutch Government

Priemus, Hugo; Gruis, Vincent - In: International Journal of Housing Policy 11 (2011) 1, pp. 89-104

The size of the Dutch social housing sector, with a 32 per cent share of the housing stock, has prompted concerns over the 'level playing field' of competition between social and commercial housing providers. In 2007, this concern culminated in a complaint from the Dutch Association of...

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Shrinking the state in housing : challenges, transitions and ambiguities

Murie, Alan - In: Cambridge journal of regions economy and society 11 (2018) 3, pp. 485-501

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Real Estate Investors and Housing Associations: A Level Playing Field? The Dutch Case

Priemus, Hugo - In: International Journal of Housing Policy 8 (2008) 1, pp. 81-96

The new European Reform Treaty, which was agreed politically in 2007, includes a separate protocol which allows European member states considerable freedom to organize and run their social amenities - including social housing. It appears that housing associations are eligible for state support,...

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Housing and New Urban Renewal: Current Policies in the Netherlands

Priemus, Hugo - In: International Journal of Housing Policy 4 (2001) 2, pp. 229-246

Recently, the Netherlands has been pursuing a new policy of urban renewal. Old urban renewal concentrated on pre-war urban districts and had a technical orientation. The predominant shift in tenure was from commercial to social rented housing. New urban renewal focuses on post-war urban...

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The Dutch housing policy for the next decade: an attack on housing associations or adjustment to changing demands?

Ouwehand, Andre - In: International Journal of Housing Policy 2 (2001) 2, pp. 203-221

In March 2001 the Dutch parliament discussed and approved the Housing Memorandum 'What people want, where people live'. This policy document gives a broad picture of housing policy for the next decade. It stresses individual freedom of choice, sets ambitious homeownership targets, analyses the...

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