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Rent regulation in 21st century Europe: comparative perspectives
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Abstract The general housing policy trend in Europe has been towards neoliberalization meaning less state involvement in housing market and less government support for housing production. However, private rental markets are still regulated in many European countries. Here, we classify 33 European countries b... view more
The general housing policy trend in Europe has been towards neoliberalization meaning less state involvement in housing market and less government support for housing production. However, private rental markets are still regulated in many European countries. Here, we classify 33 European countries based on rent regulation system and welfare state regime. There seems to be some but not too much correspondence between the welfare state regime and whether rents are controlled. However, it seems that the role of rent regulation depends on the context and one should take a closer look at specific cases. We look at Nordic welfare states that are similar in that all represent the social democratic welfare model but different in their housing regimes by which we mean the basic principles of how housing provision in the country is organized.... view less
Keywords
housing; rental appartment; rent; regulation; statuary regulation; welfare state; housing market; deregulation; Europe; Northern Europe; comparative research; Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden; residential behavior; housing policy
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
private rental housing; rent regulation; welfare regime; housing regime; EU-SILC 2015
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 1-23
Journal
Housing Studies (2020)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2020.1769564
ISSN
1466-1810
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0