Housing Deprivation in Europe: On the Role of Rental Tenure Types

Borg, Ida

doi:10.1080/14036096.2014.969443

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“…In other words, social (public) housing is mostly accommodating people on very low-incomes and those with special needs. This confirms the general trend, across Europe, towards the progressive residualisation of this sector (Borg 2015).…”

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An exploration of concepts and polices on ‘affordable housing’ in England, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands

Czischke

Bortel

2018

J Hous and the Built Environ

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The term 'affordable housing' has been rapidly gaining currency over the last decade across Europe, both in policy and research circles. While it is often used as a synonym or close relative of the term 'social housing', more recently it is finding its own definition and policy instruments in specific cities and countries. However, boundaries between both concepts remain unclear. To shed light on recent developments of each of these terms, this paper presents findings from a study commissioned by the European Investment Bank, which investigated current trends in definitions, programmes and policies both in social housing and affordable housing. This paper focuses on findings for England, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands. Methods used included desk research and interviews with key informants in each of the four countries. In addition, in-depth information about Italy and The Netherlands was gathered through stakeholder workshops carried out between September and November 2016. Findings show that affordable housing in all four countries is becoming a more distinct field, in parallel to developments in social housing. In addition, the paper describes some innovative policies undertaken to develop affordable housing solutions. The paper concludes with a reflection on scenarios for future policy developments and an agenda for further research.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 74%

An exploration of concepts and polices on ‘affordable housing’ in England, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands

Czischke

Bortel

2018

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…Holmqvist, together with several other researchers (Andersson, Bråmå, and Holmqvist, 2010;Bergsten and Holmqvist, 2009;Holmqvist, 2009), argues that allmännyttan is the only remaining municipal tool for creating socially mixed environments by a variation of tenures, which she argues is an important instrument for counteracting segregation. Borg (2015) shows how an integrated rental market that encompasses broader parts of the population-such as the Swedish-significantly reduces the prevalence of housing deprivation. Gustavsson and Elander (2013) give examples of how efforts made by Swedish public housing might contribute to social sustainability through physical and social changes in residential areas.…”

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For the Benefit of Everyone? : Explaining the Significance of Swedish Public Housing for Urban Housing Inequality

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“…Similarly, work on housing deprivation has tended to focus on housing quality and experiences, typically including measures of problems such as damp, dark or overcrowding (Borg, 2015;Marsh et al, 2000). In contrast, housing precariousness, we argue, incorporates a wider range of housing issues in one measure, and results are scaled rather than binary (insecure/secure, for example), therefore more accurately capturing people's experiences of housing in the complexities of the modern housing markets.…”

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Constructing a housing precariousness measure for Europe

Clair

Reeves

McKee

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Journal of European Social Policy

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There are concerns that the recovery from the Great Recession in Europe has left growing numbers of people facing precarious housing situations. Yet to our knowledge there is no comparative measure of housing precariousness, in contrast with an extensive body of work on labour market precariousness. Here we draw on a comparative survey of 31 European countries from the 2012 wave of European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions to develop a novel Housing Precariousness Measure. We integrate four dimensions of housing precariousness: security, affordability, quality and access to services, into a scale ranging from 0 (not at all precarious) to 4 (most precarious). Over half of the European population report at least one element of housing precariousness; 14.7% report two dimensions and 2.8% three or more (equivalent to ~15 million people). Eastern European and small island nations have relatively greater precariousness scores. Worse precariousness tends to be more severe among the young, unemployed, single, and those with low educational attainment or who live in rented homes, and is associated with poor self-reported health. Future research is needed to strengthen surveillance of housing precariousness as well as to understand what policies and programmes can help alleviate it.

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Housing Deprivation in Europe: On the Role of Rental Tenure Types

Cited by 56 publications

References 70 publications

An exploration of concepts and polices on ‘affordable housing’ in England, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands

An exploration of concepts and polices on ‘affordable housing’ in England, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands

For the Benefit of Everyone? : Explaining the Significance of Swedish Public Housing for Urban Housing Inequality

Constructing a housing precariousness measure for Europe

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