The Uneven Development of Berlin’s Housing Provision

Uffer, Sabina

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“…First, the state and changes in politico‐legal regulations. The literature here discusses the performance of regulatory frameworks in enabling financialised investments as well as the role of the state in becoming a source of rent itself, for example through tax credits (Tapp 2020), the en bloc sale of housing, which privileges large investors over other buyers (Christophers 2022b; Uffer 2011), and the deregulation of rent control (Teresa 2019). Second, scholars have engaged with the investment strategies of financialised landlords, pointing out how these strategies travel across borders while also being adjusted to prevailing circumstances.…”

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Flowing Capital‐Disrupted Homes: Financialisation and Maintenance of Rental Housing in Sweden

Kadıoğlu,

Kellecioğlu

2023

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Studies on rental housing financialisation have blossomed over the last decade. Studies are often concerned with issues around affordability and displacement, while less focus has been on how financialisation reconfigures the materials of housing, home, and the residential environment by subordinating maintenance to aggressive and unsustainable renovation strategies. We look at the case of Sweden and zoom in on a working‐class Stockholm suburb where part of the housing stock is owned by the German, publicly listed real estate company Vonovia. We discuss how national and international regulations remain insufficient in ensuring that every day and structural maintenance is conducted properly by financialised landlords, leaving tenants stuck with delayed and poor‐quality repair and replacement work as well as insufficient communication, severely affecting their quality of life. We propose to discuss the concepts of “housing as infrastructure” to account for these complex consequences.

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