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Impacts of contrasting housing policies on low-income households in Australia and the Netherlands
Abstract This paper aims to contribute to the debate in comparative housing studies about the significance of national housing policies by considering what can be learnt from analysing the consequences of different policy paths. In particular, the paper looks at the evidence of the long-run impacts of different housing strategies adopted to assist lower-income households in Australia and the Netherlands, using housing affordability as a measure of their impact. Australia is an example of a country that has promoted mass home ownership across the income distribution supplemented by a very small public housing system. In contrast, the Netherlands has relied more on a large and diversified social housing sector. The comparative analysis shows that there are many similarities in the patterns of affordability among low-income households in the two countries despite the use of different policy means. In the past, both countries had good success providing secure and affordable housing for poorer households. Now, lower-income households are experiencing greater affordability problems that are linked to societal changes and the retrenchment of government housing assistance in both cases. However, the study also finds that affordability problems among lower-income households are worse in Australia because of the greater reliance on private housing in that country.
Impacts of contrasting housing policies on low-income households in Australia and the Netherlands
Abstract This paper aims to contribute to the debate in comparative housing studies about the significance of national housing policies by considering what can be learnt from analysing the consequences of different policy paths. In particular, the paper looks at the evidence of the long-run impacts of different housing strategies adopted to assist lower-income households in Australia and the Netherlands, using housing affordability as a measure of their impact. Australia is an example of a country that has promoted mass home ownership across the income distribution supplemented by a very small public housing system. In contrast, the Netherlands has relied more on a large and diversified social housing sector. The comparative analysis shows that there are many similarities in the patterns of affordability among low-income households in the two countries despite the use of different policy means. In the past, both countries had good success providing secure and affordable housing for poorer households. Now, lower-income households are experiencing greater affordability problems that are linked to societal changes and the retrenchment of government housing assistance in both cases. However, the study also finds that affordability problems among lower-income households are worse in Australia because of the greater reliance on private housing in that country.
Impacts of contrasting housing policies on low-income households in Australia and the Netherlands
Milligan, Vivienne R. (author) / Dieleman, Frans M. (author) / van Kempen, Ronald (author)
2006
Article (Journal)
English
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Impacts of contrasting housing policies on low-income households in Australia and the Netherlands
| Springer Verlag | 2006
Impacts of contrasting housing policies on low-income households in Australia and the Netherlands
| Online Contents | 2006
Impacts of contrasting housing policies on low-income households in Australia and the Netherlands
| British Library Online Contents | 2006
British Library Online Contents | 2001
Housing conditions of low-income households
Online Contents | 2001