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(original title: Bezahlbares Wohnen – Strategien und Herausforderungen)
IzR 4/2018
Hrsg.: BBSR
Ute Birk, Felix Lauffer, Christoph Zander | Affordable housing Download (PDF, 1MB, File meets accessibility standards) (in German) |
Barbara Schönig, Lisa Vollmer | Housing shortage yesterday and today Housing is a basic need. But housing is traded as a commodity at the same time. Recurrent housing shortages result from this contradictory relationship. However, their concrete causes and features changed in the course of history as well as the strategies with which the German state wanted to restrict this dysfunction of the housing market. The article outlines this development in Germany from the late 19th century until today. (in German) |
Marietta E. A. Haffner | Housing affordability in the European Union This contribution clarifies a number of main approaches to measuring the multi-dimensional concept of housing affordability. Regardless of the approach, one or more standards are required about the reasonableness of costs to income and cost to housing quality. The outcomes of the approaches illustrate that those at risk of poverty and tenants paying market rent are most at risk of encountering housing affordability problems. (in English) |
Steffen Wetzstein | Affordable urban housing in an international comparison The question concerning affordable and appropriate housing has been very pressing for some years again. This is shown by the discussion in the public, in administration and in politics as well as in the scientific discourse in an international perspective, i.e. in completely different countries. This research contribution analyses specific challenges, different approaches towards solutions and implementation strategies as well as the socio-spatial effects of political interventions with regard to affordable housing in an international comparison on the basis of comprehensive, comparative empiricism. (in German) |
Iris Ammann | Local alliance for housing Many municipalities are using local alliances to find possibilities for affordable housing. Voluntary agreements between the municipalities, the housing industry, owners and other partners can strengthen housing construction in many places. The article describes how this works locally. (in German) |
Iris Ammann in a discussion with Elke Pahl-Weber | Local alliances for housing in practice Iris Ammann (BBSR) speaks with Elke Pahl-Weber about the local alliances in Münster and Wolfsburg. (in German) |
Gregor Jekel | Affordable housing in the state capital Potsdam An alliance for housing and building is intended to help to create affordable housing. The exchange of apartments is tested there as a remedy against housing shortage. This is so because the appropriateness for need has become a key issue in addition to affordability. (in German) |
Simon Wieland | Affordability through housing for employees Sustainable affordability on the housing market is a task of the community. Firms can contribute to this through the renaissance of housing for employees. The article explains how and why entrepreneurial housing can promote affordable housing that is appropriate for needs. (in German) |
Gregor Voss, Gunnar Zehe | Offensive for Building Land in Hesse: creation of affordable housing Building sites that are ready for construction are a rare commodity and a key factor of affordable housing. The state of Hesse supports its municipalities in the mobilisation of building land with the "Offensive for Building Land" in Hesse, which contributes joint know-how and can also act as a trustee. (in German) |
Frans Schilder, René Scherpenisse | Policy and practice In the past few years affordability has increasingly worsened, especially for lower income households. This article describes the causes and the most recent policy reactions to stop this trend in the Netherlands. The overheating of the housing market in the Netherlands has spurred debate on several issues, such as affordability and accessibility of the housing market for e. g. lower income households and younger people. In this contribution we provide some insights into how national and local policy makers address these issues. (in English) |
Susanne Heeg | Thinking and calling for the impossible! Everybody is talking about housing, but suggestions about how housing can remain affordable also for poorer persons and households in view of the dramatic development of prices are rarely made. The article especially considers approaches that want to regulate housing apart from market principles. (in German) |
Ute Birk in a discussion with Martin zur Nedden and Rolf Müller | Positions on "affordable housing" in Germany Download (PDF, 4MB, File meets accessibility standards) (in German) |