Understanding Affordability

The Economics of Housing Markets
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1186-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

For many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen.

Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing economists – and stimulated by working with governments across the world - this wide-ranging book sets out clear theoretical and empirical frameworks to tackle one of today’s most important socio-economic issues.

Housing unaffordability arises from complex forces and a prerequisite to effective policy is understanding the causes of rising house prices and rents and the interactions between housing, housing finance and the macroeconomy. The authors challenge many of the conventional wisdoms in housing policy and offer innovative recommendations to improve affordability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meen, Geoffrey

Whitehead, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Crisis, What Crisis?

Is Housing Really Unaffordable?

What Factors Determine Changes in House Prices and Rents?

Influences on Household Formation and Tenure

Rental Affordability

What Determines the Number of New Homes Built?

Housing Demand, Financial Markets and Taxation

Housing, Affordability and the Macroeconomy

Planning and the Assessment of Housing Need and Demand

Raising the Level of Provate Housing Construction

Subsidizing the Supply of Rental Housing

Subsidizing the Housing Costs of Lower-Income Tenants

Increasing Home Ownership

Where Do We Go from Here?

Über Autor(innen)

Meen, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Meen is Professor Emeritus in Applied Economics at the University of Reading and is a member of the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.

Whitehead, Christine
Christine Whitehead is Professor Emeritus in Housing Economics at the London School of Economics and Deputy Director of LSE London.

Geoffrey Meen is Professor Emeritus in Applied Economics at the University of Reading and is a member of the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.

Christine Whitehead is Professor Emeritus in Housing Economics and Deputy Director of LSE London at the London School of Economics.