Promoting Rental Housing Affordability in European Cities

Learning from the Cases of Milan and Vienna
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-43691-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 248 g

Reihe: PoliMI SpringerBriefs

This book investigates policies for the promotion of housing affordability in the rental sector of attractive cities in Europe. Affordability links the housing situation to the economic situation of households, referring to conditions of access to housing and to the role of housing in determining poverty or wealth. The book examines the current affordability crisis and frames it in the ongoing process of urban restructuring and devolution of welfare. From the perspective of the Foundational Economy, the book calls for a proactive and effective role of public administrations in making the rental sector an affordable and stable alternative to housing financialization and commodification. By intertwining theory construction and real-world data collected through case studies in Milan and Vienna, the book provides an original framework for the analysis of public policies that promote rental affordability in a multi-level setting. Through the analysis, it highlights critical nodes of thedifferent (housing, urban, and social) policy domains at stake in the promotion of rental affordability in attractive cities. The book proposes a shift from the currently dominant supply-side argument to an integrated, intersectoral and multi-scalar policy system for making cities more affordable.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peverini, Marco

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introducing the affordability issue: still a timely one?.- A new theoretical ground for housing affordability.- Making housing affordable: a foundational framework for policy analysis.- Vienna: a strategic welfare and planning approach targeting housing affordability.- Milan: affordability in a mix of fragmented policies and market-led housing developments.- Affordability governance in Vienna and Milan.- Addressing the housing affordability crisis: critical nodes for urban policies and research.