Understanding Affordability

The Economics of Housing Markets

Geoffrey Meen, Christine Whitehead (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2020
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-1186-3 (ISBN)

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Written by two distinguished housing economists, this ambitious book tackles one of the most important socio-economic issues facing households today. Drawing from theoretical and empirical frameworks, the authors challenge conventional wisdoms in housing economics and policy and offer innovative recommendations to improve housing affordability.

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.

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.

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?

Erscheinungsdatum	09.07.2020
Zusatzinfo	18 Tables, black and white; 26 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-5292-1186-7 / 1529211867
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-1186-3 / 9781529211863
Zustand	Neuware