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The Effect of EU-Legislation on Rental Systems in Sweden and the Netherlands

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  • Marja Elsinga
  • Hans Lind

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Both Sweden and the Netherlands had housing systems that include broad models of municipal housing (Sweden) or social housing (Netherlands). These broad models, however, came under discussion due to the competition policy of the European Commission. Financial government support - state aid - for public or social housing is considered to create false competition with commercial landlords. The countries chose different ways out of this problem. The Netherlands choose to direct state aid to a specified target group and had to introduce income limits for dwellings owned by housing associations. Sweden instead chose to change the law regulating municipal housing companies and demands that these companies should act in a 'businesslike way' and with that aims to create a level playing field. This paper will describe why the two countries chose different options, the development during the first years, and also speculate about the consequences on the longer run and the future role of the public/social housing sector in housing and urban policy.

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  • Marja Elsinga & Hans Lind, 2013. "The Effect of EU-Legislation on Rental Systems in Sweden and the Netherlands," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(7), pages 960-970, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:28:y:2013:i:7:p:960-970
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2013.803044
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    1. Marja Elsinga & Joris Hoekstra & Mohamad Sedighi & Behnam Taebi, 2020. "Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Housing: Underpinning Housing Policy as Design for Values," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Michelle Norris & Michael Byrne, 2017. "Housing Market Volatility,Stability and Social Rented Housing: comparing Austria and Ireland during the global financial crisis," Working Papers 201705, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    3. Sara Brysch, 2019. "Reinterpreting Existenzminimum in Contemporary Affordable Housing Solutions," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(3), pages 326-345.
    4. Justin Kadi & Sako Musterd, 2015. "Housing for the poor in a neo-liberalising just city: Still affordable, but increasingly inaccessible," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 106(3), pages 246-262, July.
    5. Westerdahl, Stig, 2021. "Yield and the city: Swedish public housing and the political significance of changed accounting practices," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    6. Lind, Hans & Annadotter, Kerstin & Björk, Folke & Högberg, Lovisa & af Klintberg, Tord, 2014. "Sustainable renovation strategy in the Swedish Million Homes Programme: A case study," Working Paper Series 14/2, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management & Banking and Finance.
    7. Hans Lind & Kerstin Annadotter & Folke Björk & Lovisa Högberg & Tord Af Klintberg, 2016. "Sustainable Renovation Strategy in the Swedish Million Homes Programme: A Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-12, April.

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