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A Monstrous Hybrid: A comment on Brett Christophers´ interpretation of Swedish housing policy

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  • Lind, Hans

    (Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, Royal Institute of Technology)

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In this comment it is argued that Christophers´ misunderstands the nature of the post war housing model in Sweden. This was actually a market friendly model where rent and price regulations were seen as something temporary and that an increase in supply was the most important policy. It is further argued that it is a mistake to describe the development in recent decades as a move towards a neoliberal model. Even if there are no state subsidies, there still is a municipal planning monopoly that reduce the supply of land. Municipalities have become more and more restrictive towards new construction, and a combination of NIMBYarguments and environmental demands have especially reduced the number of housing projects targeting households with lower incomes.

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  • Lind, Hans, 2015. "A Monstrous Hybrid: A comment on Brett Christophers´ interpretation of Swedish housing policy," Working Paper Series 15/4, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management & Banking and Finance.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:kthrec:2015_004
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    1. Anders Lund Hansen & Henrik Gutzon Larsen & Adam Grydehoj & Eric Clark, 2015. "Financialisation of the built environment in Stockholm and Copenhagen," Working papers wpaper115, Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable Development (FESSUD) Project.

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    Keywords

    hosuing policy; rent control; Sweden;
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    JEL classification:

    • R22 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Other Demand
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets
    • R38 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Government Policy
    • R48 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government Pricing and Policy

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