Collective Housing Subsidies: A Public Policy Proposal for Sustainability
Luis Raúl Rodríguez-Reyes,
Mara Alejandra Cortés Lara
Abstract:One way in which governments foster sustainable homebuilding and housing is by subsidizing single homes’ investment in sustainability technologies. The problem with these programs is that they incentivize inefficient investment by supporting technologies that make technical and economic sense on a small scale. Furthermore, this arrangement constitutes a flawed marketing system, producing a limited impact on global well-being and sustainability in the long term, as it rules out more efficient sustainability tec… Show more
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