Housing affordability in the Netherlands: the impact of rent and energy costs

Haffner, Marietta; Boumeester, H.J.F.M.

doi:10.1007/s10901-014-9409-2

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“…fuel costs are considered too large for the household budget. Fuel poverty has been on the agenda, notably longer in the UK than elsewhere (Bouzarovski & Cauvain, 2016;Haffner & Boumeester, 2015;Thomson & Snell, 2013;Thomson, Snell, & Liddell, 2016). 13 In the case of water affordability, a similar 'poverty reasoning' could be developed (Murphy & Hearne, 2018).…”

Section: Twenty-first Century: Normative Standards On Housing and Nonmentioning

confidence: 99%

A fresh look at contemporary perspectives on urban housing affordability

Haffner

Hulse

2019

International Journal of Urban Sciences

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The literature on housing affordability has grown rapidly since Hulchanski [1995, p. 489. The concept of housing affordability: six contemporary uses of the housing expenditure-to-income ratio. Housing Studies, 10(4), 471-491] declared that housing researchers should avoid using the term since it is not a robust concept and measurement often lacks validity. In the ensuing 24 years, however, scholars have continued to debate the definition and measurement of housing affordability as well as the prevalence and type of 'housing affordability problems' in various countries. This paper is a think piece which takes a fresh look at housing affordability as a concept which has persisted despite considerable contestation and scepticism about its use. It provides a critical and multidisciplinary assessment of housing affordability starting with early conceptualization of the nexus between economic principles and social norms about housing and living standards to a reworking of housing affordability in the twenty-first century as an urban issue affecting lower and middle-income households in cities, as a consequence of the financialization of housing and urban restructuring. It argues that the housing affordability concept has been repurposed such that the focus is less on understanding housing expenditures in contributing to poverty and disadvantage within the domain of social policy and more on the urban policy challenges of growing inequities in access to urban resources. The paper highlights the challenges for urban policy in adopting and adapting rather than rejecting a multidimensional concept of housing affordability and consequently the importance of new ways of measuring urban housing affordability.

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Section: Twenty-first Century: Normative Standards On Housing and Nonmentioning

confidence: 99%

A fresh look at contemporary perspectives on urban housing affordability

Haffner

Hulse

2019

International Journal of Urban Sciences

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“…By 1990, "affordability" had become a common term in UK housing policy [1] and it has continued to be an increasingly important policy issue across the globe [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Nevertheless, although there is abundant discussion about housing affordability [11][12][13], a specific definition of the concept remains unclear and challenging in both academic and policy environments which means it is difficult to build consensus on the meaning.…”

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confidence: 99%

An Analysis of Professional Perceptions of Criteria Contributing to Sustainable Housing Affordability

Mulliner

Malienė

2014

Sustainability

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Abstract:Housing affordability is a multi-dimensional issue, yet it is typically defined and assessed quite narrowly in terms of financial criteria. The housing affordability problem encompasses more than financial costs of housing and extends to larger issues of social wellbeing and sustainability. Accordingly, a broader range of factors ought to be considered when defining and assessing affordability, particularly if more sustainable outcomes are desired from housing. A comprehensive system of criteria representing sustainable housing affordability, developed by the authors, is validated and analysed in this paper. The quantitative data analysis of surveys conducted with housing and planning professionals across the UK is used to determine stakeholder's perceptions on the criteria contributing to sustainable housing affordability and to rank these criteria according to their importance. The paper establishes that professional opinions on this issue differ insignificantly across different regions of the UK, while it varies to some extent depending on the sector of housing industry.

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“…Landlords owning dwellings with a monthly rent below € 711 have to pay a tax per dwelling. At the same time, for many tenants, the rent is rather high: a substantial amount of households living in social housing experience affordability problems according to Dutch affordability standards [46]. This raises the question: how social is social housing?…”

Section: Rethinking Dutch Social Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Housing: Underpinning Housing Policy as Design for Values

2020

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A perusal of the literature on housing debates reveals that the term ‘value’ is mostly applied to express the financial value of a house and is dealt with in economic literature. However, an alternative meaning of the word ‘value’ in the housing literature can be found in research into the values underlying housing preferences, applying research methods from the marketing literature. The explicit combination of moral values and housing policy and design is found neither in the academic housing nor in the philosophical literature. However, diving deeper into the housing debate reveals that there are a host of moral values already present throughout this debate that are often not explicitly articulated and explicated, such as inclusiveness, sustainability, autonomy, and security. The aim of this paper is to address the role of values in housing policy and design. By doing so, we apply the Design for Values approach (DfV). We argue that the DfV approach can help to make implicit moral values more explicit, which can improve the housing debate, housing policy-making, and housing design. The paper first explores which values are relevant for housing policy and design and operationalizes those values. Next, the paper describes key debates in housing such as: What is “adequate housing” in times of rapid urbanization and increasing house prices? We argue that by exploring the underlying values of these debates, stakeholders can create a better understanding of the current (lack of) fundamental discussions on housing issues

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Housing affordability in the Netherlands: the impact of rent and energy costs

Cited by 25 publications

References 14 publications

A fresh look at contemporary perspectives on urban housing affordability

A fresh look at contemporary perspectives on urban housing affordability

An Analysis of Professional Perceptions of Criteria Contributing to Sustainable Housing Affordability

Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Housing: Underpinning Housing Policy as Design for Values

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