Rental subsidy and the emancipation of young adults in Spain

Gentile, Alessandro

doi:10.1080/14616718.2015.1119359

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“…Of course, any improvements to the PRS from the perspectives of young tenants must not be detrimental to landlords, or else supply is likely to be affected. Gentile's (2016) review of the Spanish Government's attempt to invigorate the PRS offers one example where the economic viability of the tenure was improved for both tenants (particularly those facing difficulties in making a transition from the family home) and landlords but comprehensive reform of the tenure still remains necessary in Spain, as it does in many other countries.…”

Section: Housing Policy Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreno M ınguez (2016) and Gentile (2016) both examine developments in Spain following the financial crisis which began in 2007. Young people in Spain, and in other Mediterranean countries, generally leave the family home far later than young people in Northern Europe (Aassve, Billari, & Ongaro, 2002;Holdsworth, 2005).…”

Section: Housing Issues Facing Young Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

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Young people and housing: identifying the key issues

Mackie

2016

International Journal of Housing Policy

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The housing experiences of young people are a contemporary global concern, with the exacerbation of young people's housing problems in many countries reported widely in the media and raising important policy questions. In response, this special issue of the International Journal of Housing Policy presents new empirical research from Europe and East Asia and seeks to identify key areas for improvement in national housing policies. This editorial summarises the main housing issues identified in the special issue articles and identifies the emergence of two cross-cutting policy challenges. The first challenge is to ensure all young people have an equal opportunity to leave the family home and live independently. This will require a much greater awareness of the political, economic and cultural forces restricting young people's transitions. The second key policy challenge is to improve the suitability and availability of housing for young people, with studies in this special issue specifically pointing towards an improved private rented sector and further provision of shared housing. Articles in this special issue indicate that a failure to respond to these significant housing policy challenges will have wide reaching social and economic consequences.

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Section: Housing Policy Challengesmentioning

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Section: Housing Issues Facing Young Peoplementioning

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Young people and housing: identifying the key issues

Mackie

2016

International Journal of Housing Policy

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“…In 2012, this benefit was discontinued for new beneficiaries. It was the first measure in Spain that aimed to promote tenancy, by clearly going against the pro-homeownership policy agenda (Gentile, 2016). Aparicio-Fenoll and Oppedisano (2012) found that this measure had two major impacts: it significantly helped young Spanish individuals leave their parental homes; and it increased the likelihood of living with a partner or having a child.…”

Section: Early Stages Of Life In Couple and Housing Tenure Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent increase of tenancy in young Spanish couples: sociodemographic factors and regional market dynamics

Azevedo

López-Colás

Cabrerizo

2019

J Hous and the Built Environ

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The increase of the proportion of rental-occupied dwellings between 2001 and 2011 is one of the most outstanding results of the 2011 Spanish census. This study aims to explain this increase in tenancy, unveiling the sociodemographic factors behind this pattern at the individual level, and at the regional level clarifying the role of market dynamics in this change. Accordingly, using the microdata from the 2001 and 2011 Spanish censuses, multilevel logistic models are estimated. Two main findings can be drawn from this study: the recent increase in tenancy occurs concurrently with a process of convergence towards a greater acceptance of tenancy among sociodemographic groups, and changes in housing purchase prices have an impact on the likelihood of a young Spanish couple being tenants. The policy implications of these findings are twofold. On the one hand, a more active role in the regulation of housing purchase prices to deter speculative demand is needed. On the other, a greater demand for tenancy requires changes in the tenure composition of Spanish housing stock. Finally, having effective alternatives to homeownership, young adults could rely less upon family networks during the transition to adulthood which could ultimately contribute to a reduction in late parental home-leaving and encourage family formation.

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“…On the regional level, no such subsidies have been found. However, it is interesting to mention that two Autonomous Communities (Valencia and Madrid), regarded the central government’s Renta Basica de Emancipación as a regional competence and insisted that they establish the qualification rules, given that they can best assess local needs (see Gentile 2016 ).…”

Section: Responses To the Housing Crisis By The Spanish State And Thementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Affordable (social) rental housing forms a less risky alternative, but this sector makes up less than 5 % of the entire housing stock (Alberdi 2014 ). A second factor is the lack of housing cost assistance programs for ‘outsiders’ that experience serious income decline (see Alberdi 2014 ; Gentile 2016 ). 1 The third factor is the ease at which mortgage lenders can evict vulnerable households from their homes (see De Weerdt and Garcia 2016 ; Cano Fuentes et al 2013 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Regionalization of housing policies? An exploratory study of Andalusia, Catalonia and the Basque Country

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Mazo

Llop

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J Hous and the Built Environ

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The Spanish home ownership sector has been hit hard by the economic crisis. Repossessions stand at around half a million in the period from 2008 to 2014. This article investigates how the authorities, both at the level of the Spanish state and of the autonomous communities (regions), have responded to this problem. We investigated whether they assist troubled home owners and aim to design a less risky housing system, with more (social) rental housing. Our research in Catalonia, the Basque Country and Andalusia shows that Autonomous Communities are playing an increasingly important role in this matter. This finding fits well with theories on the formation of regional varieties of welfare, which indicate that flaws of the central governments in providing social welfare, are increasingly addressed by regions. The Basque Country seems to be on the way of designing the most comprehensive system of housing policies of the three regions, including a strong Right to Housing. All three regions regard the mobilisation of the large vacant dwelling stock as an important means to provide more affordable rental housing. However, the owners are often unwilling and the three regions have proposed drastic measures, such as fines and even temporary expropriations. The central government resists such measures, because they might interfere with the proper working of the country’s financial system. It shows that certain policy competences can never be totally isolated from other policy fields and multi-level distribution of competences makes it all the more complex.

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Rental subsidy and the emancipation of young adults in Spain

Cited by 10 publications

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Young people and housing: identifying the key issues

Young people and housing: identifying the key issues

Recent increase of tenancy in young Spanish couples: sociodemographic factors and regional market dynamics

Regionalization of housing policies? An exploratory study of Andalusia, Catalonia and the Basque Country

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