A Monstrous Hybrid: A comment on Brett Christophers´ interpretation of Swedish housing policy
Hans Lind (hans.lind@abe.kth.se)
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Hans Lind: Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, Royal Institute of Technology, Postal: Department of Real Estate and Construction Management , Royal Institute of Technology, Brinellvägen 1, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
No 15/4, Working Paper Series from Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management & Banking and Finance
Abstract:
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.
Keywords: hosuing policy; rent control; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R22 R31 R38 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2015-02-04
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