Quo vadis Wohnungspolitik?

Norbert Hiller and Daniel Schultewolter

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2014, vol. 94, issue 1, 34-40

Abstract: The massive increase of property prices in some regions of Germany is a direct consequence of the ongoing financial and debt crisis. Low interest rates and high inflation expectations increase the demand for real estate. In addition to a potential price bubble risk, social problems arouse more and more public interest. Currently, many tenants are facing significant rent increases. Thus, the shortage of housing dominates the current housing policy discussions. The so-called “package for affordable building and living” includes stricter rent controls and other economic policy interventions which aim to ease the situation in the real estate market, but the interventions have the opposite effect. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: R31; R32; R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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