A State Housing Database: 1993-2009

Arthur Grimes, Steven Stillman, Hugh McDonald () and Alex Olssen ()
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Hugh McDonald: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Alex Olssen: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

No 10_13, Working Papers from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Abstract: The 1990s saw a significant sell-off of state houses in New Zealand, while the 2000s saw a material rebuilding of the state house inventory. We provide in-depth documentation of a rich spatially-defined dataset of the stock, acquisition and disposal of New Zealand’s state houses since the early 1990s. The paper examines the dataset’s reliability and outlines major national and regional state housing trends since 1993. We detail the levels and changes in density of state housing in New Zealand’s major urban areas, and relate these measures to the areas’ deprivation status. The richness and completeness of the dataset, and the fact that it covers two distinct policy periods (driven primarily by exogenous political preferences), means that it can provide a strong basis for detailed studies on the societal and individual impacts of homeownership and related matters. We discuss future research possibilities that utilise this dataset.

Keywords: State housing; public housing; housing assistance; New Zealand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H42 H76 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 68 pages
Date: 2010-11
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