Mortgage equity withdrawal in Australia: Recent trends, institutional settings and perspectives

Australian tax preferences and asset test concessions have traditionally favoured wealth accumulation in the primary home, with added impetus lent by a decade-long period of sustained house price appreciation prior to the Global Financial Crisis. The primary home is increasingly viewed by governments worldwide as a key store of wealth that can...

Levensduurdenkende woningcorporaties: Over het belang van professioneel technisch beheer

Professioneel technisch beheer betekent dat woningcorporaties in hun verbeter- en onderhoudsprocessen van de woningvoorraad sturen op prestaties, kosten, risico’s én de levensduur. Levensduurdenken is een noodzaak voor woningcorporaties en zou in het DNA van deze organisaties moeten zitten. De woningcorporatie is immers van nature een...

Private market PPP versus innovative public market procurement practices

Public contracts between contracting authorities and economic operators take place in a context in which initiative rests with a contracting authority publishing a contract notice defining content and scope of the contract. Many innovative contracting practices, described as public-private partnerships (PPP) take place using public contract...