How to redesign a rent rebate system?: Experience in the Netherlands

In 2006, responsibility for implementing the Dutch housing allowance system was transferred from the Ministry of Housing to the Tax Authority. It has since been renamed, and is now known as the ‘rent rebate system’. A number of dilemmas have become evident since the 2006 changes. Attention has shifted to how to implement the system effectively:...

Formulating an effective public private Partnership policy for housing provision in Nigeria urban centres: A conceptual approach

The argument in the recent time was that the past strategies of the government in housing provision were obviously in favour of high income groups as the low-medium groups are victims of housing inadequacy in cities. The corollary to the situation resulted to the call for the adoption of public private partnership (PPP) initiative in order to...

Land Accessibility Factors in Urban Housing Provision in Nigeria Cities: Case of Lagos

The housing need of the burgeoning population, economic development and increasing urbanization have intensified the significance of land accessibility as an avenue towards improving housing provision in Nigerian urban centres. Literature in housing provision in Nigeria identified land accessibility factors in urban centres, yet there appears a...

Aanbevelingen voor een optimale compensatieregeling

Het optreden van aardbevingen kan leiden tot een waardevermindering van woningen in een gebied. Maar hoe groot is deze waardevermindering precies? En hoe kan zij het beste worden vastgesteld? Recentelijk zijn negen modellen, methoden en voorstellen voor compensatie geëvalueerd op basis van een aantal vooraf vastgestelde criteria. Het huidige...

Naar een hervorming van de woningmarkt: Niets doen is geen optie

The mismatch between conventional house price modeling and regulated markets: insights from The Netherlands

House price modeling has been frequently used to investigate the dynamics of housing markets, especially competitive markets; yet less attention has been given to markets that have experienced considerable interventions. The aim of this study is to demonstrate a mismatch between conventional house price models and the case of the Netherlands...

Interurban house price gradient: Effect of urban hierarchy distance on house prices