Non-profit Housing Providers in a ‘Dominating’ Housing Regime: Re-strengthening the Role of Dutch Housing Associations
M. Horvat (University of Zagreb)
M.E.A. Haffner (TU Delft - Urban Development Management)
G.A. van Bortel (TU Delft - Real Estate Management)
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Abstract
Throughout the European Union governments have reduced their investment in social housing, a trend that has also affected the Netherlands. Providers of social rental housing have faced policy changes that have challenged the dominant role in the unique Dutch unitary rental market regime. This paper examines the extent to which a revival of this dominant role can be attributed to the government’s recent interventions. It contextualises the subsequent challenges facing the housing market currently and in the future based on a review of relevant literature, policy documents, and input from interviewed experts. The largely qualitative interpretation shows that recent government interventions have given providers of social rental housing back some of the previous autonomy they had lost in terms of financing and regulation. We argue that providers of social rental housing are regaining a more important role in providing housing for low- and medium-income groups.