部分省份拟将廉租房和经济适用房“并轨”

日前,河北省建设厅有关负责人表示,河北省正在研究将经济适用房和廉租房进行"并轨"。原来规定是低于当地平均收入水平0.5倍的最低收入家庭享受廉租房,低于当地平均收入0.8倍的低收入家庭享受经济适用房,今后将统一调整为低于当地平均收入0.8倍的家庭既可以享受经济适用房又可以享受不知笔者是否孤陋寡闻,印象中我国房地产界的新名词是很多的,又有许多是中国的首创或者被拿来后完全变了模样。经济适用房和廉租房,     

关于完善天津市住房社会保障体系的思考

一、天津市住房社会保障体系建设现状天津市目前正在实施的有廉租房、经济租赁房、经济适用房、租房补贴和公房租金核减五项住房社会保障政策措施。其中,廉租房、经济租赁房、经济适用房三项住房保障措施针对的是天津中心城区以内的住房拆迁群体;租房补贴针对全市最低收入群体;公房租金核减政策针对承租公房的低收入家庭。     

我国现行住房保障制度中公租房体系探析

经济适用房制度和廉租房制度是我国现行住房保障制度中两大体系,为中低收入群体提供了住房保障.当前,城市化进程中出现的大学毕业生、外来工作人员、新就业人群等群体却被排除在现行的住房保障制度之外,既达不到廉租房的申请标准,又买不起经济适用房,被形象地称为"夹心层"群体.本文通过梳理针对"夹心层"群体而建设的公租房运行现状、运...     

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汪光焘:改进与规范经济适用房制度已成必然建设部部长汪光焘说:"廉租房制度的覆盖面要更加扩大,扩大到什么范围?扩大到最低收入住房困难户的基本上做到"应保尽保"。我们对廉租房制度提出的政策是什么,是     

李选民 惠州地产发展拥有较大空间

惠州市将经济适用房和廉租房建设作为确保全市房地产市场平稳健康发展的重中之重,"十一五"期间将建一万套经济适用房和廉租房,解决市民住房难。     

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60平方米经济适用房已很大"60平方米的经济适用房是通过政府保障机制来满足的。这一面积对于中低收入群体来说足够了。"在此次博鳌房地产论坛中,华远集团董事长任志强表示。至于"60平方米"这一面积,任志强举例说,目前全国平均的户型也就只有70平方米,其中廉租房本身就在50平方米以下。而在泰国,廉租房的     

以支付能力为视角,分析住房"夹心层"的成因和对策

住房保障政策调整之后,游离于保障政策之外的所谓“夹心层”问题变得更加突出。“夹心层”主要包括两个部分：不符合廉租房准入条件,又买不起经济适用房的城市低收入住房困难家庭;不符合经济适用房申购条件,又买不起商品房的中低收入住房困难家庭。     

我国住房保障制度的建设与发展

近些年来房价飞涨,中低收入家庭只能望房兴叹。虽然我国推出了一些列的住房保障政策,但在实践中存在经济适用房、廉租房和住房公积金制度设计不合理,监督管理不力等问题。针对这些问题,应该以廉租房建设为主,适度发展经济适用房,完善住房公积金制度。     

不可轻言废除经济适用房

最近,因为郑州最牛副局长和武汉经济适用房六连号事件,使得经济适用房存废这个老话题又炙手可热。纵观这些讨论,依然是经济适用房导致了很多的腐败和不公,在监管成本高昂的情况下,这种制度本身已经没有存在的价值。所以必须停建,而将政策资源放到建设廉租房上面来。仔细推敲,很多理由根本站不住脚,甚至大多     

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北京市住房保障办成立确保两个1千万目标实现北京市住房保障办公室日前正式成立,该办公室隶属北京市建委管理,主要负责北京市对限价房、经济适用房、廉租房等政策性、保障性住房的开发管理工作。之前北京政府部门公开表态,今年要开工建设30万平方米的廉租房,同时今后3年北京要开工建设1000万平方米的经济适用房和1000万平方米的限价房。据北京市建委有关官员透露,该办公室主要业务是对限价房、经济适用房和廉租房的开发建设管理以及相关政策的制定等,设有租售处、协调处、政策处等几个部门。北京住房保障办公室已经开始开展工作,该办公室的…     

Selective housing policy in local housing markets and the supply of housing

Selective programs and subsidies have an impact on both the financial position and the housing conditions of the household to whom they are allocated. They also affect the equilibrium outcome in housing markets. This study analyzes how the housing stock in Norwegian municipalities is affected by selective targeted interventions on the supply and demand-sides of the market. The empirical analysis shows that additions to the stock of public housing increases the total housing stock. For every 100 new public units built, 60 units are added to the total housing stock. Demand-side subsidies are also shown to increase the size of the housing stock. Using a linear spline it is shown that the magnitude of the marginal effect on the total size of the housing stock is strongly decreasing in program size.     

Dutch housing allowances: social housing at risk

This article deals with the vulnerability of the Dutch housing allowance scheme. This scheme can be compared with the British housing benefit. The vulnerability of the scheme has been augmented by the current less favourable economic conditions (stagnating household incomes, increasing unemployment) and the Dutch government's announcement that it plans to reduce housing allowance expenditure. Two scenarios are outlined, which may serve to resolve the danger of exploding housing allowances expenditure in the coming years. If a market‐led scenario is chosen, whereby housing associations strive to achieve market rents, the housing allowance will be transformed into a form of housing voucher, the value of which is not directly related to the actual rental price of the property. In this American‐style model, the value of the vouchers would be linked to a ‘virtual’ rent, say 40% of the average rental price in the region. The housing associations would then lose their special semi‐public status. Under the social housing model, the housing associations would retain their special status provided they aimed to achieve rents somewhat lower than the market level. The housing allowance would remain directly linked to the actual rental price. However, some marked changes would be required to render this system sustainable. The Netherlands cannot avoid having to make this choice. Cet article porte sur la vulnérabilité du régime hollandais d'aide au logement. Celui‐ci est comparable aux prestations britanniques. La fragilité du régime a été accrue par les conditions économiques actuelles moins favorables (stagnation du revenu des ménages, augmentation du chômage) et par l'annonce du gouvernement néderlandais relative à la réduction prévue des dépenses d'allocation‐logement. Sont présentés deux scénarios susceptibles de limiter le risque d'explosion des dépenses d'allocations dans les années à venir. Si l'option choisie est un scénario de marché où les associations pour le logement luttent pour atteindre les loyers du marché, l'allocation‐logement se transformera en ‘bon’ dont la valeur ne sera pas directement liée au montant réel du loyer. Selon ce modèle de type américain, la valeur des ‘bons’ sera fonction d'un loyer ‘virtuel’, soit environ 40% du prix moyen dans la région; les associations perdraient alors leur statut particulier semi‐public. Selon le modèle de logement social, elles conserveraient leur statut, à condition qu'elles cherchent à atteindre des loyers légèrement inférieurs au niveau du marché; l'allocation‐logement serait alors directement liée au montant réel du loyer. Toutefois, pour que le régime subsiste, il faudrait procéder à d'importants changements. Les Pays‐Bas ne peuvent s'épargner ce choix.     

Urban housing density and the price of housing services

Theoretical research has shown that urban housing density, defined as housing services per unit of land, is an increasing function of the price of housing services. However, this concept of density hides as well as provides information because housing services per unit of land equals the product of housing services per dwelling unit and dwelling units per unit of land. This paper proves that housing density, defined as dwelling units per unit of land, can vary either directly or inversely with the price of housing services.     

A potential hazard of housing allowances for public housing

Benefit estimates indicate a large number of small households would emigrate from public housing if faced with an either-or choice between public housing and a housing allowance. Moreover, waiting lists are not sufficiently long to replace the emigres, so vacancy rates for small apartments might run as high as 55% under such a scheme. Raising public housing rents and making public housing tenants eligible for housing allowances seems a viable way to reduce emigration, although the scheme tried here, which sets rents equal to operating costs, does not eliminate emigration or vacancies entirely.     

Alternative housing concepts and the benefits of public housing programs

Almost all previous studies analyzing the benefits and consumption effects of public housing programs have used aggregation theorems to construct composite goods “housing” and “all other goods.” In this paper we show that, if it is more realistically assumed that households have preferences defined on housing characteristics, benefits estimated using the composite approach are upward biased. Some empirical work suggests that the bias is large. We therefore strongly advise to take into account the composition of the bundle of housing attributes provided under a public housing program when evaluating the program's economic effects.     

The housing market

The recovery in the housing market has continued, with house prices picking up on all measures over the past few months. And there are encouraging signs of underlying strength, with the latest survey data from RICS reporting healthy growth in both new buyer enquiries and new instructions…     

The housing market

The housing market has gained further momentum with activity accelerating and prices continuing to increase strongly on all measures in Q3. This trend is expected to continue, with the latest survey data from RICS reporting strong growth in new buyer enquiries and – to a lesser extent – in new instructions…     

Public policy toward low income housing and filtering in housing markets

The article presents a model of a housing market in which dwelling units are constructed for relatively high income families and then gradually become available to lower income groups as they depreciate in quality and price. Assumptions are made concerning values for the parameters of the model, and the model is then solved using numerical methods. Alternative possible policies for increasing the housing consumption of the poor are simulated in the model.     

Does the low-income housing tax credit increase the supply of housing?

The low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) was originated in conjunction with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA 86) to provide incentives for private sector production of low-income housing. In this note we examine whether these units have added to the existing stock or merely substituted for unsubsidized units that otherwise would have been built. We explicitly control for effects of the number of other supply-side (e.g., public housing, Section 8 New Construction, Section 236 housing) and demand-side (vouchers and Section 8 Certificates) subsidies. From estimations of a simple cross-state model of the determinants of the stock of housing per 1000 population, we find no significant relationship between the number of LIHTC units (and other subsidized units) built in a given state and the size of the current housing stock, suggesting a high rate of substitution. However, our test is not sufficiently powerful to reject some alternative null hypotheses that suggest a lower rate of substitution, and we make some suggestions for future research.