caa a22 4500 475763297 CHVBK 20180406123557.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1010172029467 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1010172029467 van Weesep Jan Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.115, NL-3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Housing policy - the link between welfare and economic development [Elektronische Daten] [Jan van Weesep] Many Western European countriesturned into welfare states in the 1950s, wherebyhousing became a tool of income redistribution,largely through the construction of a largesubsidized rental stock. In Northwestern Europe,over 60 percent of the present stock was built after1945. The states' response to housing shortages wasgeared to increasing social equity; a huge financialeffort was needed to accommodate the rapidly growingnumber of households. Since the early 1970s,governments have been trying to increase theeconomic efficiency of their housing systems withoutcompromising social equity. Consequently, the focusof housing policy shifted from blanket regulation totargeted support for households in need. Morefundamental changes lie ahead, as governments nowgive priority to economic development goals. Thisarticle outlines the role that housing policy canplay in Europe's economic development. Whereashousing policy generally follows the economy, thatlink could also work the other way around. As localgovernments compete for economic growth, a promisingstrategy is to improve local housing conditions. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 economic development nationallicence European cities nationallicence governance nationallicence housing policy nationallicence social equity nationallicence Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/2(2000-06-01), 165-181 1566-4910 15:2<165 2000 15 10901 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010172029467 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010172029467 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- van Weesep Jan Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.115, NL-3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/2(2000-06-01), 165-181 1566-4910 15:2<165 2000 15 10901 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer