The Rise and Fall of Social Housing? Housing Decommodification in Long-run Comparison

Abstract The comparative study of housing decommodification lags behind classical welfare state research, while research itself is rich in homeownership studies but lacks accounts private and social rentals due to missing data. Building on existing works various primary sources, this presents a new collection up forty-eight countries’ shares stock construction since the first laws around 1900. interpolated benchmark time series generally describes rise fall across residual, socialist, Northern-European group. decline was steeper than for state, degree erosion surprisingly small some countries where public associations remained resilient. Within broader correlates positively with rent regulation allowances, negatively subsidies liberal mortgage regulation. A multivariate analysis shows that rather explained by shortages complementarities rental policies typical theories (GDP, political parties). Generally, paper conventional typologies are difficult defend over argues more including research.