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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765488403321

Autore

Peverini Marco

Titolo

Promoting Rental Housing Affordability in European Cities : Learning from the Cases of Milan and Vienna / / by Marco Peverini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031436925

303143692X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 pages)

Collana

PoliMI SpringerBriefs, , 2282-2585

Disciplina

333.338

Soggetti

Regional economics

Space in economics

Sociology, Urban

Sustainability

Urban policy

Regional and Spatial Economics

Urban Sociology

Urban Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introducing the affordability issue: still a timely one? -- A new theoretical ground for housing affordability -- Making housing affordable: a foundational framework for policy analysis -- Vienna: a strategic welfare and planning approach targeting housing affordability -- Milan: affordability in a mix of fragmented policies and market-led housing developments -- Affordability governance in Vienna and Milan -- Addressing the housing affordability crisis: critical nodes for urban policies and research.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates policies for the promotion of housing affordability in the rental sector of attractive cities in Europe. Affordability links the housing situation to the economic situation of households, referring to conditions of access to housing and to the role of housing in determining poverty or wealth. The book examines the current affordability crisis and frames it in the ongoing process of



urban restructuring and devolution of welfare. From the perspective of the Foundational Economy, the book calls for a proactive and effective role of public administrations in making the rental sector an affordable and stable alternative to housing financialization and commodification. By intertwining theory construction and real-world data collected through case studies in Milan and Vienna, the book provides an original framework for the analysis of public policies that promote rental affordability in a multi-level setting. Through the analysis, it highlights critical nodes of thedifferent (housing, urban, and social) policy domains at stake in the promotion of rental affordability in attractive cities. The book proposes a shift from the currently dominant supply-side argument to an integrated, intersectoral and multi-scalar policy system for making cities more affordable.