Housing allowances in comparative perspective
Kemp, Peter A.Verfasseraut
Kemp, Peter,1955-
Bristol, U.K. : Policy Press,
2007.
This book examines income-related housing allowance schemes in advanced welfare states as well as in transition economies of central and eastern Europe as a more efficient way to help tenants than rent controls or 'bricks and mortar' subsidies to landlords.
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Cover; HOUSING ALLOWANCES INCOMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Housing allowances in context; Introduction; Shifting assistance; The role of housing allowances; Designing housing allowances; Moral hazard: housing and labour market disincentives; Fiscal pressures; This book; 2. Housing allowances and the restructuring of the Australian welfare state; Introduction; The context for government housing assistance in Australia; Separate and parallel development: housing allowances within the income support and housing systems
The role and design of housing allowancesThe impact of housing allowances; Policy debates: risks and reforms; Developing the not-for-profit housing sector; Conclusion; 3. The New Zealand experience of housing allowances; Introduction; Housing allowances in context; The role and design of housing allowances after the 1992 reforms; The impact of housing allowances; Policy debates and reform; Future role of housing allowances within the National Housing Strategy; Conclusion; 4. Canadian housing allowances; Introduction; Housing allowances in context
The role and design of Canadian housing allowancesThe impact of housing allowances; Policy debates and reform; Conclusion; 5. Housing allowances American style: the Housing Choice Voucher programme; Introduction; Housing policy context; Social welfare context; Housing Voucher programme design; Correlates, outcomes and impacts of housing vouchers; Current policy debates; Conclusion; 6. Housing Benefit in Britain: a troubled history and uncertain future; Introduction; Context; Origins and development; Housing Benefit design; The role and impact of Housing Benefit; Low-income homeowners
Housing Benefit reformImpact of the LHA; Conclusion; 7. Housing allowances in France; Introduction; Social welfare in France; The housing allowance regime; The impact of housing allowances; Adverse impacts of the housing allowance regime; Conclusion; 8. Housing allowances in Germany; Introduction; Housing allowances in context; A short history of Wohngeld; Calculating Wohngeld: a task for specialists; Housing assistance for social security benefit recipients; The impact of housing allowances; Policy debates and reform; Appendix
9. Housing allowances in the Netherlands: the struggle for budgetary controllabilityIntroduction; Housing allowances and housing policy; Developments in the Dutch housing allowances scheme 1975-2005; Dilemmas in designing the housing allowance scheme; Future challenges; Conclusion; 10. Housing allowance systems in Sweden; Introduction; The development of housing allowances; Housing allowances and supplement in context; The role and design of housing allowance systems; The impact of housing allowances; Policy debates and reform; Conclusion
11. Housing allowances in the Czech Republic in comparative perspective
This book examines income-related housing allowance schemes in advanced welfare states as well as in transition economies of central and eastern Europe as a more efficient way to help tenants than rent controls or 'bricks and mortar' subsidies to landlords.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.