Brick by Brick. Volume 2 : Better Housing Policies in the Post-COVID-19 Era / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Designs and plans.

Historic buildings.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Brick by Brick

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

Expanding on the findings of Brick by Brick: Better Housing Policies, this second volume delves into key trends shaping housing policies in the post-COVID-19 era. The first chapter provides an overview and discusses the need to monitor the pandemic's impacts on housing affordability, address the energy crisis through low-carbon housing initiatives, maintain financial resilience amid fluctuating housing cycles, and facilitate the reshaping of housing markets in response to remote work and environmental concerns. The second chapter focuses on the decarbonisation of the housing sector. It recommends a mix of carbon pricing, energy-efficiency certification and regulation, and subsidies to meet net-zero targets while accounting for housing market specificities. The chapter also calls for deploying complementary policies to limit adverse impacts on low-income households. The third chapter examines housing finance, focusing on the tension between supporting mortgage borrowing and promoting financial resilience. It also discusses the rise of non-bank real estate finance and the potential for mortgage finance to support housing decarbonisation. The fourth chapter explores how the new work-life balance, enabled by the rise of remote work, is reshaping housing demand and proposes a set of tailored urban policies to address this shift. Overall, the report provides a comprehensive blueprint for housing policies in the post-pandemic world.

Contents:

Tailoring urban policies to the new geography of housing demand

Acronyms

Executive Summary

Gearing housing finance towards efficiency, resilience and decarbonisation

Housing policies for the post-COVID-19 era

Decarbonising Housing.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-64-84166-0

92-64-52402-9