Housing allowances in comparative perspective / edited by Peter A. Kemp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kemp, Peter A., Author.

Contributor:

Kemp, Peter, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing subsidies--Great Britain.

Housing subsidies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, U.K. : Policy Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines income-related housing allowance schemes in advanced welfare states as well as in transition economies of central and eastern Europe.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611741587

9781447302506

1447302508

9781281741585

1281741582

9781847422446

1847422446

OCLC:

250706220