Affordable Housing in Europe: Innovative Public Policies that can Effectively Address the Housing Crisis
- Autores: María Sisternas
- Localización: Notes internacionals CIDOB, ISSN-e 2013-4428, Nº. 180, 2017, págs. 1-6
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The housing crisis is again the order of the day because of how the rise in the price of apartments in the major European cities directly impacts the lives of the residents.
It is in the comparison between European cities where the most diverse solutions for facing the housing issue are found.
Technological platforms like Uber and Airbnb gain millions of users each day without the cities having time to adapt their legislation as a result.
It has not been possible to demonstrate the direct impact of temporary apartment rental on housing prices in tourist destination cities.
Around Europe, cities are following the example of Barcelona’s Public Network of Fab Labs (Xarxa Pública d’Ateneus de Fabricació), which complements regulated education.
The most vulnerable groups, who live in rental properties because they cannot take on the costs of financial products, are those who end up systematically cut out by public policies historically too focussed on guaranteeing the right to property over the right to housing.
The affordable housing issue will probably never be resolved because it is intrinsic to the economy and social development of cities.
