Delivering affordable housing through public-private partnerships
Ambiguity, complexity and uncertain technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11376284 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Canelas (0000-0003-3708-9259, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 164 |
| Pages | 103517 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Habitat International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0197-3975 • E-ISSN: 1873-5428 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103517 |
| OpenAlex | W4412509070 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
The sharp rise in housing prices and rents observed in numerous cities worldwide over the past decade has generated considerable debate on housing affordability. While housing affordability now holds a prominent position on political agendas, governments are grappling with the challenge of identifying suitable processes and participants to address this problem. Recognising that relying solely on private or public sector approaches is proving insufficient, there is increasing interest in partnership arrangements. This includes utilising public-private partnerships (PPPs), which have been extensively employed in other sectors but are still in their early stages for affordable housing. There have been some experiments with PPPs for housing, typically focusing on retrofitting or regenerating public or social housing estates, but their application remains limited. This paper employs Kingdon's agenda-setting and alternative-setting theory to explore this emerging issue, using a case study of a municipal-led PPP aimed at providing affordable housing on municipal land. Key findings indicate consensus in framing the current housing crisis as an affordable housing crisis . Second, they suggest a conducive environment for a continued increase in private sector involvement in affordable housing. Finally, they suggest that agenda setting and alternative setting are entangled in ambiguity, complexity, and unclear technology, with conflict resolution, hinging on arguments of inevitability. In essence, the paper argues that the use of public-private partnerships for affordable housing embodies a significant change in the orientation of public housing policies and calls for a continued examination of the power dynamics underlying these reorientation processes
Affordable housing · Ambiguity · Business · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Political science · Public–private partnership · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Public Administration · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Finance
Theories of the Policy Process
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Toward Affordable Cities? Critically Exploring the Market-Based Housing Supply Policy Proposition
Divergence in planning for affordable housing
The role of municipalities in promoting housing affordability
K ingdon's “Streams” Model at Thirty
The Emergence of Inclusionary Housing
Kingdon Reconsidered
Public-Private Partnerships
A Load of Old Garbage
Political economy perspectives and their relevance for contemporary housing studies
Planning and Affordable Housing in Australia and the UK
The use of public land for house building in England
Government intervention and public–private partnerships in housing delivery in Kolkata
A thematic analysis to identify barriers, gaps, and challenges for the implementation of public-private-partnerships in housing
Refocusing the housing debate in developing countries from a pluralist perspective
Public–private partnerships for urban land development in Mexico
A win-win partnership for affordable homeownership solutions by connecting responsible investors, community housing providers, and government
Housing, urban growth and inequalities
The global urban housing affordability crisis
Public–Private Partnerships in Urban Infrastructures
Combining Hierarchical and Network Strategies
Endogenous Determinants for Renegotiating Concessions
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |