Housing inequalities

The space-time geography of housing policies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11453090
AutoresRuth Nelson (0000-0002-9474-2114, Delft University of Technology, autor de correspondencia), Martijn Warnier (0000-0002-4682-6882, Delft University of Technology), Trivik Verma (0000-0003-2761-5155, Delft University of Technology)
Año2024
Volumen145
Páginas104727
Fecha de publicación2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0264-2751 • E-ISSN: 1873-6084
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.cities.2023.104727
OpenAlexW4389469293
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas59

Changes in policy over the last thirty years, particularly within advanced economies, have allowed for increased financialization, deregulation and globalisation of housing. What differentiates real-estate from other financial markets is that it possesses a salient socio-spatial geography. Housing inequalities are often framed as an outcome of macro-economic structural changes or as a product of local socio-spatial conditions, but the interactions between the two are less understood. To address this gap, we develop a descriptive methodology to connect the analysis of national housing policy trends in the Netherlands with local socio-spatial trajectories of neighbourhood change using nearly 20 years of historical data across a range of socio-spatial dimensions from the City of Rotterdam. Whilst nationally there has been an increasing policy preference for home ownership associated with a narrative of social upliftment, the spatial-temporal analysis reveals that the wealthiest neighbourhoods have benefitted significantly more from capital gains and increased rates of home ownership over time. Through descriptive analysis, the results highlight the role of divergent neighbourhood characteristics and path dependencies, suggesting that housing policies could benefit from the adoption of a more localised approach. Overall, the study sheds light on housing inequalities by integrating macro socio-economic factors with micro-level neighbourhood conditions

Demographic economics · Descriptive statistics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Financialization · Geography · Human geography · Inequality · Market economy · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Real estate · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Finance