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dc.contributor.editorVAN HEERDEN Sjoerdjeen_GB
dc.contributor.editorRIBEIRO BARRANCO Ricardoen_GB
dc.contributor.editorLAVALLE Carloen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-06en_GB
dc.date.available2020-07-01en_GB
dc.date.created2020-07-01en_GB
dc.date.issued2020en_GB
dc.date.submitted2020-05-18en_GB
dc.description.abstractThis report resumes the main findings from Citown, an exploratory research activity on the financialisation of housing in EU cities. The study follows indications that over the past years investors have been increasingly active on urban housing markets, using housing as a vehicle for wealth and investment, rather than considering it a social good. This development is assumed to have a negative effect on housing affordability, especially for the lower and middle classes. This study serves to get a better understanding of housing financialisation through an open–minded and investigative approach, providing steppingstones for future research. The study includes three main research components (seven city case studies; advanced analyses of Amsterdam housing data; descriptive data on institutional investment in multifamily property) supported by two experts workshops. Most findings confirm the assumption that housing financialisation negatively impacts housing affordability. At the same time, it becomes clear that causality is complex, pointing to the housing system as a complex myriad of factors that either directly or indirectly influence and reinforce each other. The study further indicates that to better understand housing financialisation across EU cities, as well as its consequences, more (harmonised) data are needed.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipJRC.B.3 - Territorial Developmenten_GB
dc.format.mediumOnlineen_GB
dc.identifier.citationWho owns the city Exploratory research activity on the financialisation of housing in EU cities, Van Heerden, S., Ribeiro Barranco, R. and Lavalle, C. editor(s), EUR 30224 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-18956-5, doi:10.2760/07168, JRC120776.en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.2760/07168 (online)en_GB
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-76-18956-5 (online)en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1831-9424 (online)en_GB
dc.identifier.otherEUR 30224 ENen_GB
dc.identifier.otherOP KJ-NA-30-224-EN-N (online)en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC120776en_GB
dc.languageENGen_GB
dc.publisherPublications Office of the European Unionen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJRC120776en_GB
dc.titleWho owns the city? Exploratory research activity on the financialisation of housing in EU citiesen_GB
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