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December 19, 2023

Quantifying Misallocation of Public Housing

We investigate how public housing in the Netherlands is distributed among households, and explore the role of the applied non-market allocation mechanism (regionally centralised waiting lists). To this end, we compare the actual allocation of public housing to an alternative allocation according to willingness to pay.
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Older households, larger households, and households born in the region in which they live appear to inhabit larger and more valuable homes than would be the case if the housing were allocated according to willingness to pay. This is coupled with lower housing consumption for younger households, single-person households and households from outside the region.

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December 19, 2023
We investigate how public housing in the Netherlands is distributed among households, and explore the role of the applied non-market allocation mechanism (regionally centralised waiting lists). To this end, we compare the actual allocation of public housing to an alternative allocation according to willingness to pay.
houses

Older households, larger households, and households born in the region in which they live appear to inhabit larger and more valuable homes than would be the case if the housing were allocated according to willingness to pay. This is coupled with lower housing consumption for younger households, single-person households and households from outside the region.

Authors

Photo of Jennifer Buurma-Olsen
Jennifer Buurma-Olsen +31 88 9846164 Get in touch Read more
Photo of Jort Sinninghe Damsté
Jort Sinninghe Damsté +31 88 9846167 Get in touch Read more
Hans Koster, VU
Jos van Ommeren, VU

Authors

Photo of Jennifer Buurma-Olsen
Jennifer Buurma-Olsen +31 88 9846164 Get in touch Read more
Photo of Jort Sinninghe Damsté
Jort Sinninghe Damsté +31 88 9846167 Get in touch Read more
Hans Koster, VU
Jos van Ommeren, VU