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Temporary tenancies in the Netherlands: from pragmatic policy instrument to structural housing market reform.
- Source :
- International Journal of Housing Policy; Sep2016, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p409-422, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Between 1997 and 2012 temporary tenancies emerged and evolved as a pragmatic policy instrument within the Dutch housing sector. In this article, based on analyses of policy documents, media content and parliamentary archives, we argue that this was a period of implicit, technocratic erosion of the existing permanent rental norm, creating the political and material foundations for the emergence of a new, more explicit ideological discourse that has been evident since 2013. We then explore these most recent developments, in which temporary tenancies are now championed as a catalyst for structural housing market reform, and comment on the possibility that the recent proposal to introduce time-limited tenancies as a normal form of tenure, will lead to permanent, rather than temporary, contracts becoming marginal in Dutch society. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- HOUSING
HOUSING market
LAW reform
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19491247
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Housing Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116661697
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14616718.2016.1195563