scholarly journals Profits and votes: Entrepreneurs and the government in Brazilian housing policy

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDNEY CIELICI DIAS
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
The Government

ABSTRACTAfter more than twenty years of low housing construction output, the housing policy recovered its momentum in the country with the ascent of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party, PT) to the seat of the federal government. This article demonstrates - through the analysis of documents, interviews and research conducted with businessmen - that the impetus of such a state policy is a part of the PT electoral strategy, which is based on economic growth and the expansion of social programs. The research analyses the dovetailing of interests between the Lula (the Brazilian President from 2003 to 2010) administration and the civil construction business - the latter concerned with expanding its business, and the former with increasing the supply of jobs and the level of economic activity. This process culminated in the launching of the largest social housing program to be implemented in the country. Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life), is a project in whose planning building companies played a key role, performing feasibility studies and carrying out social housing projects.

State Housing Policy: European Funding Practices and Realities of Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 120-128
Author(s):  
Kostiantyn V. Illiashenko ◽  
Tetiana O. Illiashenko ◽  
Olexander V. Tovstukha
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
The State ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Housing Cooperatives ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
The Cost

The problem of citizen housing providing as a key prerequisite for sustainable development of Ukrainian cities has become especially relevant in the last decade, given a number of factors and objective circumstances. Such circumstances include both the global trend of urbanization and the challenges of today, which are the result of military aggression in the east of the country and the COVID-19 pandemic. All this raises the question of the need to intensify the state housing policy and finding non-standard models and additional reserves and funding sources for housing construction in Ukraine. The authors analysed the main approaches of European countries in the field of social housing. The existence of national peculiarities of the implementation of the state housing policy has been established, as well as the common features of the relevant public service provision by the governments of the EU member states to their citizens have been determined. The authors found that European countries, as a result of a long evolutionary path of development, mostly rely on the model of social housing sector support, which provides subsidies to both the developer during the construction of such housing and the citizens who find themselves in difficult circumstances. At the same time, social housing for the needy is not sold, but rented on preferential terms. The authors of the article on the basis of the Ukraine legislation analysis, according to the results of the proposed funding schemes effect assessment of social housing construction identified the main areas of optimization and further research. It is clearly illustrated that one of the ways to ensure the availability of such housing for those who need it is to reduce the cost of construction through the use of tax privilege for housing cooperatives, the benefits of small business taxation preferences and innovative methods of combining original organizational legal forms of doing business in combination with the use of modern financial instruments, such as derivatives.

Discussion on Cost Control of Low-Rent Housing Projects

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 1531-1534
Author(s):  
Xiu Qing Gao ◽  
Hong Hai Wang ◽  
Feng Tao Sui
Keyword(s):  
Cost Control ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Objective Control ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost

This paper proceeds from the cost problems in low-rent housing projects and proposes that the cost control of such programs consist of subjective control and objective control. With analysis on subjective and objective controls, it gives the government detailed suggestions for cost control in low-rent housing program, specifically developing policies and regulations for cost control and introducing non-governmental funds into the program.

scholarly journals Industrialized Building System (IBS): Challenges in Implementing Interlocking Mortarless Blocks (IMB) System for Housing Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norazlin Mat Salleh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
System Method ◽  
Specific Standard ◽  
Building System ◽  
The Government ◽  
Traditional Construction

The Malaysian government strongly encourage the application of new techniques in building construction such as the Industrialized Building System (IBS). With this new IBS technology, numerous advantages will be obtained and will directly raise the performance of the building. However, the acceptance of IBS in Malaysia is still low. There are many components of IBS. The objective of this paper is to describe the Interlocking Mortarless Blocks System (IMB) and to identify the challenges in the utilization of the mortarless blocks system in housing construction. This research was carried out in Ipoh, Perak, with a focus on housing construction projects. Questionnaire was provided for the respondents to answer. The data was analyzed using the descriptive analysis from the SPSS software. The result revealed that one of the challenges is contractors who tend to use traditional construction method rather than the Interlocking Mortarless Blocks system method. The usage of Interlocking Mortarless Blocks in Malaysian is still low as there is no specific standard on Interlocking Mortarless Blocks system. Therefore, the findings of this research can hopefully assist Malaysian contractors in making a decision on the component to be used in their projects. Additionally, the findings ensure that the government can take appropriate action to encourage the use of IBS, especially the Interlocking Mortarless Blocks

scholarly journals Land Use Incentives for Real Estate Developers in Social Rental Housing Projects (Case study: Degla Gardens Project-October Gardens-Six October City)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Abeer Ahmed Mohamed Abd-Elkawy
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
The State ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
The Government

Social rental housing projects have emerged since 2016 to cover the housing demand of low-income groups, but these projects need high cost that beyond the financial capacity of some governments. Therefore, the World Bank reports in 2014 and 2018 pointed to the importance of including the private sector in low-income housing projects as a real estate developer instead of the state. The contribution of private sector and his successful experience in this field help in reducing the government spending towards these projects and achieving high quality in their implementation. For these reasons, many countries at international level involved the private sector in construction of social housing units in exchange for a set of incentives, which vary widely from one country to another. These incentives are classified into two main groups, the first one is financial and administrative incentives such as providing free land or selling it at low price, besides taxes and financing facilities as applied in Brazil, China, Singapore and Thailand. The second group is new incentives which called Land use incentives such as land use kind, percentage of land exploitation, proposed density and land use regulation in the housing project as applied in the United States, Japan and France because the previous financing incentives are not enough to achieve an appropriate profit for investors.At the local level, the private sector participated in many low-income housing projects such as Youth Housing, National Housing and social housing projects during the period from 1996 until now. In which the Egyptian government provided him some incentives like low price land, payment facilities, tax cuts and allocation part of land for his investment projects in exchange for building number of housing units with an area of (63 m2) for low-income groups. On the other hand, real estate companies retreated from participation in these projects because the incentives are unsatisfactory to them, which made the state played again the role of real estate developer to fill the gap in housing demand by using insufficient government budget.As a result of that, the Egyptian government is trying nowadays to re-engage the private sector again in future social housing projects by studying all submitted proposals from private sector in 2016, the World Bank in 2018 and the views of some institutions such as ministry of investment, ministry of housing and the Social Housing Fund in 2019 around the new incentives, especially after the state decided to withdraw from real estate development and leave it to the private sector by the year 2020. Hence, this paper tries to introduce the new incentives for private sector to participate again in social housing projects. The formulation of these incentives comes from revision the international experiences and reports as well as evaluating the applying of old incentives in one case study of participation housing projects (Degla Gardens project to find an integrated vision for suitable incentives in Egyptian reality that achieve the goals of all development parties ( the government-private sector-population).

scholarly journals Directions of improving the efficiency of mechanisms of the state risk management in the process of regulation of investment activity in construction

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
T. F. Nahkur
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
The Government

The article proves that an important condition for the economic growth of the country is to find effective mechanisms in the state regulation of investment activity in construction, for this it is necessary: to clearly define the priorities for the development of construction for the long-term period; to ensure a system of coherence and stability of the legislative framework, especially on the formation and functioning of special economic zones, territories for priority development; to reduce the tax burden on enterprises investing resources in the investment development of the construction industry; create equal conditions for competition; to direct investment in priority construction projects in terms of efficiency; provide government guarantees to investors and consolidate them at the legislative level; to ensure minimization of investment risks and the like. It was noted that the main tasks of implementing the initiatives of digitalization of state institutions in the process of state regulation of investment in construction. As a result of the conducted research, the organizational and economic model of the state mechanism for attracting investments in the construction of Ukraine has been developed, which differs from the existing components of investment activity in construction (goal, subjects, objects) by the system association, taking into account international directions of state regulation of the industry, methods of forming investment policy in the field of construction; taking into account the modern concept of the development of the digital economy and the society of Ukraine, approved by the government for the next two years. It is noted that in order to solve the housing problem, first of all, it is necessary to create favorable conditions for the companies involved in the construction, design and reconstruction of residential buildings. These conditions include improving the system of crediting housing construction (including commercial objects), corporate and monetary funds, attracting additional international resources, etc. Promising elements of housing policy development are the creation of mortgage, residential loans, insurance companies and other market structures that make it possible to finance housing construction. Of course, it is impossible to fully implement a new housing policy without reforming the wage system, which would create conditions for the interest of the population in using their incomes and savings for the construction, acquisition, and rental of housing.

scholarly journals Reform of 1965 and social programs of enterprises (on the example of providing housing to employees of ChTZ)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
pp. 112-115
Author(s):  
E. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tractor Plant

The article describes the study of the impact of the 1965 reform on the social housing program at the Chelyabinsk tractor plant. It is possible to trace the dynamics of obtaining housing by the plant for distribution among its employees in the period from 1963 to 1971. A comparison with similar indicators of Zlatoust plants was made. The author concludes that the reform of 1965, contrary to the all-Union trend, had a negative impact on the already difficult situation with housing in the CHTZ.

International Real Estate Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-112
Author(s):  
Kuan-ju Chen ◽  
◽  
Chien-Wen Peng ◽  
Mei-Hsing Lee ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ordered Logistic Regression

Social housing projects often face the “not-in-my-back-yard” (NIMBY) backlash from the local community who oppose and reject their construction. Considering the prevalence of NIMBY, this study examines the factors that influence the attitude of the public towards social housing construction under high home ownership rates. We conduct an ordered logistic regression analysis by using 14,275 responses from the 2015 Residential Status Survey in Taiwan. The results show some interesting findings. First, home ownership and families with a child under 18 are two of the most influential variables that have significantly negative influences on the approval of social housing construction. Renters and people with physical and mental disabilities are however more supportive of social housing. Secondly, residents in buildings with high development intensity are very supportive of the construction of social housing. Thirdly, satisfaction with neighborhood environment has a positive impact on social housing approval. Finally, residents who live in dense cities tend to support the construction of social housing. However, residents who live in satellite cities of a metropolitan region are less supportive. The results of this study reveal a regional difference in the approval of residents for social housing construction.

scholarly journals Mieszkalnictwo społeczne w Polsce - wyzwania i ograniczenia

Studia BAS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (66) ◽  
pp. 83-112
Author(s):  
Alina Muzioł-Węcławowicz
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
Housing Associations ◽  
The Third ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Intensive Development

This article explores the need for more intensive development of social rental housing in Poland, especially communal rental housing and social rental housing provided by Social Housing Associations (TBSs). The first section briefly examines the terminology and addresses the main challenges in Polish housing in accordance with the goals of the housing policy programmes. The second section reports on the recent trends in social rental housing. The third section presents selected issues of the recent development of Polish social rental housing. Further, the author tries to evaluate the need for new housing construction by local authorities and by TBSs. Due to the lack of reliable information, the required amount of new housing can only be approximated indirectly. In the next section, she presents legislative initiatives regulating and supporting social rental housing, especially in terms of modifying financial instruments. The final section contains an assessment of progress in social rental housing and proposals for further reforms in Polish housing policy.

scholarly journals LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE ACTIVITY OF SOCIAL BUILDING SOCIETIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSING POLICY

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Iga Lalak
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Housing Association ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Housing Associations ◽  
Vague Term ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Proper Functioning ◽  
Building Societies

Participation in the creation of a social housing association in its proper functioning is a very important part in the implementation of housing policy. In spite of this, the institution of the society is still insufficiently clarified, since determininga flat which in 30% is financed by a citizen as a social one seems to be a vague term. The aim of the publication is to analyze the issue of social housing associations, but first of all to show the advantages and disadvantages of this system andthe indeterminate scope of the state’s responsibilities in the area of supporting housing construction.

scholarly journals Wartime Housing Limited, 1941 - 1947: Canadian Housing Policy at the Crossroads

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Wade
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Long Range Planning ◽  
Post War

Between 1941 and 1947 a federal crown corporation called Wartime Housing Limited (WHL) successfully built and managed thousands of rental units for war workers and veterans. WHL represents a directly interventionist approach to housing problems and demonstrates that the federal government could efficiently meet social needs by participating in housing supply. Though the Advisory Committee on Reconstruction recommended a national, comprehensive housing program emphasizing low-rental housing, the federal government initiated a post-war program promoting home ownership and private enterprise and, in the process, neglected long-range planning and low income housing. In addition, during the late 1940s, WHL's stock of affordable housing was privatized. This market-oriented perspective hindered advances in postwar housing policy in the same way that, for decades, the poor law tradition blocked government acceptance of unemployment relief. This paper reviews the housing record of WHL and examines the federal government's failure to redirect WHL's expertise into a permanent low-rental housing agency at the war's end.

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