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SOCIAL HOUSING: ANOTHER FRENCH EXCEPTION?

Christian Tutin

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The French housing system, and particularly its social rental component, are often pictured as highly exceptional, and rather complicated. We shall argue that it is not so much exceptional in comparison with other Northwestern countries in Europe, but has in fact a lot of similarities with social housing in Austria, Denmark, Finland or the Czech Republic. The main "exceptional" features relate to social housing finance, balance between tenure status and the structure of the stock (housing types and location). As regards social housing finance, private funds, both from firms ("1% patronal") and households ("Livret A"), have been "mobilised" through special circuits. The relative strength of the private rental sector, which is itself composed of several segments providing for a variety of products, is another French specificity. Finally, the high percentage of collective dwellings, concentrated in remote urban areas, is another characteristic of the French social housing stock. What lessons can be drawn from the French experience. In a positive sense, the state-regulated circuits of private finance for social housing have proved their efficiency in supporting social housing delivery. But they are not so easily compatible with European single market regulations. Second, in a context of general rise in prices, and large scale gentrification processes in main cities, the social housing stock is in practice the only way by which some form of social mix can be maintained in tight market zones, like central Paris. In a negative way (what not to do), the excessive concentration of social housing in large estates, and the lack of individual houses in the social stock has favoured deprivation. Finally, decentralisation of decision-making has raised "nimby" effects, as local politicians are reluctant to welcome low-income households.
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Christian Tutin. SOCIAL HOUSING: ANOTHER FRENCH EXCEPTION?. Options for Social Rental Housing, Oct 2008, Budapest, Hungary. ⟨hal-02567944⟩
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