Policies to support stable, affordable rental housing: Lessons from around the world
Note: This webinar will stream in Zoom. Registration is required
Rental housing markets across the developed world are facing considerable challenges. Rising rents in major cities have made housing affordability an increasingly salient economic and political issue, from the Bay Area to Berlin to Tokyo. Job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected lower-wage workers, putting greater financial stress on renters and property owners. Every country’s housing market has some unique features, reflecting history and institutional context. Yet the housing challenges faced by wealthy countries are similar, and could benefit from more cross-country knowledge-sharing.
On Wednesday, April 21, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program will host an event exploring a range of policy approaches aimed at regulating and supporting rental housing. Speakers will highlight specific strategies and learnings from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Japan’s rental housing markets that can be applied in the U.S.
Viewers can submit questions by emailing events@brookings.edu or tweeting to @BrookingsMetro using the hashtag #RentalHousing.
Agenda
Panel discussion
Jenny Schuetz
Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative
Arthur Acolin (Case study: France)
Assistant Professor of Real Estate - University of Washington
Christian Hilber (Case Study: United Kingdom)
Professor of Economic Geography - London School of Economics
Carolin Schmidt (Case Study: Germany)
Senior Teaching Associate in Real Estate Finance and Economics and Land Society Fellow - University of Cambridge
Elisabet Viladecans Marsal (Case Study: Spain)
Professor - University of Barcelona
Researcher - Barcelona Institute of Economics
Jiro Yoshida (Case Study: Japan)
Associate Professor of Business - Pennsylvania State University
Guest Associate Professor - University of Tokyo
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