Housing taxation and subsidies
Michael Oxley and Marietta Haffner
A review and analysis of evidence on the housing taxation and subsidy systems in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.
JRF commissioned this paper to inform the work of its Housing Market Taskforce, a two-year programme of work aiming to achieve long-term stability in the housing market for vulnerable households.
The paper:
- examines the housing taxation and subsidy systems in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA;
- makes some comparisons with the UK; and
- explores connections between these systems and housing market volatility, distribution and choice of tenure and investment.
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