Support Measures to Promote Rental Housing for Low-Income Groups (HABITAT, 1993, 132 p.)

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FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

A. Rental housing in a global perspective

B. History of legislative intervention and government policies on rental housing

C. Basic changes in housing policies in developing countries

D. Why rental housing should receive more official attention

I. CHARACTERISTICS OF TENANTS AND OTHER NON-OWNERS AND LANDLORDS

A. The nature of owners, tenants and sharers

B. Preferences for owning, renting or sharing

C. The choice between different kinds of non-ownership

D. Who invests in rental housing?

II. THE EFFECTS OF LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY INTERVENTION

A. Rent-control legislation

B. Effectiveness of rental laws in controlling rent levels and evictions

C. Legislation and the needs of low-income groups

D. Planning and zoning regulations affecting production of rental housing

E. Different forms of legislation affecting provision of rental housing in different cities

III. THE CLIMATE FOR INVESTMENT

A. Profitability of rental investment

B. Rent levels relative to prices, income and cost of owner-occupation

C. Taxes on rental property

D. Government efforts to encourage owner-occupation through incentives to builders

E. The rationale of small-scale landlords

IV. SUPPORT FOR FORMAL-SECTOR RENTAL HOUSING

A. The public sector

B. Subsidies, targeting and non-economic rents

C. Sub-letting of public housing

D. Encouraging formal sector private investment in rental housing

E. The roles of employers, community organizations, NGOs and cooperatives

V. SUPPORT FOR INFORMAL-SECTOR HOUSING CONSTRUCTION

A. Impact of upgrading and legalization programmes

B. Impact of legalization programmes

C. Incentives for encouraging informal sector rental housing

VI. LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONS

A. Informal controls on landlord-tenant relationships, joint agenda and the symbiosis of owning and renting

B. The role of the courts, local tribunals, community arbitrators and local controllers

VII. FUTURE ACTION

A. The key tasks

B. Rent controls

C. Planning and zoning regulations

D. Public-sector housing

E. Encouraging formal-sector private investment in rental housing

F. Subsidies, targeting and non-economic rents

G. The role of employers, community organizations, NGOs and cooperatives

H. Incentives for public and private sector collaboration

I. Rental housing in the central city

J. Incentives for encouraging informal-sector rental housing

K. Changing the role of the courts, local tribunals, community arbitrators and local controllers

L. Options for landlord-tenant collaboration

VIII. CONCLUSION

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