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Article: Planning, land and affordable housing in Hong Kong

TitlePlanning, land and affordable housing in Hong Kong
Authors
KeywordsHousing affordability
Land policy
Planning policy
Regulatory intervention
Issue Date2007
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02673037.asp
Citation
Housing Studies, 2007, v. 22 n. 1, p. 63-81 How to Cite?
AbstractThis paper investigates the approaches and the effectiveness of the government of Hong Kong in using the planning system and land policies to help provide affordable homes, widening the planning and affordable housing debate to urban systems in which governments possess both landownership and development rights. This paper argues that land and development right ownerships enable the Hong Kong Government to operate a massive public housing program to meet the housing needs of half the population at affordable rent and price levels, without having to resort to planning tools. However, the availability of subsidized housing still depends on other factors, notably government commitment and priority in solving housing problems. Landownership is less useful in regulating private housing prices as political and economic factors often override the situation. The empirical findings of this study suggest that land supply was often adjusted in response to the economic environment rather than shaping market outcomes. Hence, government ownership of land and development rights is found to be more effective in providing affordable subsidized housing to low-income families through the producer-subsidy approach rather than in regulating housing prices to enhance the affordability for private housing consumers.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/89883
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.054
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dc.identifier.citationHousing Studies, 2007, v. 22 n. 1, p. 63-81en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the approaches and the effectiveness of the government of Hong Kong in using the planning system and land policies to help provide affordable homes, widening the planning and affordable housing debate to urban systems in which governments possess both landownership and development rights. This paper argues that land and development right ownerships enable the Hong Kong Government to operate a massive public housing program to meet the housing needs of half the population at affordable rent and price levels, without having to resort to planning tools. However, the availability of subsidized housing still depends on other factors, notably government commitment and priority in solving housing problems. Landownership is less useful in regulating private housing prices as political and economic factors often override the situation. The empirical findings of this study suggest that land supply was often adjusted in response to the economic environment rather than shaping market outcomes. Hence, government ownership of land and development rights is found to be more effective in providing affordable subsidized housing to low-income families through the producer-subsidy approach rather than in regulating housing prices to enhance the affordability for private housing consumers.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
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dc.relation.ispartofHousing Studiesen_HK
dc.subjectHousing affordabilityen_HK
dc.subjectLand policyen_HK
dc.subjectPlanning policyen_HK
dc.subjectRegulatory interventionen_HK
dc.titlePlanning, land and affordable housing in Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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