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The Role of Real Estate Developers in Affordable Housing - Boon or Bane ?
Abstract Submissions Closed
RC43 Housing and Built Environment (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
Housing and the built environment have gained center stage in international policy making. In particular the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda urge governments to move housing at the center of urban development and include all actors into the production of the built environment. Such idea of enablement is not fundamentally new, and the developments of the past decade underline the numerous conflicts that may arise in cross-sectoral undertakings.
The enablement paradigm promoted by the Washington consensus has ultimately concentrated on markets at the expense of civil society. Despite the importance given to businesses, delivered results have been sobering: housing remains unaffordable for most people, urban inequality is at the rise, and the built environment largely grows in unsustainable patterns.
The proposed panel invites contributions that highlight from a sociological vantage point the role(s) of real estate developers in affordable housing initiatives to advance our knowledge on private influences in the built environment.