Housing allowances and the Dutch rent subsidy program

Wim Wiewel

Expert InsightsPublished 1979

The rent subsidy program in the Netherlands and the experimental housing allowance program in St. Joseph County, Indiana (being evaluated by the Housing Assistance Supply Experiment), reflect different market structures and national housing goals. The Dutch subsidies for renters are one means used to regulate income distribution, housing supply, and housing expenses in that country. The U.S. program, for both renters and homeowners, is designed to test free-market responses to the housing allowance concept. The differences are reflected in the programs' standards and eligibility requirements, which the paper describes in some detail. The programs' consequences are compared in the areas of participation, inflation in housing prices, residential mobility of participants, and community awareness of and attitudes toward the program. The author recommends a continuation of similar cross-national comparisons.

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Wiewel, Wim, Housing allowances and the Dutch rent subsidy program. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1979. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5959.html.
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