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Competition between social and private rental housing
In the context of shifting regulatory approaches and changing provision structures in many Western rental housing systems, the notion of competition between social and private rental housing has received increasing attention from practitioners and academic researchers. This thesis explores and theorises the concept of inter-tenure competition in order to advance understanding of what it means in local and national market realities, as well as in business and political practices.
Results indicate that competition in mixed markets is a complex matter, much of which is explained by the distinctive properties of social and private rental services. Inter-tenure competition is shown to be the interplay of structural and political conditions, individual and organisational business goals, and the perceptions and strategic decisions of both providers and consumers. The results suggest that the degree of competition relates to specific points in time and is mainly a question of which rental market segment one is looking at.
 
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Chapter 9 The housing careers of younger adults and intergenerational support in Germany’s ‘society of renters’
Through narrative interviews with younger adults and their parents ,
this paper explores how the housing transitions of younger adults,
both within the rental sector and into homeownership, are shaped
through intergenerational intra-family support in Germany’s
society of renters. Our fi ndings highlight the profound qualitative
diff erences between regular transfers for establishing and retaining
residential independence in the rental sector and inter vivos gifts for
house purchase. Where the former support type is given and taken
unconditionally, transfers for house purchase follow a diff erent
logic and carry diff erent meanings. Being a necessary condition for
property acquisition at young age, they have the power to completely
rebalance family relations and undermine younger adults’ autonomy
accordingly. In an aggregate perspective, our study further suggests
increasing socio-spatial inequalities within the younger generation
which run along both class and spatial origin, sharply dividing the
housing market opportunities of ‘original Berliners’ and those who
have moved to the city from more affl uent regions in Germany
Chapter 1 Housing careers, intergenerational support and family relations
The home and family have always been mutually embedded, with
the former central to the realization and reproduction of the latter.
More recently, this mutuality has taken on a more critical salience as
realignments in housing markets, employment and welfare states in
many countries have worked together to undermine housing access
for new households. In this context, families have become increasingly
involved in smoothening the routes of young adults members up
the ‘housing ladder’ into home ownership. Intergenerational support
appears to have become much more widespread and not just confi ned
to familialistic welfare regimes. The role of intergenerational support
for housing remains, however, highly diff erentiated across countries,
cities and regions, as well as uneven between social and income
classes. This introduction to the Special Issue explores how the role
of housing wealth transfers has impacted the renegotiation of the
generational contract. In doing so, it sets the scene for the articles
that follow, each of which contribute signifi cantly to advancing
understanding of housing as a key driver of contemporary social
relations and inequalities
Vincent Gruis, Sasha Tsenkova & Nico Nieboer (eds), Management of privatised housing: international policies & practice
Confronting hidden COVID-19 burden: a telemedical solution for elective urological outpatient clinics
Maintaining high-quality care for urological patients is a challenge during and after the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We observe an increasing volume of postponed elective visits at our tertiary care hospital, holding the risk for deterioration of non-emergency disease conditions. As it is unclear for how long the pandemic will last, we propose to implement telehealth as a solution to provide regular symptom monitoring compatible with social distancing guidelines during the pandemic and beyond. Telemedical assessment and prioritizing of high-risk patients for individual consults at outpatient services will have to be aligned with available outpatient capacity and local outbreak severity
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