The aims of the housing and regional development policies are to promote housing access for the poorest, home-ownership, spatial integration of underprivileged populations and local development. They are based on the implementation of schemes providing assistance to households, firms and local authorities. Public intervention around housing concerns the housing stock (building subsidy, public housing, etc.) as well as the occupiers (housing subsidies, interest-free loan, etc.). Regional development policies are based on the improvement of infrastructure (high-speed trains, Greater Paris, etc.) and incentives for local development (competitiveness clusters, urban tax-free zones, etc.).
IPP focus. IPP researchers work in particular on the impact of interest-free loans on residential mobility and home-ownership, the effects of housing subsidies and of school zoning on housing prices, the impact of urban tax-free zones on business start-ups and unemployment and the effects of transport infrastructure on business location and local development.
Motivation: The French housing benefits reform, entering into force on January 1st 2021, consists in making these transfers depend on income of the last twelve months, rather (…)
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Motivation: The French government announced in 2017 the housing tax (HT) removing on primary residences for 80% of households, before deciding to completely remove this tax. This (…)
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Motivation : Since 1945, supporting homeownership is an important part of the French housing policy. Several tools aiming at helping households in the purchase of their property are (…)
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Motivation: French housing benefits are a very substantial part of both housing policy and social policy. They aim both to improve the affordability of housing for low (…)
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