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Shifting Foundations Home ownership and government objectives

Shifting Foundations
Home ownership and government objectives

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Author: Dominic Maxwell
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Price: Free
Publication Date: 02 September 2005

In this interim paper for ippr's Housing Across the Lifecycle project, Dominic Maxwell asks why, if at all, the Government should help people to buy a house.

The paper starts with the Government’s stated reasons for subsidising home ownership. It asks to what extent these provide adequate justification for subsidies, and uses this analysis to draw some broad principles for policy.

The full report of the Housing Across the Lifecycle project is now available.

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