Hot property: Why Dutch mid-market rentals are seeing an investment boom | ING Economics

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After years of cutting back, Dutch social housing corporations are once again increasing their investment in mid-market rental properties. They can accelerate new construction in two ways to reduce scarcity in the segment.

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How scarcity in the mid-market rental housing segment is developing
The role housing corporations play in the mid-market rental segment
The role investors play in the mid-market rental segment
The government's view on the role of corporations in mid-market rental
Corporations' ambitions in this segment
Obstacles holing back housing corporations' expansion plans
Speedier ways housing corporations can expand their mid-market stock - Will this solve the scarcity of mid-market rental housing?
Dutch housing associations can potentially afford to build around 14,000 new mid-market rental properties per year. However, more than half of the social housing corporations report that a lack of building land and long permit procedures considerably slow down new construction. Corporations can accelerate this in two ways: by acting as project developers in a split-off development company and by simplifying construction processes in cooperation with other parties.


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