Rental Instruments in Social Housing Areas

Since 2000, politicians have introduced a large number of rental instruments, which municipalities and housing organisations can use in their housing. The objective of the instruments is to create a more balanced composition of tenants in the individual housing area.
This report describes how the rental instruments are being put to use and whether they are having the desired effect. Assignment to municipal housing, maximum number of tenants and flexible rents are some of the most common instruments, while, for example, moving assistance and public advertising are not so widely used.
The survey shows that the different instruments are used in particular in the very vulnerable housing areas, and that it is most often managers in these areas who believe the instruments work. The survey also shows that housing that uses flexible rents are better at retaining socio-economically advantaged tenants.
The report has been commissioned and financed by the Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs.