How can housing policy and governance help deliver inclusive growth?

This section assesses the housing policy response in OECD countries and proposes a series of policy considerations to support more inclusive housing outcomes. The first series of considerations are more structural, aiming to boost the supply of affordable housing and address some of the distortions in the housing market that have an impact on inclusion and affordability. The second set aims to improve housing outcomes and opportunities for low-income households, children, youth, seniors, and the homeless.

Housing policy and governance are complex, and solutions must be tailored to country contexts and challenges. There is no single measure or approach that will ensure that housing policies deliver more inclusive growth: rather, it will take a range of coordinated actions at different levels of government to foster more equitable housing outcomes and opportunities and make stable, quality housing accessible to more people.

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