Abstract
Withdrawal from socially owned housing provision and the privatization of the stock have stimulated growth of the owner-occupied sector in many European countries. These processes have also led to a more significant role for the private rental sector. Apart from a model of ‘social deliberation’ there are other models to explain the evolution of this sector in its socio-political and historical context. In the formation of a large private rental sector in Turkey, public policy had no contribution to make. Instead, it was a particular mode of urban development that allowed the proliferation of the sector as a subsidiary process of urbanization. The relative conditions of tenants and the policy requirements in this context are very different than those observed elsewhere.
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Murat Balamir has degrees in M. Arch. in Architecture, M. Phil. in Planning, Ph.D. in Political Science and Public Administration. He is affiliated with the City and Regional Planning Department of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara. He is a founder member of the Housing Research Center and the Disaster Management Center at METU.
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Balamir, M. Formation of private rental stock in Turkey. Neth J of Housing and the Built Environment 14, 385–402 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02496764
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