Al Najar, L (2024) How New Housing Supply Affects The Vacancy Chain Mechanisms in Fryslân. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
The Netherlands is facing a housing shortage, prompting the government to build almost 1 million houses in 10 years. This study examines the impact of new housing on vacancy chain patterns in Fryslân using register data from Statistics Netherlands. Housing vacancy chains are sequences of moves that begin when a house first enters the market, such as through new construction, and end when no more houses become available for further moves. The findings reveal that the ownership dynamics in the chains fluctuate, with initial chains seeing more households moving from renting to owning in the early chains and this trend being reversed in later chains. Single-person households dominate all chains, challenging assumptions about their prevalence in cheaper housing chains. The study also identifies a shift from larger, more expensive houses in early chains to smaller, more affordable ones later. Household composition in Fryslân reflects national trends of increasing single-person households, but contrary to income-based expectations, they do not consistently move into smaller homes as they become available. This suggests Fryslân's single-person households are mobile and flexible in their housing choices, not limited to renting over owning.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Engel, O. and Gallo, V. |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2024 07:44 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2024 07:44 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/485 |
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